I’ve been a bit ambitious in the kitchen the past two days, mostly because I’ve been craving for some culinary comforts of home— but also because ever since I got my new sous chef iPad, I am constantly using it to look up recipes for our dinners, then using it as a cookbook come meal […]
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All of my New Orleans friends have awesome photos of Mardi Gras posted on Facebook. I looked at them longingly, thinking of how awesome it was when I went in 2010, right before I moved home. Dave received the following email and thought of me: He promptly made reservations when he saw me light up […]
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My brother came to visit this weekend, partly to see me but his trip conveniently coincided with Mardi Gras! He took a red-eye flight Wednesday night/Thursday morning, so I picked him up before work, gave him the grand tour of my place, handed him a pile of blankets and a pillow and told him there […]
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I can’t even begin to describe the atmosphere in the City of New Orleans yesterday and today (and probably tomorrow, right on through til Mardi Gras!) Since the Saints win over the Colts yesterday, there’s been a sense of euphoria throughout the city. The general consensus is that this tops even Mardi Gras as far […]
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Today I got home while the sun was still out. It was neat. Well, technically the sun wasn’t out, it was behind a lot of big puffy gray clouds. And it was hot today. Sprinkly and warm. Intriguing combination. It’s very typical down here. Also typical down here is the spelling of ‘go’. Maybe I […]
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I (kinda) had my first Napa visitors this past weekend. I say kinda because a couple friends of my dad came last weekend so I guess that kinda counts because I took them to do tourist-y things but it was not planned until they actually arrived in the Boot. Anyway, back to the matter at […]
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I moved here to avoid cold. Just for the record. So imagine my surprise when I woke up and didn’t bother looking outside or watching the news for weather, and finding this: The funny thing that is that I woke up this morning and got all the way ready to go and walk out the […]
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