January 2009
23 posts
One year ago
I went to work jetlagged from Morocco. My last living grandparent died. My boyfriend of 3 years broke up with me.
This year, today: I worked on a new Huffington Post blog post. I finished a post on my regular blog. I edited recipes for my book. I went to dinner with my mom in Korea town. I packed for San Francisco tomorrow. I made dumplings from leftover dumpling class stuff. I ate some of them.
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R.I.P. John Updike →
Lung cancer, great. Show me a brilliant writer and I’ll show you a chimney-head. Will have to re-read “Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories,” that book made me cry.
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My Chinese Horoscope for 2009, the Year of the Ox... →
“Chicken people had a better luck than most of people last year. The best parts were in career and wealth area. The good luck of Chicken people will continue to carry over in 2009, year of Cow.” Awesome. “Career: There are two strong Lucky Career Stars appearing in 2009. The signs indicate your have steady career luck. You have potential in your career performance or business development.” Fab....
Read and weep, freelance writers →
Shouts & Murmurs: Mouse au Vin: Humor: The New... →
Noah Baumbach as film auteur: ehhhh
Noah Baumbach as Shouts & Murmurs writer: awesome!!
Food has eaten my life
Just got back from DC late last night and today has been the roughest in terms with catching up with what is going on/what has happened and needs finishing up/what is going to happen and needs to be done. I have cards that I don’t remember who/what/where. Trouble sleeping even though I got little sleep lately. In an attempt to regroup I thought it therapeutic to publicly retrace my steps and...
Political Radar: Cassoulet - Mystery Solved →
How did I just find out about this while trying to research how to cook cassoulet for this Saturday’s cook-off? Those silly Frenchmen…
Meet & Eat: Blogger Cathy Erway, Not Eating Out in... →
Note the shout-out to Brooklyn Based and Chrysanthe… this is why I was asking weird questions the other day.
John Waters' advice for Obama →
This is fabulous.
Louise Erdrich reads at BAM
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FfFffFFfffffFF! Louise Erdrich is one of my favorite living writers ever since I started really liking to read, which begs the question of whether it was her work that did that, and although I usually fall asleep or at least space out at reading events, this dinner/reading at BAM for only $50 tomorrow night is killing me because I can’t go. (You should.)
God damn pre-existing plans. via...
Suburban lawn-farmed food for thought →
Your morning news. →
Nominate us for Best Food Weblog in the Bloggies,... →
Cupcakes Take the Cake is a great blog and I’m nominating them, as well as myself (you have to enter three blogs per category when you nominate). So go ahead and do the same if you’d like, too! (My blog is www.noteatingoutinny.com. It’s okay.)
cupcakestakethecake:
Last year were were a finalist for Best Food Weblog in the 2008 Bloggies. YOU have a chance to make us finalists...
Stephen Dubner fails to make sense →
The Freakonomics co-author writes a blog post comparing the Santa-dressed Christmas gunman who shot his ex and friends with the Muslim family who was kicked off an AirTran flight because people thought their conversation sounded suspicious, concluding that often, the closest people to us are the ones to be feared, while “strangers” are not so great a threat as supposed. While this...
“Green mattress manufacturers stumbled upon the brilliant realization that, if...”
– http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emily-main/tip-2-for-the-44th-prez-b_b_155287.html
Ben & Jerry's renames their butter pecan flavor... →
It appears Ben & Jerry’s is not fond of the short “a” pronunciation of “pecan.” Or, butter.
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I'm beard blind
I’ve realized it once or twice before that I don’t realize it when people have beards. (i.e.: “Oh, you mean your friend with the beard?” “No.” And then of course the friend in question indeed has a Herculean hairmask.)
So when I saw a photo of Mayur in this article I thought — whoa, that must have been a helluva long time ago. Nope. Saw him both before...
Hotttt. →
“Most Promising Gimmick.” I better make this one good. I can’t wait to see Cookin’ with Coolio, too.
notes on New Year's
This was I think the first New Year’s Eve when I didn’t kiss anyone since 2004. But that part doesn’t really matter. This was the best New Year’s Eve since maybe 2006 because it was spent with lovable people, with no drama to speak of other than lots of fun. I appreciate that something as meaningless as the turning of a certain day in the calendar system we created can inspire such celebration in...