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While Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday—it’s the food, it’s the warmth, it’s the signal that soon, yes very soon, the days will stop getting shorter—I have a deep and darkly rooted dislike of turkey. The universal signifier of Thanksgiving. See that over-sized roasted chicken and you’re immediately flooded with images of family, stuffing, gravy, and [...]
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Caffe Nute.
There are many things Italy can do apparently, and one of them is convert someone with a strong dislike of coffee into an espresso drinker. It’s magic, I swear, that funny shaped peninsula filled with lovely sculpture, ridiculous amounts of silk and more than it’s fair share of pasta. It’s converted my roommate, in what [...]
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And you thought I’d never go back to school. It’s finally happening. A mini road trip. (That’s right, I’m lying to myself. A MINI road trip? Yea, sure Nina. 2,129 miles and a total of about 34 hours is most definitely a casual drive. The kind of thing where one wakes up one day, makes [...]
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Fire Island.
Yes, this is what it looks like. It’s my favorite place on Earth, brought to you through the magic of food and beach porn. There’s not much to say, so I’ll just show you. Beautiful bays, and lots of ice cream. Oh yea, and candy. Below is Bittersweet Ice Cream from the Ice Castle. It’s [...]
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New York.
Last Saturday I left the cold and foggy summer days of northern California for the muggy and steamy heat of New York City. Except, upon arrival, New York did not at all live up to its stereotypical weather forecast. For the past 20 years, the empire state has reliably sweated and burned me each and [...]
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Avila Beach.
The best way to go about an excessively long drive it seems, is to stop so frequently that you trick yourself into thinking that you’re not driving for a very long time at all. It comes to the point where you begin to lie to yourself, just so that the traffic, the endless traffic seemingly [...]
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Manhattan Beach Creamery.
SoCal, I love you. And yes, it does feel a little bit like cheating, but really, how could I not? You have beaches, long, wide, hot and next to clear blue water. The waves are never too big, just perfect for body surfing and floating. Sometimes, it’s true, you do have foggy days, but they’re [...]
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Sweet Tea.
Sweet Tea is a good thing. There really isn’t much to say about, except that it is, truly, a good thing. What it is, exactly, is iced black tea that is brewed in sweetened water. But for some reason, it’s more. As with most things related to slow-moving, entirely good-for-you culture, Sweet Tea originated in [...]
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BaconFest Chicago, 2010.
On April 10, 2010, I went to the best place, ever. Literally—I went to BaconFest Chicago, 2010. An all-day festival of bacon, though recommended attendance is the half-day ticket because last year, porcine-diehards struggled to consume a day’s worth of bacon. Now, I consider myself a true lover of bacon, with Fridays’ being my favorite [...]
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