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Winter.

09Jan11

Hmmm… I wonder, I wonder, where could I be? Washington D.C.! (Rhyme. Ha.) For the next 10 weeks, prepare for Food from the Capitol.  Or at the very least, lots of buildings and cappuccino shots… Though I promise, raise your right hand, to provide at least a couple snapshots of food in the District over [...]


What’s the thing to do when you leave the frigid north and go on holiday break? Apparently, the thing to do is eat a lot of food, go camping, and embark on a 72 hour picnic.  Ramen, steak, Cuban rice and beans, pastries, and salted caramel hot chocolate, all enjoyed at the ‘best restaurant around.’  [...]

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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.

04Nov10

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.

31Aug10

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 [...]


New York.

27Aug10

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 [...]


Avila Beach.

12Aug10

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 [...]


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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