Entries from November 2008

November 25, 2008

and we’re off!

Mañana we are flying to Mexico! We are going to the heart of the Aztec empire, where we will climb pyramids that predate the warriors of the highlands, and visit an enormous cathedral built to impress them into catechism.
I am also looking forward to the beers, the tacos, the friends, my parents, and sharing all [...]

November 23, 2008

what blogs mean to me

it means i get to read nancy rommelman’s musings about life, thoughts that feel so close to exactly what i am thinking and feeling right now
http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/228770/36101754
it means i get to share meals without eating them, and compare recipes without cooking, and inspire myself from the imaginary smells of pots in other people’s kitchens
http://desertcandy.blogspot.com/2008/10/squid-ink-fettuccine-with-salmon.html
and
http://orangette.blogspot.com/2008/06/49-degrees.html
and rejoice when [...]

November 22, 2008

commitment

It is a bit very lame to commit now to participate in NaPoBlo, and lamer even to commit to next year’s NaPoBlo, but if anyone is still reading now, and is around next year, you will see me copying the fabulous Belgianwaffle’s idea: over the course of 30 days I will retell, explore and try [...]

November 22, 2008

relativity

last night, at the end of a very long day of re-writes and very boring statistical data work i dragged myself to my local wholefoods.  the logic goes like this:  i love this a russian bakery – they make amazing breads, very rough peasant breads, redolent of harsher times. the ladies who are behind the [...]