In the spring of 2009, while living in abroad, I developed a disturbance in the balls of my feet. Imagine running on a trail and getting a pebble trapped between your sock and the insole of your shoe. Except you can’t shake it out. Annoying yet tolerable. That’s how it felt … at first. Before … Continue reading
I didn’t grow up eating lentils. In fact, I don’t recall ever having lentils until I went to Spain in college. I’m not sure if lentils are a popular Spanish dish, but I am sure that lentils were the only dish my host mother knew how to prepare. My friend Lauren and I probably ate … Continue reading
Last September Daniel and I ditched our gym memberships scoring an extra ninety bucks a month plus like a million bucks in gas money to and from the sweat box. Our old gym was precisely twenty-seven minutes from our apartment. An hour at the gym + an hour in the car = bleh, not worth … Continue reading
Last night I didn’t have a plan for dinner. I did, however, have a drawer full of veggies in the fridge that needed to be consumed. Veggies paired with a hankering for something spicy pointed to curry. In another post I shared Chicken Udon Red Curry. Last night I went for a healthy Vegetarian Vermicelli … Continue reading
We took our dog, Charlie, to the vet in the fall. He’d gained almost 10 lbs since his last visit, and we hadn’t even noticed. Sneaky puppy. As biased parents we think he’s perfect, but the scale doesn’t lie. He has a sweet face, though, doesn’t he? His weight gain was a catalyst for us … Continue reading
Lent began this past Wednesday – Ash Wednesday. The ashes donned by Christians that day are produced by burning the prior years’ Palms, presented on Palm Sunday. As ashes are received, they are accompanied by the recitation of, “remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return” or “repent, and believe in the … Continue reading
Everyone’s got their favorite food and mine happens to be tuna. Raw, seared, baked, broiled, battered, blackened, or canned. If it weren’t for the mercury (and the price!) I’d have it daily. Two of my favorite preparations are sashimi style over sweet, sticky Japanese rice or blackened and seared rare with cilantro and pickled ginger. … Continue reading
As expected, late last year I received an invitation in the mail for the “45th Annual Awards Banquet” for Locations LLC. What I hadn’t expected was the theme – Chinese Elegance. As you can probably guess, this theme was, quite literally, foreign to me. What in the world is Chinese Elegance attire? Last year’s theme … Continue reading
Happy Friday! I consulted Google for some fun facts about pizza because I assumed that in America Friday was the most popular day of the week for it. Turns out it’s actually Saturday, so that doesn’t really support my Friday pizza theme. Oh well. I did find out that Americans eat 100 acres of pizza … Continue reading
Aloha Peeps, It’s official. It’s finally happening. After twelve years of military service (eight post-graduate), Daniel will be a civilian! Welcome back to the dark side, honey. He is finishing up his MBA in less than 6 weeks – that was crazy fast – and has just accepted a job in San Francisco, scheduled to start in June! We … Continue reading
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