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Tuesday

Posted on August 30th, 2011

  1. Breakfast: Challah with butter, iced coffee with soy milk, and Lucky Peach. 2. Lunch: Amy’s vegan burrito, Italian mix giardineira, an aprium, and Dumbo Feather. 3. Snack: Marshmallow coated in toasted coconut. 4. Dinner: Pizza made with pita bread, creme fraiche, leftover mushrooms/zucchini, roasted green chiles, and cheese, plus salad with balsamic vinaigrette and rosé.   5. Spent part of the afternoon at Caffe Medici, drinking iced coffee and reading Forever Odd. 6. New shoes! 7. Roux spent the day napping. 8. Goodies from the library. People, please note the book on the top: The Land of Painted Caves by Jean Auel. I have been waiting for this book for nine years. Literally, NINE YEARS, people! Book 5 in the series came…

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Randoms

Posted on August 29th, 2011

Mmmm, tempura udon. *   *   *   *   *   *    *   *   * I have thought of a few things that make me frown: Biting my tongue/lip/cheek. Not only does it hurt crazymuch, but then I also inevitably bite the same spot again several times before it heals. Hiccups. When I was a kid I read in the Guinness Book of World Records that someone had the hiccups for like 68 years. And ever since then, when I get the hiccups, I get very anxious and uncomfortable, because what if they never go away? Too much snarky. I have no idea why people feel the need for so much snark these days. Rather than seeming funny and witty, it…

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Things that make me smile.

Posted on August 26th, 2011

Spaghetti with meat sauce, my favorite meal. *   *   *   *   *   *    *   *   * Picking up burrata and ciabatta from Antonelli’s, and giggling on the way home because they rhyme. *   *   *   *   *   *    *   *   * Getting my first issue of Diner Journal in the mail. *   *   *   *   *   *    *   *   * Me: It’s hot outside. Him: It’s a hundred and f*ck. *   *   *   *   *   *    *   *   * Bumper sticker seen on Lamar: DON’T DALLAS MY AUSTIN *   *   *   *   *   *    *   *   * 2…

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Randoms

Posted on August 18th, 2011

Thank you all so much for your lovely comments on my book announcement! I can’t tell you how wonderful it is to have you all as my support group. Some random things lately: I ran out of disk space on my laptop. I ended up deleting a bajillion podcasts that I never listen to, and a couple of movies, and I moved all my photos onto my external hard drive, and I downloaded Aperture to better manage my photos. I’m still learning Aperture, and how best to organize my photos, and though I now have 12GB of space, Justin says it’s probably time for a new computer. Of course I want a MacBook Air, which is super expensive, but I feel bad letting go…

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