Month: August 2012
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Notes to self
Dear Self, Please try to remember the truths you’ve learned thus far in life: You love the idea of oysters more than you love oysters. You love them most with saltines and cocktail sauce. This is okay. Some days, it will seem impossible to crawl out of bed. Do it anyway. You always feel better…
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Letters #16
Dear Fresa’s, Thank you for being within walking distance of my home. Thank you for your deliciously roasted local chicken, your crunchy churros, and your half coffee/half horchata drink. See you again soon. Dear Husband, Yesterday I was hot and frustrated and tired and thirsty when we got home. Before I could even take off…
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Randoms
I like Takoba’s happy hour prices, their fresh shrimp ceviche, their queso fundido. I do not like their margaritas made with orange juice. I saw a guy waiting at the bus stop one night, playing with a light-up yoyo. Down, up, down, up, around, around, down, up. We saw two older men, one with a…
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There and back again
Hallllooooo! Vacation over. I read this post yesterday, and it really helped me understand how I was feeling about blogging in general. I’ve been blogging forever and a day. Or about 7 1/2 years. It used to be really fun, and then it seemed more like a chore, and then I didn’t know what I…