the evils of sunshine

Despite being old and lame, we’ve actually gone out three nights in a row! Thursday we met up with a high school friend of mine and two of the hubby’s former coworkers for drinks; Friday was his boss’s birthday, so we headed out to the Belly Up Tavern, but had to cut out early so […]

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uninspired

A lack of updates doesn’t mean I’m dead, I just have a lack of material. The last few days were spent laying low and recovering from the virus I caught somewhere during the move. We’re living in the hotel where my husband works until we find a place to live, so I don’t have a […]

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road trip recap

The morning of Sunday, August 30th, I left Minneapolis to drive across a significant swath of America en route to San Diego, California. We drove through Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona in between. Things I learned: Wendy’s inexplicably puts bacon bits on the lettuce of their Caesar salads. No, it cannot be “made […]

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sweet home, california

We made it! Six days, almost 2500 miles, seven states, several tanks of gas, two stops by border patrol, lots of mountains, a few pit stops, and one terrible cold got me (and the kitties) to California. Big shouts out to my dad who got me as far as Denver and sat through the longest […]

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scenes of the american southwest

Did you miss me? Are you still there??? I am now over halfway through my trek across the western United States. My dad drove to Denver with me, then I swapped co-pilots and am traveling with my arch-nemesis from Denver to California. Today was our first drive together. She only tried to kill me once […]

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cricket, cricket

Apologies for the deafening silence over here. I have been running around like a crazy person trying to get everything taken care of before I leave to drive to California – in about an hour. Between my insurance company spelling my name wrong to the packing crate company picking all our earthly possessions up early […]

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peaches + cream

All the perishable kitchen items from my apartment have been transported (along with the kitties and me) to my parents’ house. Trying to fit all the condiments in their fridge was quite the challenge. Now the trick is trying to use up some food since we have so much, but sometimes the combinations of what […]

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pho photo no go

This post was supposed to be about pho, the Vietnamese noodle soup. Unfortunately, my photos didn’t turn out, so I will leave you with two links for vegetarian pho: EllieMay.com The Vegetarian Resource Group Pho is traditionally a beef noodle soup, so the lack of beef is a pretty obvious change. Both recipes are pretty […]

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jam packed! or just packed. no jam.

Apologies in advance for a lame post! Today my parents came over to help me pack. The apartment was to a point where I needed an outside eye (and sometimes just an extra set of hands) to really get things moving. We disassembled a bunch of furniture and put most of my kitchen in boxes. […]

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two weeks' notice

This morning we had brunch with friends at Maria’s Cafe. We tend to eat a lot of “farewell brunches” there. Our good friend James is an architect currently rebuilding the Gulf Coast, and we have celebrated his return and departure a number of times at the same table at which we sat today. A highlight […]

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