...after not posting for a ridiculously long time. I know you all missed me terribly. So here are some Halloween pics to make you all feel better. Enjoy!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=u54fr1b.53yelv9v&x=0&y=-ipzz89
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Dec 20, 2006
Nov 16, 2006
Sweet, sweet goodness
So I just watched the series finale of Dawson's Creek with my housemate, complete with red wine and chocolate. Mmmmm....what's yummier? My dark chocolate bar with almonds and cranberries? Or Pacey?
The finale made me all nostalgic for the Dawson's Creek days of my life. I mean, it's an awful show, but it's just so ridiculously emblematic of my teenage years. Ah, life-shaping WB shows. It's so sappy. And so much fun to watch. And doesn't EVERYONE want to end up with Pacey?
Ok, I'm just rambling now. Just thought this was a moment I should share with everyone.
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The finale made me all nostalgic for the Dawson's Creek days of my life. I mean, it's an awful show, but it's just so ridiculously emblematic of my teenage years. Ah, life-shaping WB shows. It's so sappy. And so much fun to watch. And doesn't EVERYONE want to end up with Pacey?
Ok, I'm just rambling now. Just thought this was a moment I should share with everyone.
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Nov 13, 2006
Latest Triumph
So I've been overdosing on BBC America lately, and I've watched a couple episodes of Gordon Ramsay's The F Word, which is this fantabulous show about food, running a restaurant, getting people back in the kitchen, and showing cute shots of Gordon with his many, many children in order to prove that he's not such a jerk, after all.
Anyway, after getting particularly inspired by some pumpkin risotto that Gordon concocted on the last show, I decided to go out and make my own while pumpkins were still in season. At many a point during the chopping, peeling, sauteeing, pureeing, and mixing in of the pumpkin, I had doubts that my grand experiment would come to a good end.
However, I have to say that I have possibly cooked the most delicious meal...EVER. (Except maybe for that awesome Thanksgiving in London.) The risotto has just the right amount of sweetness and pumpkin-y goodness. I just need to bask in the wonderfuless of it all. Because all every cook wants is some validation, right?
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P.S. Requests for the recipe will be honored, but I cannot guarantee that your version will turn out as fabulous as mine. That's just the way it works. Sorry.
Anyway, after getting particularly inspired by some pumpkin risotto that Gordon concocted on the last show, I decided to go out and make my own while pumpkins were still in season. At many a point during the chopping, peeling, sauteeing, pureeing, and mixing in of the pumpkin, I had doubts that my grand experiment would come to a good end.
However, I have to say that I have possibly cooked the most delicious meal...EVER. (Except maybe for that awesome Thanksgiving in London.) The risotto has just the right amount of sweetness and pumpkin-y goodness. I just need to bask in the wonderfuless of it all. Because all every cook wants is some validation, right?
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P.S. Requests for the recipe will be honored, but I cannot guarantee that your version will turn out as fabulous as mine. That's just the way it works. Sorry.
Nov 12, 2006
Food Heaven
I have just discovered food heaven. It's like Whole Foods, the food halls at Harrods and Selfridge's, Willams Sonoma, and the international food fair after Cultural Rhythms combined. Mmmm...
Today I went to A Southern Season, which is a food megastore a few miles from my house. It's got all sorts of ridiculousness - an amazingly large wine section, a huge assortment of international foods, all sorts of gourmet goodies, a bakery, a deli counter, and a confectionery. Of course, there are prices to match the ridiculous selection, but I decided to stop acting like an impoverished grad student and treat myself for once. I got rillette (duck pate) and smoked cheddar and nice wine and bread and even some Lebkuchen. I am so content right now, you wouldn't believe it. Ok, maybe you would. I guess this just proves it - I DO love food more than Nic.
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Today I went to A Southern Season, which is a food megastore a few miles from my house. It's got all sorts of ridiculousness - an amazingly large wine section, a huge assortment of international foods, all sorts of gourmet goodies, a bakery, a deli counter, and a confectionery. Of course, there are prices to match the ridiculous selection, but I decided to stop acting like an impoverished grad student and treat myself for once. I got rillette (duck pate) and smoked cheddar and nice wine and bread and even some Lebkuchen. I am so content right now, you wouldn't believe it. Ok, maybe you would. I guess this just proves it - I DO love food more than Nic.
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Nov 11, 2006
Weirdness
Today is 76 degrees and sunny. Right now I'm sitting on my porch, on the couch (which we dragged out here in honor of the weather), sipping iced tea. This place is weird...AND I LOVE IT.
To celebrate the return of summer to North Carolina, here are pics from my adventures in Jersey this summer. I promise to get working on the rest of them so I can update on NC so far. But for now, bask in a little sunshine.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=u54fr1b.apveza17&x=0&y=2fguga
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To celebrate the return of summer to North Carolina, here are pics from my adventures in Jersey this summer. I promise to get working on the rest of them so I can update on NC so far. But for now, bask in a little sunshine.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=u54fr1b.apveza17&x=0&y=2fguga
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Nov 3, 2006
Dead and Dead
So I made a futile trip to the mall today to try and repair my glasses and iPod, both of which are apparently beyond saving. So now I'm walking around with glasses with a piece broken off, and I have no music to comfort me.
But then I saved the day with a little retail therapy. After buying a top (on sale - I need to start saving for glasses and a new Ipod), I walked around Williams-Sonoma and scored some free spiced cider. Although I couldn't buy a single thing there because of their ridiculously inflated prices, I did come to the conclusion that I would get married just to have a registry at Williams-Sonoma. No other reason. I LOVE that store. Someday my kitchen will be that pretty. And pretentious.
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But then I saved the day with a little retail therapy. After buying a top (on sale - I need to start saving for glasses and a new Ipod), I walked around Williams-Sonoma and scored some free spiced cider. Although I couldn't buy a single thing there because of their ridiculously inflated prices, I did come to the conclusion that I would get married just to have a registry at Williams-Sonoma. No other reason. I LOVE that store. Someday my kitchen will be that pretty. And pretentious.
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Oct 17, 2006
Out of State Experience
So I had the weirdest thing happen today. I was studying for my econ exam last night and didn't get too much sleep. I woke up to find a grey, rainy morning - lovely. The two cups of tea I had this morning provided enough caffeine for getting through my morning exam, but I was kinda groggy the rest of the day. So I was working in the library and I got up to leave. I saw someone who looked like Barb, and for a minute I was back in Cambridge. I was heading home to Lowell, where I would meet my blockmates for an early dinner and then some Nintendo or Sex and the City before studying. Maybe it was because I was so tired, or maybe it was because everything reminded me of Boston today - the grey sky, the rain on the brick sidewalks, the feeling of dragging yourself to class without very much sleep...weirdness. I swear, I was CONVINCED I would walk out the library and see Sever Quad, or I would turn the corner and see the Harvard Book Store or ABP. I need sleep.
It all just reminded me how great college was, and while grad school is fun and all, it's just not the same. Ah, reminiscing about the past. Ok, I'm done now.
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It all just reminded me how great college was, and while grad school is fun and all, it's just not the same. Ah, reminiscing about the past. Ok, I'm done now.
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Oct 16, 2006
Toto, we're not in the Northeast anymore
This morning I decided to go get a state ID, in my endless quest for establishing residency in North Carolina (in-state tuition, here I come!). Before being turned away for not having the requisite 20 forms of ID and 60 days' proof of residency, I overheard this gem of a conversation between two of the DMV officers.
"Did you see that flashy Eur-o-pee-an car?"
"What did he say it was called? A Min-ee Coo-per?"
Imagine all this said with thick Southern accents. Pauses and all. Priceless.
Sometimes, living in Chapel Hill makes me forget that I really am in the South. But then little times like these remind me that I am far, far away from home.
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"Did you see that flashy Eur-o-pee-an car?"
"What did he say it was called? A Min-ee Coo-per?"
Imagine all this said with thick Southern accents. Pauses and all. Priceless.
Sometimes, living in Chapel Hill makes me forget that I really am in the South. But then little times like these remind me that I am far, far away from home.
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Oct 11, 2006
And a new beginning
A new post, a new title, a new look, a new country...it's all so exciting! Welcome to my accounts of the South, from my new home of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. I've got so much to update on, but for now, you should know I'm in a two-year graduate program in City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina (which most of you probably do). I'm completely overloaded with work (already!), hence the ridiculous time lapse in getting this thing updated. But not to fear - I will have pics from the summer, tales of grad school, and sundry other delightful things coming your way soon. Till then,
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Oct 9, 2006
The End (for now...)
Well, it's been nearly three months since I left the UK, and I've finally finished posting all the stuff from my trip. Hope you've enjoyed all the accounts of crazy times abroad, because I've certainly enjoyed the crazy times. And although I'm back in the US, it doesn't mean I'm here for good. Stay tuned for further adventures.
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