2012.

Hey there, blog world.  It’s been a while, hasn’t it?

So here’s the thing.  I’ve been cheating on the whole plate.

I love this blog.  It’s been with me through a host of major life changes.  It’s brought me some incredible friends.  It’s helped me remember some delicious restaurant experiences and catalogue some of my favorite recipes. [...]

9.11.11.

I was in English class when my friend Mallory sat down next to me and told me what had happened.  It was fifth period, and I had spent my morning unaware of the horror occurring just an hour drive away.  By the time I found out, both towers had already collapsed.

A classmate of ours raised [...]

young adults.

Early yesterday afternoon, I snacked on this little dish of shrimp and grits at DC’s Eastern Market. Nearing the end of my short weekend jaunt in the nation’s capital, I spooned in the hot dish while my two childhood friends munched on freshly salted pretzels. Sitting there in the almost-spring sunlight, the middle [...]

perspective.

ezekiel toast, mashed avocado, agave; fage with a banana, cinnamon, raisins; french press coffee.

I’m reading a good book right now.  It’s been keeping me company on the subway and in bed before I close my eyes at night.  It isn’t a perfect book, but I am nonetheless so invested that the first thing I did [...]

on relationships.

I met a friend for drinks on Saturday night.

That seems typical.  And it was, in a way, except that this friend and I hadn’t seen each other for almost two years.

We met when I was 21: four months out of college, in my first month teaching English to Czech adults.  We were sitting next to [...]