wanderlust
It has been such a long time since I have posted! Everything at work has been going non-stop since I left for Paris in mid-March. I was there for work, but I did have some time to explore. I visited Le Marais, a district in Paris, during my stay. I came back with the most beautiful…
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I made it to Day 30! Very exciting. Like I said before, I have trouble completing creative projects and making it through an entire month is a nice mental milestone for me. Click here to see how it’s shaping up. In trying to pin down a theme, which on Day 13 I decided would be…
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Ever since I saw an episode of “The Best Thing I Ever Ate” on Food Network, I have been wanting to make a flourless chocolate cake. Aarón Sanchez noted on the cake episode that a flourless chocolate cake from the bakery Cake Flour was the best cake he’d ever eaten. I started looking for a recipe,…
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My husband loves duck. Loves it. He has stories of the ducks he has shot and how he cooked them. The only thing he’ll hunt are birds, and (luckily) he hasn’t been hunting since I met him. I have a thing about hunting. Nevertheless, he still loves it, no matter where it comes from. On…
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I have very fond memories of the Chinese New Year that I spent in China. We spent three weeks in Yunnan Province, which is the most amazing area of China, at least of the places I’ve been. Yunnan borders the countries of Vietnam, Laos, and Burma, and the provinces of Sichuan and Tibet. Thus, there…
Read MoreI’m stuck listening to the same music. Not that it’s bad or anything. I think it’s the best, that’s why I listen to it. But I just spoke with a friend who told me that there is a band named Deerhunter, and I thought he was talking about the movie, The Deer Hunter, starring Robert…
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On Friday while waiting on W, I watched Iron Chef America. I love Iron Chef; however, I was sad to find out that the Chairman’s nephew is not actually his nephew (hint: he’s an actor). And apparently the chefs have some time to figure out what they are going to make – it’s not all…
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I studied abroad in Beijing, China for 1 semester in college. It was the most amazing experience of my life. As most people who study abroad know, you can never really explain it, you just have to live it. Coming back home after such an experience is difficult, because everyone wants to know about your…
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When I was in college, I went to Florence, Italy, thanks to my parents who gave me the trip as a gift. I went into a bar with a friend and saw a glass jar filled with fresh fruit and wine. Wondering what it was, I ordered a glass and found that it was sangria.…
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Yesterday the NCAA National Championship in football was on tv, and as most good Southerners do, we rooted for the SEC team: Auburn University. You do realize the SEC is the strongest conference, don’t you? Well, you should recognize. Since we’ve been snowed in for two days, my diet has been limited to what I…
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