Just found out yesterday at work that I get to go to the 4th Annual Critical Race Studies Symposium on Intersectionality at UCLA featuring all sorts of academic and activist all stars that make me totally drool with anticipation and excitement ( Read more... )

My weekend involved a trip to Philly, excellent Burmese food (I think I'm officially addicted and need to find a Burmese place in NYC STAT), a hot late nite date with Truck Driver Rockstar, celebration of Naima's birthday via a trip to the Russian Spa (where I did not pay to get beaten with eucalyptus branches by a large Russian man, pictured below ( Read more... )

I think this is the first time since I've moved to NYC that I've gotten to stay home because of snow. Yeah! I mean, I *am* still working from home, but it's always a treat to do work in my pajamas ( Read more... )

This is turning out to be a lovely weekend, and I still have a whole 'nother day left. Lucky me ( Read more... )

Last night, Zoe and I went to Tabla for a scrumptious meal ( Read more... )

Last night for dinner, I pulled out the fancy cast-iron skillet that I got for Christmas from my parents and made a show-stopping (for me and my culinary skill level, anyway) dinner ( Read more... )

While we were in the DR, much of our time was spent cooped indoors, which meant that there was ample time for us to be ridiculously silly with each other.

One of my favorite moments from the trip was when I shared this Failblog post with everyone and we laughed so hard that we couldn't breathe.

See for yourself!


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I just realized that I never posted the rest of my vaycay pictures. Oops ( Read more... )

Well, we certainly had a bit of a scare last night ( Read more... )

Well y'all, I am on day 2.5 of vacation, and even though it has been raining all day and will likely continue to rain until Friday, I'm still mega grateful to not be in the sub-zero temperatures of NYC, shivering my ass off and looking sorrowfully at my painfully pale & chapped skin.

SaturdayI left my house at 4am after about an hour of sleep for ( Read more... )