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I received an Anthro gift card for Christmas. Recently, I seem to be a sucker for anything that seems "sculptural." I'm blaming it on Ann Rand (in utter defiance of my orals list, I've been reading The Fountainhead).
Furled Gold Heels, Chie Mihara / Anthro
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I shamelessly love holiday music. My favorites are the old latin chants (and modern smoashborgs that retain the grandeur and eerieness of the latin--yay, Medieval Babes!) and baroque-era choir music....Handel, Beethoven, Mendensoln. There's something about listening to a song in either romance or germanic languages--languages that I don't speak, ( Read more... ) -
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Arkansas Black = world's most awesome apple. It's an heirloom variety that I found at Berkeley Bowl, reasonably on sale for $1.09. I think I've eaten at least 5 lbs worth in the last week. It's an almost perfectly round, crispy, spicy apple...like a honeycrisp, but with a slightly stronger tang.
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I went for a long run last night. Campus at midnight is a different place: serene, moonlight, a touch of mystical...even the poorly trimmed knobby trees look almost majestic against the night sky. It was a blustery evening...and there's something about blinking against the wind, with dead leaves swirling around my knees that takes me back to high ( Read more... ) -
Apple cake!
I've been looking to tweak an apple cake recipe so that it's respectable for breakfast or an afternoon snack...and it doesn't undo all my hard work at the gym. I'm pretty happy with this. Fair warning--like the original epicurious recipe, this bakes into something of a cross between bread pudding, a cake, and quickbread consistency...mostly apples ( Read more... ) -
on amateurism....
Despite the rain and my wet feet, it's been a beautiful day. I took care of the dogs [Adrian's in SoCal for a funeral, so I'm petsitting this weekend], skipped mass (largely by accident--I overslept), and "made up for it" (or not) by wandering into a craft sale at the basement of a different Church.
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*grumble grumble grumble*
I'm struggling to write an De Quincey abstract for a meeting with Ian in...oh, four hours, and all I can think about is pumpkin pudding. If I had gone into baking, would I spend most of my working hours dreaming of romantic-era novels?
If I get this done, I'm making pumpkin pudding for dinner.
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homes, cakes, yoga, and tenure-track jobs...
I've been back in Chicago for the past 3 days. It's been...eventful, to say the least. I'll save most of the details for a friends-only entry...but in short, I realized what I've suspected for a while now: Chicago is no longer my home. I still love this place, and see myself as a Chicagoian (hello jaywalking!), but I'm not sure that I can see ( Read more... ) -
more brunch recipes....
My entire extended family on my mom's side is coming over tomorrow. (There's ten of us, including my two high-school-aged cousins). We're having brunch, and since my mother may need to work tomorrow (she's a realtor and has a customer who just flew in from a different country for the week)...I've been put in charge of cooking.
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WEEE!!! It's the first rainy day of the season. I'm excited (seasonal change! in california!), even though I will be driving today. There's nothing wrong with driving in the rain, persay. (I'd take the rain over snow/ice any day), but California drivers seem to lose their collective minds the moment the ground is wet ( Read more... )
