February 2011
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January 2011
30 posts
meghanunc asked: how could i not follow you back! we spell our name the same way, that automatically makes you good in my book ;)
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El Porron
I keep a long list of “Places to Go in NYC” and rarely do I remember to reference it when going out. But earlier this week, when making plans with friends, I remembered to check it. I have no recollection of where I read about it or who told me to check it out, but we ended up at El Porron on 61st and 1st for some Spanish tapas and wine.
El Porron’s wine list features all...
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Recipe: Pasta with Broccoli and Chickpeas
A few weeks ago, I joined some family in Fairfield, CT for a birthday dinner at Cafe Madeline. My cousin is a manager there so we had the place to ourselves and I had the most delicious pasta dish - whole-wheat linguini with broccoli and chickpeas in a zesty garlic sauce.
I had to recreate the dish and with the help of Super Cook I found a similar recipe on Epicurious. It definitely wasn’t...
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Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do...
– Norman Vincent Peale (via juliaallison)
simple deliciousness →
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Sister Sister!
Last year, I went six months without seeing my little sister. I saw her on Mother’s day for about and hour and then did not see her until Thanksgiving and that too was a brief visit.
We spent a lot of time together over Christmas and before she headed back to school early this week, she visited me in the City on New Year’s Day.
After meeting her at Penn Station, we started...
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Doing Something
2010 was my year of not doing things. Work kept me extremely busy from January until the day I was laid off in late September. I’d plan things but then be too tired or too busy to do them. After I was laid off, I put off a lot of things because I was saving money or spending my days job searching.
2011 is going to be different. I’m starting out on the right foot with a freelance gig,...
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