Tomorrow is the anniversary of our first kiss, many moons ago. I know that once you get married other anniversaries are supposed to melt away, but I figure- why not just celebrate more? We always celebrate the same way– by going to Dougherty’s, the pub where we decided on a whim to gamble our years-long friendship. [...]
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Balsamic Mushrooms
This weekend I went to Charleston, SC to visit my bff Megan. This week Megan is turning 25, and to mark this special occasion (and help prevent a quarter life crisis) I flew down on Friday and spent a long weekend taking in the beauty (and warmth) of the south. Charleston is one of my [...]
Water, Butter, Wine
People often make rash assumptions about me. For instance, people often assume that because I’m tall, I should play basketball. Then I fall in front of their face and they reconsider. But until they see me fall/drop something they believe me to have wasted years of potential talent. Talent I promise I do not have [...]
Shortbread (or Short’nin’ Bread)
Having five siblings, it’s easy to say that the temperature at home was always… well, competitive. And since I’m mostly competitive about things that my siblings don’t care about, I was not usually the one competing. To make myself feel better, I created little battles in my head that allowed me to come out champion. [...]
Mashed Potatoes
After the divorce, my parents worked really hard to keep our lives as normal as possible. My mom, for instance, still makes a completely homemade dinner every night that one of us is home. However, one day in the late 90′s, she took some bad advice from a friend and tried to pass boxed mashed [...]
