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Recent moments of awesomeness. 25 February 2009 6:00 pm

Posted by Tracy in : consumerism,friends,fun,ingredients,pictures,random,restaurants , add a comment

So I didn’t have the most competent Tuesday afternoon — barely left the house in time to make the talk at the library, only to be thwarted by trains and get there fifteen minutes late. Argh. Good thing they’re doing that talk again on March 18; I’ll try to give myself more of a head start then (or I’ll be out doing something awesome for spring break, and either way the expected value is pretty darn good).

Anyway.

I wandered off from the library, grumpy at myself and feeling socially awkward, only to spy this FreshDirect ad, which made me so happy I almost forgot about my little blunder:

Yay!

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A few upcoming food adventures 24 February 2009 8:12 am

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Here’s some fun food geeky stuff going on in my not-too-distant future:

Today at 3:15 PM I’m going to a free talk at the New York Public Library’s Humanities and Social Sciences branch by the very promising title of “Cooked Books”. Learn more about where and how to do food research in New York City? Don’t mind if I do! (more…)

Monkey Monday: good and bad news edition. 23 February 2009 11:53 pm

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Good news: I’m actually getting around to writing my Monkey Monday post… on Monday, for a change.

Bad news: I still have the attention span of a small flightless bird. (more…)

Another edible experiment. 18 February 2009 11:48 pm

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I couldn’t get these uploaded in time to post them on Tuesday night, but here’s some pictures of that day’s other edible experiment:

Another experiment.

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An edible experiment. 17 February 2009 11:56 pm

Posted by Tracy in : dessert,eating,friends,fun,nyc,restaurants,tea , 1 comment so far

Look what I ate in Chinatown today!

An edible experiment.

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