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What I’m up to: awesome weekends. 26 February 2010 11:30 pm

Posted by Tracy in : consumerism,eating,events,fangirl,friends,fun,movies,not even vegetarian,nyc,photos,pictures,pizza,random,restaurants,reviews,school , 1 comment so far

So this weekend Peter’s out of town for macho male bonding stuff which I sincerely hope does not involve getting buried by the snowicane or whatever I’m supposed to call this mess of wet and cold slushing everything up all over the place for the snowiest NYC February on record, wow (shouts out to Ansley for that fun fact, and also a pretext for delicious, delicious lunch at Veselka this afternoon, nom nom nom). But seriously, just look at the poor planters at our building’s entrance, for monkeys’ sake:

Entrance to our building, with lots of snow.
I think the super’s whole family has been worked keeping that path clear these past 36-odd hours.

Anyway. I have two excellent reasons to brave the frozen wilds of New York City this weekend, and I am going to tell you all about them, starting… now.

The Foodprint Project

To be perfectly honest, I’m not 100% sure what The Foodprint Project is, but there are so many awesome people involved that I cannot wait to be a part of it any way I can. And oh darn, hearing awesome people talk about the art and culture and politics of urban food systems and more? Geez, it’s like exactly what I came to grad school for, only free and I get to design my own homework! So that’s tomorrow, Saturday, February 27, from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., at Studio-X, 180 Varick St., Suite 1610, New York, NY 10014.

Just Food’s CSA in NYC conference!

Ok, I do know what this event is about, which means the conference should be pretty freaking awesome. Community Supported Agriculture is the answer, doncha know, and I am eager to learn more about how it works in NYC and how I can help, because: awesome.

So that’s my plans for this weekend, but last weekend was pretty excellent, too, so (more…)

Monkey Monday: Julie & Julia edition. 8 September 2009 2:32 pm

Posted by Tracy in : meta,monkeys,movies,random,school,writing , 1 comment so far

So happy day after Labor Day, readers! My holiday weekend featured a fair amount of baking, which I hope to write about later on this week, as well as tasty dinners both higher end (Aroma) and low (all hail my local Cuban diner! Es muy delicioso!) Also, I finally saw Julie & Julia this holiday weekend, and my brain is still full, so that’s what today’s post is all about.

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I’m in full agreement with everyone else loving the hell out of Meryl Streep playing, as Salon reviewer Stephanie Zacharek put it, not Julia Child but “something both more elusive and more truthful… our idea of Julia Child.” Also, mad props to Stanley Tucci for managing to share the screen with, well, a force of nature portraying another force of nature, somehow in such a way that I’m still remembering and appreciating his performance days later. Well played, sir. (more…)

Eek! Missed a day! 11 July 2007 10:40 pm

Posted by Tracy in : books,food snobbery,identity,Morning Glory,movies,reviews,seasonality,vegan,vegetarian , add a comment

I completely forgot to write anything for TracyFood yesterday because of the record-breaking heat which made me fall asleep at 7 PM because there was literally nothing else I could do. Really. That’s what I get for going home too early (i.e. at the very hottest part of the day) instead of staying at Peter’s nice air-conditioned office at the U of O (more…)