Hickory dickory dock

In case you haven’t heard, animals make different sounds in other languages. For example, in France a dog says “Ouah!” In Mexico they say, “Guav!” How is it then, that we hear “Bark!”?
I found out tonight that the way we hear things differently is not limited to animal noises. We were at a stop light [...]

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2 things

1. I have lost all faith in organic broccoli. I bought some to steam for dinner tonight and it was infested with aphids. I had to throw it all away because they were so dense they wouldn’t wash out. I hate aphids.
2. Violet can now climb onto chairs by herself=she can access any available surface [...]

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BLAT

I just finished making AJ a BLAT sandwich for lunch. In case you’ve never dipped your pen into the colorful inkpot of food acronyms, that would be a Bacon Lettuce Avocado Tomato sandwich.
now to find a sandwich filling that starts with “O”…

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It’s the moist wonderful time of the year…

That’s right; Fall is officially here.
Fall is my favorite season for several reasons. This may or may not stem from a year-long build in anticipation for my birthday which is also in the fall, or the fact that it means christmas is just around the corner, or that we’re only weeks away from Halloween candy [...]

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Just Words

When I was young I attempted to keep a diary many times. Most of my entries read something like this:
So, i know i haven’t written in here for a really really really long time, but now i’m going to write every day, so that should be good…
I’m feeling the fullness of that awkward moment that comes [...]

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Just Pictures

The first picture of the trip.
 

Somewhere in the middle
 
 The last picture of the trip while waiting to get off the airplane.

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i’m home

Mid Pleasures and palaces though I may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like Jimmy’s.

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varigated

Violet has eaten a larger variety of food on this trip than most adults do in a lifetime. This means she is very awesome. Here are a couple of the things she’s eaten…
Ethiopian food (don’t ask me to tell you what it was–i have no idea, but it was awesome)
shrimp
lobster
almond butter
half-smoke with chili
swordfish
miso
pickles
coffee
black truffle mac [...]

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Boston: the good, the great and the gorgeous

Boston lives up to all my expectations.
it’s picturesque, quaint, historical and bustling–all in one.  This is our second day here and we’ve got 2 full days to go. So far this place has had the best eats of our trip. Today for lunch we went into a swanky hotel restaurant with a cantankerous Violet for [...]

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having the time of my life

although, if I was a cat I would certainly be saying “lives” because i’ve probably cashed in a few on this trip.
I have chased many pigeons with Violet,
listened to a gospel choir in Times Square,
crammed on to many a subway,
cried at the holocaust museum,
danced with AJ on a street,
taken many many pictures,
fallen asleep on the [...]

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