Monthly Archives: September 2008

Immortalized in an in-flight magazine

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Marisa

Some of you might remember that last summer, I worked on a little project that I called Stories from Reading Terminal. It was my attempt to gather tales from shoppers and vendors at Philly’s storied public food market. I ran … Continue reading →

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Photos from Hoover Dam

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Marisa

Last Friday, after Scott was done with VM World, we picked up a rental car and drove to Boulder City to visit Hoover Dam. It is an impressive work of human creativity and artistic design. As we toured it, Scott … Continue reading →

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Chatting with Average Betty

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Marisa

While I was out in LA last week, I had the pleasure of meeting up with a couple of food bloggers. I took a stroll around the Santa Monica Farmers Market on Wednesday morning with Sarah Gim, the girl genius … Continue reading →

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Traveling and heading home

Posted on September 21, 2008 by Marisa

For the last week, I’ve been away, out of my normal routine and spending as little time around the computer as was possible. I spent the first half of the week hanging out in Los Angeles and the second half … Continue reading →

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Saying goodbye to Bonnie the dog

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Marisa

We got Bonnie the third day of my junior year of high school. I remember vividly, because my parents had gotten me my very first car the week before and I drove out to the Troutdale Humane Society to meet … Continue reading →

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Fabric shopping

Posted on September 6, 2008 by Marisa

This morning, I picked up Angie a few minutes after ten to head down to Fabric Row, in the hopes of finding some great fabric with which to recover the seats of the new dining room chairs. We went to … Continue reading →

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Camp Tockwogh and new chairs

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Marisa

Last Friday, I packed up the car, picked up Shay and headed down to Still Pond, Maryland for a long weekend at Camp Tockwogh. It’s the fifth year in a row that I’ve spend Labor Day Weekend down at camp … Continue reading →

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Fork You: Scott cooks!

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Marisa

[viddler id-28887517 h-370 w-437] Over the weekend, I took off for the Chesapeake Bay with a bunch of old friends, leaving Scott to his own devises back in the apartment. He entertained himself by catching up on several on-demand television … Continue reading →

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