Last week, when I was back in Portland, I spotted the Pony Soldier marquee that you see above. I happened to have camera in hand (I was not the one driving at the time) and so snapped a picture of the message. “A goal not in writing is simply a wish*.” So, in the spirit [...]
Scott and I got married to one another on Saturday, September 26th. It was an amazing day and while the weather wasn’t quite as warm as I would have liked, the rain held off until just after we finished cleaning up. The food our friends and family brought to share was delicious, the cakes that [...]
Right now, this is the weather forecast for the day of our wedding. This is perfect. I need it to stay exactly like this. If you are so inclined (and if you believe in such things), I would so appreciate positive thoughts and prayers in the direction of the weather, in the hopes that it [...]
They say that a dearth of blogging indicates a full and happy life (and really, isn’t that what we’re all striving for?). That’s certainly been the case in my book, at least when it comes to this site. I have been blogging with some regularity over at Food in Jars, so the internet hasn’t been [...]
Today, I cast a ballot in a presidential election for the third time in my life. I was 21 in 2000 and so voted via absentee ballot from college for Al Gore. I remember the feeling of nausea when I had to eventually go to bed that election night without knowing who was going to [...]
Yesterday felt like New Year’s Day. Starting at 7 am, we could hear the thousands of people already out lining Market and Broad Streets, waiting for the noon-time parade to start. They were hooting and yelling, screaming with voices hoarse with multiple days of victory celebrations. When I left for work at 9 am, everyone [...]
I started my first job in Philadelphia, at the American Association for Cancer Research, on February 25th, 2002. I got that job five weeks after moving to Philly when I was 22 years old. A lot of time has passed since then as well as two more jobs, three boyfriends (the last of which seems [...]
Several months ago, I struck up an email correspondence with one of the editorial types over at Culinate, an online food magazine. We chatted back and forth about food writing and Portland. Eventually she suggested that if I was ever inclined, I’d be welcome to send a piece or two her way, for possible publication. [...]
It seems hard to believe, but it’s now been nearly a week since I’ve posted here. I can’t remember the last time I let this site go fallow for so long. I’m back in Philly now, after nearly two weeks hanging out with the family in Portland. It was a lovely trip, although by the [...]
I had the opportunity to listen to two and half hours of the best live music I’ve heard in along time last night. My dad had been planning the concert, a fundraiser for People of Faith for Peace, for months and despite cold weather, lots of rain and the threat of snow, more than [...]
