Category Archives: Eclectic

Where I've been lately…

Posted on July 13, 2007 by Marisa

It’s been a light-posting week over here at Apartment 2024 (as well as over my my Reading Terminal blog).  I have a couple of good reasons for that.  The first is that I spent the last two days hanging out … Continue reading →

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The people united will never be defeated*

Posted on July 2, 2007 by Marisa

Today was a spectacularly beautiful day in Philadelphia, and I spent most of it indoors, sitting on a hard wooden bench. A couple of weeks ago, I got an invitation to attend the ACORN Presidential Candidate Forum at the Bright … Continue reading →

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Chaos, crisis and crabbiness

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Marisa

I had a conversation tonight with a friend in which we both realized that the last month has been pretty much of a doozy for both of us.  Life has continually thrown us curve balls and it seems like as … Continue reading →

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Just a little local press

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Marisa

Make sure to check out the edition of the Philadelphia Weekly that hits the streets tomorrow, as there is a story in there about my Reading Terminal Market blogging project.  I was both taken aback and flattered that they were … Continue reading →

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Loving action, Dilbert-style

Posted on June 8, 2007 by Marisa

Growing up, I was the luckiest kind of kid, because I had two parents who loved me beyond measure.  No matter what crappy things happened in my life, I knew absolutely that my parents adored me, would take care of … Continue reading →

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A brief check-in during which I don't say much of anything at all

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Marisa

I promised myself that when I started up the Reading Terminal Market blog that I wouldn’t forsake this one for that new and shiny website. Well, that resolution is falling all to pieces, as I’m having a hard time keeping … Continue reading →

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Dinner confessions

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Marisa

I have found that there are certain things in life that I only eat alone.  Take the dinner I made myself tonight when I got home from class.  I sauteed a very small onion with a few roughly chopped cloves … Continue reading →

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Close up on Rosemary

Posted on May 23, 2007 by Marisa

Eric, ask and you shall receive. It’s planted in a pot with my existing rosemary plant, which is why I used the card to divide the two. It’s a pretty nice, if sort of strangely shaped, little plant.  I’ve never … Continue reading →

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One green thumb

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Marisa

In addition to the many boxes and suitcases of books, personal memorabilia and assorted ephemera I flung across country recently, I also brought something living and fairly fragile.  If airport security had deemed me a great threat because of my … Continue reading →

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The big getting rid of

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Marisa

After spending the last week looking at every object that crossed my path with the thought, “Is this something worth keeping or can I live without it?” I’m finding that I can’t shake that view.  Since returning home I’ve already … Continue reading →

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