I give up trying to be wordless. It just doesn’t happen! So, we’ll call it “Slightly Loquacious Wednesday” instead. A couple days ago I made pork bao buns. They were pretty good, but not perfect. I’ll have to try again. I also made whole wheat linguine with clams. It was amazing and I was [...]
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Just a quickie post which really has nothing to do with food or dinner… but it does have to do with YOU. Thanks to all of your support through donations and the Online Flea Market, we raised, as a team, over $1600 for Pancreatic Cancer research! Our 5k was yesterday, and I walked it in [...]
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You are all AMAZING! Thanks to all of your generosity, and the promise that the last few donations will come in the next couple of days, the Online Flea Market for Pancreatic Cancer raised…. **Drumroll Please*** $566!!!!!!!!!! I kind of can’t believe it! The 5K Run/Walk is next weekend, and my donation page is open [...]
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Bids are closed! Thank you all! Welcome one and all to the first annual Online Flea Market for Pancreatic Cancer Research! To help publicize this event, feel free to post, tweet, and Facebook about it, and you can grab this button as well to post on your blog: The rules for the Flea Market are [...]
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Ok, almost Wordless Wednesday. You all know I can’t REALLY be quiet. I spent the past two nights at two different family Passover celebrations! Monday night, I went with Adam to his family’s seder, and didn’t quite feel right taking photos. Tuesday though, at my mom’s, I took advantage of the situation to take some [...]
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When I was a tween, I was extremely short. Like, nickname-inducing, age-questioning short. I was at least two heads shorter than many of my “tall” friends, and a head shorter than my friends that were considered “short.” When I graduated 8th grade, they lined us up by height. The taller kids got to be in [...]
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Many months ago, in what feels like another lifetime at this point, I got an email from my friend Mal. You may remember her as the person who started the A to Z Literacy Movement, and I talked about her throughout September when every one of your clicks was a donation to A to Z. [...]
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I feel like I’m on an endless quest for the perfect chili recipe. I’ve talked about it before, and even talked about it over at EatingBender once… and my quest continues. Every time I make chili, I tweak the recipe justalittlebit and I kid you not, it just keeps getting better. I’m a fan of [...]
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Tomorrow morning is a monumental morning. It marks the first day of my 8th year of teaching Spanish! I can’t believe it, honestly. It seems like just yesterday I was getting my student teaching assignment. It never ceases to amaze me every year, though, the abundance of “new” that comes with the new year. New [...]
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Well, I spent today roasting in my classroom. (No windows + 2 fans = stuffy classroom!) I spent my commute home roasting in my car. (Car A/C + stuck in traffic in the sun = not so cool) I spent my early evening roasting… food! We’re still trying to figure out what’s up with our [...]
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