Category Archives: New York City
The Basic Art Of Italian Cooking
The Basic Art of Italian Cooking by Maria Liberati is part cookbook and part travel memoir. Between recipes, Maria shares travel adventures, like meeting her now-husband, and misadventures, like the Italian-language student who asked for a shower, instead of a … Continue reading
UMass Graduation
Stick’s graduation! If you haven’t seen the Andrew Card protest at the UMass graduation, you should watch this video.
Beating The System
Apparently, if you are an English teacher, people will come to your school and give you free books. (these people are called “representatives from various publishing companies” and not “people who really like Meg”) They also bring in cookies and … Continue reading
We’re On First Names With The Insurance Company
This morning, Stick and I woke up to the sound of someone banging on our across-the-hall neighbors’ door. At least, we assumed it was their door, since we don’t have too many friends who make unannounced Sunday-morning visits. It was … Continue reading
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From boingboing: Last night, Digg.com underwent a user rebellion. Digg removed many posts — and terminated the accounts of some of its users — for posting a 16-digit hexadecimal number that is used to lock up HD-DVD movies. The number … Continue reading
Nightlife
“Oh no! There’s that girl coming up the path to give me flowers!” Stick announced. I looked up from my book and told my boyfriend that I didn’t want to hear it. “I really thought that after I hooked up … Continue reading
Met Road Trip
It’s not just me. Stick, Hugo and Diana love Dunkin’ Donuts too. Our destination. Most people don’t know this, but the ancient Greeks actually invented the thong. Unfortunately, they used copper, so it never really caught on. Even the pharoahs … Continue reading
