Tag Archives: Stick
Unaabi Grill
Unaabi Grill http://www.unaabi.com 914 Kildaire Farm Rd. Cary, NC 27511 We were intrigued by the new restaurant Unaabi Grill, but honestly, we were not impressed with the outside. Unaabi Grill is in a converted Pizza Hut, and from the street, … Continue reading
At The Video Store
Sometimes I forget how much having lived in China affects me. I don’t mean my new appreciation for bread and cheese, although I think Chinese food has something to do with that. I mean how out of the American loop … Continue reading
Grove Park Inn
I’m at the Grove Park Inn right now, for the Arts & Crafts Conference. The whole place is amazing, a really plush hotel in the Arts & Crafts style, with rough stone walls, bright windows, with lots of spots for … Continue reading
Brick Factory Lane
This is right where Stick and I lived in Beijing! You can see the drum tower, the bridge by Qianhai, and my own private landmarks, like the exercise equipment and the bird cages on our old street. The narration is … Continue reading
A Freaking Frigidarium
Riding in the car with Stick is sometimes a bizarre crash course in boyfriend stream-of-consciousness. Last night he announced that he wants to open a theme restaurant. “I’ll call it the Frigidarium,” he says, “And when people ask me why … Continue reading
The Wonders Of Technology
“Can you get on Facebook and give me Josh and Terri’s address?” I asked Stick a week before Christmas. We were sitting in the living room right before Christmas, with a gorgeous fire going, as I prepared our very first … Continue reading
Repeating Decimals
For some reason, we’ve been having a problem in the apartment where we can’t both use wireless internet at the same time. Maybe there’s not enough room in the tubes for both of us? This is a crisis in a … Continue reading
A Nice Family Christmas
Stick and I went to my parents’ for the traditional ham and latkes Christmas dinner, which I’d missed last year in favor of our Jenny Lou’s Christmas feast. My cousins gave us an electric kettle, with the part about “automatic … Continue reading
Sparkly Like A Holiday
Stick is on the phone with his stepmom Char, telling her his pre-Christmas plans. “Tomorrow I’m going to bring Meg to work, and then I’m going to take the car to finish shopping and get her Christmas present.” He pauses … Continue reading
Fail
I wasn’t going to post about this — actually, I was just going to clean up, throw away all the evidence and pretend that we’d never had a kettle, but I couldn’t get the fumes out of the house before … Continue reading
