March 2010

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Singapore, fish, mysterious ingredients, travel
Fly Me to the Moon
03.30.10 | Permalink | 4 Comments
I’ve never considered myself to have an addictive personality. There’s pretty much nothing I can’t live without, though when it comes to living without, say, pretty much any food group, I question the definition of ‘living.’ The things we think of first when we think of addiction—smoking, drinking, drugs, video games—have never really appealed to [...]
Cambodia, entrees, mysterious ingredients, travel
Running Amok
03.23.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments
When I try to picture Cambodia conceptually, like on a map or as an overall mishmash of purple, trees, dirt, bricks, and green, I usually ‘see’ it as tucked neatly away under Thailand and Laos, or through a veil of netting—not quite clear, and hidden and out of the way. Cambodia has seemed, and [...]
Singapore, cooking, home cooking, huzhou, recipes, travel
In My Head I’m Gone
03.17.10 | Permalink | 3 Comments
One might think that after 5 weeks of non-stop travel, and not the resort kind, that one would be ready to get home and get back into the groove, back to the familiarity and the friends and beds and bathrooms of established quality.
Well one might be wrong.
There. I said it. WRONG.
Because actually, I didn’t (don’t?) [...]
beijing, housecleaning, travel
The Bird is on the Wing
03.03.10 | Permalink | 5 Comments
I really hate blog posts that apologize for a dearth of posts, and yet I stand before you making that very mea culpa. I realize excuses are for the weak or lazy or something, but:
1. Illness in Cambodia, hospital in Bangkok.
2. Whirlwind in Singapore and unwilling return to Huzhou.
3. Trying to make the switch from [...]