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florida

• America, amuse bouche, florida, less food-related

  Cloud to Cloud Lightning

  05.16.11 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  It’s the time of year for storms, lightning and hurricanes, so that means afternoon and evening thunderstorms: This is a shot looking east down our street. Apparently I got pretty statically charged. Fun fact: Florida (specifically Orlando) is, according to John, the lightning capital of the world, so in a way we were taking our [...]

  

• America, florida, less food-related, out and about

  Island of the Lizard People

  04.27.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  There is a general misconception among non-Floridians concerning the city of West Palm Beach and the affluence of its residents. The words palm and beach together evoke images of Donald Trump, pearls with Lacoste shirts, and men’s loafers without socks. These are all apt representations of many citizens of Palm Beach but not, however, West [...]

  

• America, animals, cooking, florida, florida restaurants, Gerald, home cooking, MEAT, Parks, Reverse Culture Shock

  A Round of Light Boxing

  04.19.11 | Permalink | 8 Comments

  I’ve now been in Florida 6 months, and let’s not pretend it has been an easy transition, because it hasn’t. The job market here is about as dry as British humor and not nearly as entertaining (though in a coup, I recently had an interview, which is as far as it went). The unavoidable and [...]

  

• America, animals, florida, headaches, less food-related, mysterious ingredients

  Tars and Stripes Forever

  04.09.11 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  While walking on the beach yesterday, John and I were treated to a special exfoliating pedicure. The newest luxury exfoliator: Tar! (I put in the bottle cap for size reference. This was a small to medium sized tar pool.) It’s such a good exfoliation method that it doesn’t even come off your feet. It just [...]

  

• America, florida, markets, musings, weekend nom

  Market Trends

  03.22.11 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  By far one of the things I most enjoy about life in China is the outdoor produce markets. Of course, I never quite got comfortable with seeing raw chicken and beef and pork laid nonchalantly upon stone counters under a day of heat, China air, and occasional flies. Being conspicuously the only foreigner, I didn’t [...]

  

• florida, home cooking, less food-related, mysterious ingredients, street food

  A Whole New Street Food

  03.06.11 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  One of the little rituals John and I have is that every Sunday is Pasta Night. This started back when we were living in Shanghai; Sunday was my longest and most grueling teaching day, and he would have a comforting, carb-y pasta dinner ready when I got home. I actually hadn’t eaten Italian-style pasta (except [...]

  

• florida, less food-related, out and about, road trippin'

  Calcite on the Soles of My Shoes

  03.02.11 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  My parents chose not to get cable TV until two months after I left for college, and the rule in effect for many years was No TV During the Week. Obviously, the TV was not a factor in our electricity bills, so it should be no surprise that our home movie collection never amounted to [...]

  

• America, Balloons, florida, less food-related, out and about

  Culture of Hijinks

  02.16.11 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Marrying a balloon artist is a bit like navigating a whole new country, a country that smells vaguely of latex, where one finds balloons of various degrees of inflation in pockets, cars, suitcases, and on the ground or floor. The sudden, unexpected ear-splitting pops are not warring gunfire but balloons breaking. And the natives are [...]

  

• America, butter, entrees, fish, florida, florida restaurants, restaurants, Shanghai, weekend nom

  Weekend Nom: Havana Hideout

  02.13.11 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Sometimes when I’m bored, I like to play a game: What would I eat right now if I were in China? Usually the answer is eggplant, Sichuan, Muslim, tofu—ok well I’d eat pretty much any Chinese food. When I was living in China I used to play this game but change it to What would [...]

  

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