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

  Cloud to Cloud Lightning

  05.16.11 | Permalink | 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, less food-related, Parks

  Where the Wild Things Are

  03.14.11 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  While I was living in China, locals in every city used to tell me to visit the city parks because they were ‘natural.’ Indeed, the pretty plots of grass, flowers and trees wedged between concrete behemoths were both social hubs and the closest one could get to anything containing the slightest whiff of nature. Growing [...]

  

• 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, amuse bouche, animals, less food-related, out and about

  Amuse Bouche: A $20 Beetle Landing

  02.28.11 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  At the Garlic Festival in Delray Beach the other week, this was the most interesting thing that happened (though we didn’t try the garlic ice cream): For ten dollars per person at the gate, one would have thought that the landing of a Coccinellid on a t-shirt would not be something to overshadow the actual [...]

  

• 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 [...]

  

• America, beijing, huzhou, less food-related, MEAT, musings, Reverse Culture Shock, Shanghai, teaching

  In-CAR-ceration

  02.11.11 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  When I taught college in Huzhou, I used to do a unit on the stages of life: baby, toddler, kid, adolescent, teenager, adult, etc. I used to also teach my students the ages that Americans could drive, buy cigarettes, vote, and drink. They were always amazed that the drinking age is 21, as there is [...]

  

• America, less food-related

  Shock, Culture, Reverse.

  02.02.11 | Permalink | 8 Comments

  It is with a sheepish enthusiasm that I return, at last, to Plate of Wander. It has now been almost 4 full months since I left China and began my life in Florida. Florida. I had never been to Florida prior to moving here, but I thought of it as another adventure, another frontier yet [...]

  

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