Toxic Ratios

I find myself dealing with a whirlpool of emails from "health experts"...I engaged with some doctor or other online and they sold my email address to a health expert. That health expert then introduced me to another health expert whose website I checked out, and so on and so forth. That is how I ended... Continue Reading →

A Brunch to Remember

The brunch I had the other day is one of the best I've ever had. The location of the brunch spot is unassuming: a short strip mall in a Boston suburb. Also in the strip mall is a branch of the US post office and a pharmacy that look straight out of the 1950s. I... Continue Reading →

Back to Downton

I've missed you, dear readers! I spent the summer packing, moving, unpacking...and we're still unpacking... I have 10 more things left to do for this year's birthday list, and at least 10 that I haven't reported on yet, so let's begin. The only TV show I've watched religiously in years is Downton Abbey. What anglophile... Continue Reading →

A New England Delicacy

I finally tried the New England delicacy known as fluffernutter. I'm not sure why it took me 18 years to try it since marshmallow is in my top 5 foods list. But the past is the past. Marshmallow Fluff was created in Somerville, MA, hence the regionalism. I haven't bought white bread in years, so... Continue Reading →

Eighteen Years Later…

It was 1998. I had been working in London for six months through a work abroad program, and I had a few weeks left. I had read somewhere that the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields would be performing Mozart's Requiem. I could barely contain my excitement as I called the box office. It was a dream... Continue Reading →

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