December 2010
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Kitchen Couture: Fashion Rules to Live by →
After realizing how much money I have wasted buying clothes that I wore once and decided I didn’t like, I decided to do a total wardrobe overhaul and streamline my shopping habits.Here are a few of my fashion rules to live by (which will hopefully result in a closet that looks like this):
Never buy anything you don’t absolutely love. Whatever you buy needs to make you seriously happy every...
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Goodbye, 2010...
[This isn’t about resolutions, it’s about reflections.]
Each year I define myself a little more. I figure out what is working and what is not. I get a little closer to figuring out things like what makes me laugh, and what my shortcomings are. I start to know myself almost as well as I feel those I love know me. Each year I experience a little more.
This morning, I began to make a...
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Goodbye, 2010...
[This isn’t about resolutions, it’s about reflections.]
Each year I define myself a little more. I figure out what is working and what is not. I get a little closer to figuring out things like what makes me laugh, and what my shortcomings are. I start to know myself almost as well as I feel those I love know me. Each year I experience a little more.
This morning, I began to make a...
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My Top 10 Books of 2010
The Hunger Games (series)
The Happiness Project
The Kite Runner
The Art of Eating In
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles
The Art of Racing In The Rain
The Uglies (series)
The Help
Almost French
The Space Between Us
[I don’t claim to be a literary snob. I just love what I love.]
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Vacation day: Bought some chocolate bark with smoked paprika and sea salt from the Chocolate Door.
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Vacation day: Kirsten and I visited the Patterson Mill Old Country Store in Chapel Hill.
Admired (and contemplated buying) the art.
Admired the beautiful array of old apothecary supplies.
And tried on hats!
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Vacation day: Bought some chocolate bark with smoked paprika and sea salt from the Chocolate Door.
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Vacation day: Kirsten and I visited the Patterson Mill Old Country Store in Chapel Hill.
Admired (and contemplated buying) the art.
Admired the beautiful array of old apothecary supplies.
And tried on hats!
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My Top 10 Movies of 2010
Inception (pictured above)
True Grit
The Fighter
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Social Network
The Town
Exit Through The Gift Shop
Let Me In
Easy A
[I see a lot of movies, but I don’t see everything. These are my top picks, not necessarily the most critically-acclaimed ones. I usually don’t review films- I’ll leave that to Dan- but I like making lists.]
Why yes, that’s a needlepointed coaster featuring a french bulldog, a Fat Tire...
– Yipster.
[Probably my favorite tumblr ever.]
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Why yes, that’s a needlepointed coaster featuring a french bulldog, a Fat Tire...
– Yipster.
[Probably my favorite tumblr ever.]
Bits of me.
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Bits of me.
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My Top 10 Movies of 2010
Inception (pictured above)
True Grit
The Fighter
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Social Network
The Town
Exit Through The Gift Shop
Let Me In
Easy A
[I see a lot of movies, but I don’t see everything. These are my top picks, not necessarily the most critically-acclaimed ones. I usually don’t review films- I’ll leave that to Dan- but I like making lists.]
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My Top 10 Books of 2010
The Hunger Games (series)
The Happiness Project
The Kite Runner
The Art of Eating In
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles
The Art of Racing In The Rain
The Uglies (series)
The Help
Almost French
The Space Between Us
[I don’t claim to be a literary snob. I just love what I love.]
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My Top 10 Meals of 2010
Burger Bar at Le Parker Meridian, New York, NY (pictured above)
Blue Ginger, Cambridge, MA
Momofuku, New York, NY
The Liberty, Charlotte, NC
Fishy Fishy Cafe, Southport, NC
Poogan’s Porch, Charleston, SC
Raleigh Times, Raleigh, NC
Milltown, Carrboro, NC
Jestine’s Kitchen, Charleston, SC
Backyard Barbecue Pit, Durham, NC
[This list is subject to change, and is merely the...
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