Archive for the ‘travel’ Category
Monday, July 14th, 2008
something i have learned in my constant geographic transience (how's that for an oxymoron?) is that both physical location and the company i keep is as impermanent as the breath i'm about to take. i remember when i used to be very sentimental; goodbyes were earth-shattering, ironclad contracts stating "i ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
believe what you like, guys. i was totally Latina in another life.
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1. guelaguetza's big tortillas. lucy's txt: "emy, you should never eat anything bigger than your head." but damn it was worth it.
2. piggy banks on olvera street
3. aydee chased after the tamale man on friday ...
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
last weekend, i got off the plane in American Airline's tiny terminal at RDU. jason picked me up and promptly took me to get something to eat. note to readers: ginormous chocolate fudge cake at midnight is not always a good idea.
on friday night, we struck out for the 4 ...
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
oh, New Orleans.
your torrential tears let loose on my jazzfest parade, but i danced anyway.
a cup of jambalaya and a helping of "mango freeze" later, i found myself desperately wanting to tango during one of Riccardo Crespo's "milongas." i had to settle for solo hip-shaking.
at one point, i ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
I subscribe to several tango newsletters and groups (nerdiness comes out again), and today I was sent an email detailing the fact that "tango in treating neurological patients has become an extremely hot topic after a neurosciences article from McGill medical school about memory improvement after dancing tango."
The St. Louis ...
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