Tuesday, December 20, 2011 
Windmilll in East Hampton
We had a fabulous weekend escape to East Hampton! It was my first time visiting the area during the off-season (and I haven't been to the Hamptons in many years.) But we're now official fans...
Thursday, September 22, 2011 
Banana Fail Update: Before I left town, my dad saved the day! He braved the brush, rescued a pile of fallen, uneaten bananas, got 'em all cleaned up, and shared them with the family. I had a bite and flew home. Then my mom made homemade banana bread and chocolate-covered bananas. Um, I missed out on that part.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 
There's a banana tree in the backyard. And last week there were big, beautiful bananas. I really wanted to try one but never got the chance. Banana fail...
Monday, September 5, 2011 
One of my Writing Retreat goals was to take at least two inspiration days to help fuel my creativity and boost my writing ideas. Well, since I like festivals, last Saturday I drove over to nearby Gulfport for their annual GeckoFest. It's a twelve-hour festival with live music, arts and crafts vendors, street food and so forth. Here are some pictures from the excursion...
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You can't keep me away from the Brooklyn Brainery! I took my first cooking class (um, since home economics?) there last week. It had an organic 101 theme, so it was right up my alley. And what's not to love about a cooking class that tells you to bring tupperware? Here's what I learned and what we made...
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Yesterday we went to a jazz brunch at the famous Blue Note Jazz Club in Greenwich Village...
Monday, March 28, 2011 
Two of my best friends came into the city to hang with me on Friday night – our first visitors since we've (mostly) decorated our place! (Maybe you remember their beautiful faces from here and here?). It was so much fun showing them our building, apartment, neighborhood. We ate a delicious Italian dinner with fine wine at Accademia di Vino and then finished off the night with live jazz at Cleopatra's Needle. I've known these girls for sixteen years (that's so hard to believe). We just laughed and talked for HOURS. Don't you just love girls night out? :)
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 
Well if you choose to add some rum they call it a "coco loco," but right now I am missing my favorite fresh coconut stand in Isla Mujeres!
Friday, July 23, 2010 
On our last night in Mexico the team went out for mole burritos & margaritas to celebrate a successful week of whale shark research. A big thanks to the Georgia Aquarium, Project Domino, ECOcean, CONANP and MOTE Laboratory for all their whale shark conservation work in the Yucatan and beyond.
Rafael put tattoo stickers on Mackenzie and I. It's a little pic of a whale shark that say "Tiburones Ballenas Para Siempre." (meaning "whale sharks for always" or "whale sharks forever").
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Tonight's dinner at La Parilla in Cancun was fabulous. Some of the things our group enjoyed: fresh salsa with cilantro, lime soup with shredded chicken, enchiladas with cheese and mushrooms, and chicken kobobs flambéd on a flaming pineapple head.
Also, a man stacked margaritas on his head and walked around the restaurant.
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