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Interstate 70 to State Number 8
I prefer to shop in musky, dank barns; I like the effort and reward of the hunt. A rack of all of the same thing is very unappealing to me. This is why I have thrift shopped since I was old enough to make my own money. Unfortunately the state of thrifting for apparel these [...]
Giving It Away
Still getting acclimated with my breadmaker, I’ve learned that I can barely put a dent in a 2 lb. loaf during the week. My olive and kale-pesto loafs had to find new life as croutons and, given my limited use of croutons, new homes. Determined to not waste them I tripped to an office building [...]
Vegan Linden’s Cookies
Do you remember these packaged cookies? I sure do. I loved them as a child. My mom used to bring them home from her job. I devoured them slowly, breaking off portions of each of the three cookies’ circumferences. I placed each piece on my tongue, like communion. Years later I found my high school cafeteria [...]
Lunch. It’s What’s For Dinner. (or I Heart Carroll Gardens, Part I)
A few years back I did my student teaching in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Reveling in the fact that I needn’t join the morning straphangers with a trip into Manhattan, I day dreamed during my quick walk to to N. Henry that I was employed by my fieldwork school, that I had gotten my certification, completed [...]
Chocolate Memories
Does anyone remember the Sky Bar chocolate bar? The chocolate bar with four distinct sections (peanut butter, caramel, vanilla and fudge) put out by Necco? When I was a little girl on Long Island and my pop worked in midtown Manhattan, he used to bring them home for us kids. Because they came from New [...]
25 Things I’ve Learned in Life So Far: Wisdumb For the Ages
by Karen Z. unless otherwise noted. 1. Always smile and say hello to those you pass on a hiking trail. You have something important in common. 2. Learn how to tell time by the sun’s location or a clock tower’s toll. Time is not on your wrist. 3. Always wear your eye glasses on a [...]
Giving Thanks, Part II: Food Not Bombs
I am thankful for the ability to put my ideals in action. This past weekend I had the chance to partake in a very special event hosted by Long Island Food Not Bombs. I helped share thousands of pounds of packaged foods, hot, prepared vegan dishes, fruits, vegetables, clothing and books with the people in [...]
Abuelos, Grande y Grande, Grande
There is a freedom in surrendering to far more powerful phenomena, accepting its influence. The billions of seconds and billions of variables that decided you be here right now– the percentage of them that had nothing to do your own motion, nothing to do with your conscious thoughts. If I think back in my life [...]
VeganMoFo #4: Rotten Tomatoes
Food shopping and cooking for one is a nuanced art. But I am learning. As a kid I always accompanied my mom to the supermarket for weekly food shopping. With the dry erase etchings transferred to an old piece of junk mail, we set out with our game plan. The list was written in my [...]
Vegan Red Lobster Cheese & Garlic Biscuits
Had I not wanted to allow for internet searchers to easily find these vegan Red Lobster cheese and garlic biscuits, I would have called these my “Holy Sh*t Motherscratcher Ever-Lovin’ Biscuits”… or some such name that adequately expresses my great excitement about them. Many, like me, have fond memories of chomping on Red Lobster‘s complimentary [...]
Life Recap: 10 Best Shows So Far (I.N.P.O.)
Bon Jovi/Tesla, Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, 1987: I was 9. Let’s keep this in perspective. Faith No More, Roseland Ballroom, NYC, 1992: Ozzy Osbourne, Paramount Theater at MSG, NYC, 1993 Built To Spill, Tramps, NYC, 1997 Unwound/Blonde Redhead, Kill Rock Stars/CMJ Festival, NYC, 1997 Elliott Smith, Time Cafe, NYC, 1998 Modest Mouse, Knitting Factory, NYC, [...]
Lasagna
Lasagna, coca-cola and pig tails. These were three of my favorite things as a little one. Luckily for this little Italian girl, Easter time meant all three of these things– and a bunny head-shaped pink cake with jelly bean eyes (as seen in the distance of this picture). I often winced at a baked noodle [...]
