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Bento Boxes

by angela on September 12, 2009

Meatball and omelette bento, originally uploaded by Bento Business.

I probably wasted 2 hours online today reading everything I could find about bento boxes. I’d found a nice little article in the New York Times, “Bento Boxes Win Lunch Fans,” and it was literally all I could do to contain myself (ha!) from spending [...]

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On Running Again

by angela on July 19, 2009

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about going back to running, mostly for the adrenaline rush and sense of immense satisfaction at finishing a 5-mile run. Me! I ran 5 whole miles.  I first started in 2006 with a girlfriend; we both had the life goal of completing a marathon but settled with [...]

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Horchow Estate Collection

by angela on July 14, 2009

A few weeks ago when we were in Dallas, we tried to swing by Horchow’s location in Highland Park near SMU but found it had closed. Rather than go to an alternate location, we just went home. Next time we won’t be so easily deterred.
Why?
I’m in love.   I discovered Horchow Estate Collection today, a wonderful [...]

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Oh, Goodie! Gourmet Magazine’s Holiday Cookie Collection

by angela on December 18, 2008

With Christmas just a week away, I found Gourmet Magazine’s Holiday Cookie Collection 1941-2008.
Honestly, most of them look both scrumptious and beautiful. I also love these “Old Fashioned” Christmas Butter Cookies from 1947 cut in the shape of little Christmas trees. What’s really nice is that they include a bit about [...]

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Dialogue Between Benjamin Franklin and the Gout

by angela on November 27, 2008

Midnight, 22 October, 1780.
FRANKLIN. Eh! Oh! eh! What have I done to merit these cruel sufferings?
1

GOUT. Many things; you have ate and drank too freely, and too much indulged those legs of yours in their indolence.
2

FRANKLIN. Who is it that accuses me?
3

GOUT. It is I, even I, the Gout.
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FRANKLIN. What! my [...]

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