th-th-th-thursday

A few things:

a) I love the American Idol hype that has completely swept UNC alumni and students. As someone who does know Anoop (we're not best friends or anything, but I know the guy!), I have to admit that I'm completely obsessed with the show now as well. It's totally monopolizing my Tuesday and Wednesday nights, which is kind of a pain-- but it's so worth it to see a familiar face on national television. Plus my mom is a huge fan too, so we have phone dates afterward to discuss. I love it.

b) Whoopie pies are fabulous-- we ate too many to count at Martha during the holiday season-- and I can't wait to check out this place in Park Slope!

c) Could you eat for $1 a day? Here's how one wonder-woman did.

yearning for ny eats?

It's hard to imagine, but this Paris-based writer actually feels sorry for himself because he misses NYC eats. Seriously buddy... you're in Paris. You are swimming in a veritable sea of delicious cuisine. I think you can deal.

(However, bagels are a force to be reckoned with.)

Winter in BK

So hey there everyone... it's been quite the hiatus. Thought I'd come back and revisit the old blogosphere after a couple months' absence.

My time here in the city has been a bit of a rollercoaster. Some days I love it-- I'm completely infatuated with our neighborhood in Brooklyn (particularly its eating establishments... pure heaven!), our circle of friends and my various "extracurriculars" (i.e. the Brooklyn Symphony, babysitting for the best little Brooklyn family ever, and membership at the YMCA). My job... well, at least it sounds cool.

Actually, listing it all out like that makes me realize how good I've got it.

But it's the little things that get to me... the constantly crowded trains, the drive-bys outside my building, my radiator exploding burning steam all over me, the ease in which I slip into complacency and passivity at work... they make me a little bit crazy. Sometimes I just have an urge to pack up my things, get in my car (which I no longer have here) and drive back down South, where I still feel that I belong.

Sigh.

But that probably won't be happening anytime soon. So I'd better suck it up and look on the bright side.