Nursing Buddha

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I have been a passenger. I have been a public transit rider. I have been the borrower and returner of other people’s vehicles. Last week, 32 years old and seven months pregnant, I became a vehicle owner. Yup, there’s a Honda CR-V parked in our drive-way. OH MY SWEET LORD.  My name is on papers saying [...]

I just confirmed with The Man that he will be thoroughly checking our couch cushions to come up with the down payment for the glass and steel house from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Come visit us in Highland Park. See ya, suckers! More on our sweet, new house here.

I don’t care what anyone says, the best ribs in town can be found at Randy’s on Wheaton. Go there now. There’s no mac ‘n cheese or red rice sides. There’s yellow bread and meat. There’s no place to sit, they only serve at lunch and the line is always long. Wait in line, take [...]

Oh, the pure magic of sweet cornbread and butter blended with a spiced pear puree. This was one of those meals where you kind of have to let go of what you know to be the right kinds of food and just embrace the delicious and fried. I had crab cakes, fried zucchini and the [...]

We rented Benjamin Button. It has zero in common with the short story it’s based on. I am not even sure what the film-makers meant by “based on”. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the hyper short story. Fitzgerald didn’t go in for schmaltzy stuff. The movie version is schmaltzy to the extreme. This all makes sense [...]

Last week I went to see a presentation by Geoffrey Canada from the Harlem Children’s Zone. I’m going to say he’s the best speaker I’ve ever seen in my life. I did some very scientific calculations of awesomeness, and he wins. He’s dynamic, he’s brutally honest, he’s frank about his own successes and failures, he [...]

Despite what television tells you, a magical green bag cannot reverse geotropism. It was worth a try, and I have to say because I have questionable taste to begin with, I think the crazy bags and confused plants make for an awesome porch display. We won’t be up for any Better Homes and Gardens awards [...]

Happy May Day. Recently, I saw a nature show about lions. Coupled with delightful computer animation, the host explained the rather impressive organization of the lioness’ inside bits when it comes to pregnancy. In order to allow a knocked-up lady lion to continue to hunt, her uterus is suspended and cushioned in a sling of [...]