virginia trip plan!

well needless to say, I'm getting extremely excited about my upcoming trip to virginia!! I'll be flying down (in an airplane for the first time in a loooong time) the day after tomorrow and staying until next Monday! Here are some of the excellent adventures I plan to have:

RICHMOND

Spending time with all my Richmond friends, hanging out at Plan 9, getting breakfast at Can Can and every other meal at either Sticky Rice or Ipanema, enjoying the steamy southern summer weather, playing in the river, and of course at least one visit to Racine for cheese fries and a chocotini made by edward norton!

CVILLE

Not only do I get to see my besties Jen and Nora, but hopefully they will bring me shopping (please?). And we shall not forget the obligatory trip to Eppie's to marvel at my Pasta Font and a visit to the donut guy at the Cville Farmer's Market!!

SAFARI PARK

Enough said. Me + Britt + Zack.

ROANOKE

Mom. Meg. Steph (up from NC!). Pop's. The Shadowbox. Yes please!

Five Reasons Why I love NYC

1. The Brooklyn Free Store -- No hours or money exchanged, just sharing and recycling in a radical, amazing way.
   
2. Butter Lane Cupcakes -- Bakery run by punks, with dozens of frosting flavors to mix and match with chocolate, vanilla, or banana cake.
3. Pete's Candy Store QUIZZOFF -- Last week our team ("Ghost Friend") got third place! We won a free sandwich!
4. Subway Station Mosaics -- Especially ones featuring underwater creatures wearing goggles.
5. Gothamist.com -- NYC news of the most snarky, hilarious sort
   

Coming back south!!

Hi all,

Because my amazing nanny family has given me a paid week's vaycay, I'm coming back to VA for a couple days!

I'm flying into Richmond at 11a on Thursday, Aug 26 and flying back from there at 1pm on Monday, Aug 30. That's like 4 days of visiting!!!! Let me know what you're up to those days and I'll hammer out an itinerary!

SO pumped
c

a couple things I'm really into right now

FIRST, my upcoming Thai restaurant blog:

Woo hoo!! Click here to check it out.

Also, this:



LOVE.

View from the office on a hazy day -- dtown Manhattan on the left, the East River throughout, the Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg Bridges, and of course the Empire State Building way back in the hazy heat

Hello, World

As my sister so gently reminded me, I need NEED NEED to update my blog. I also want to do a bit of a redesign, since, you know, gray is awfully gray. In the way of life updates, I just started working at my dream job, with Soapbox, Inc, which among other things puts on the Feminist Boot Camp that I attended in 2008. This year they did one session in the summer, called it Feminist Summer Camp, and it's been absolutely blowin' up online. Below are a couple of my favorite stories/mentions to give you an idea. If you want to get in on the action, there's a session of boot camp coming up in January--you can crash at my place to save cash! Go here for deets. Also, we book feminist/progressive speakers for colleges and similar, so talk to me about that if you need it!

Photos coming up soon.

Story on Salon.com about FSC!
Ms. Blog created a FSC-inspired quiz about Feminism in NYC!
Radio piece on FSC! Featuring yours truly.
A girl named Sara blogged about her experience this year!
AND of course, Phem.org (started by the one and only Brook, who is amazing) blogged about another camper's experience!

passing notes

Dear Guy on the subway conspicuously reading the New York Times on your iPad,

Congratulations on your glorified oversized Kindle/iPod combo. I'm pretty sure the protective casing emblazoned with a big Apple Logo cost more than I spent on food this week. Bravo.

Love (not really),
me.

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Dear Guy who gave me a free chocolate-covered strawberry on Sunday night,

That was very awesome of you; I had a terrible weekend and the free food (chocolate!) really helped turn my mood around. Also, what is your last name? Let's be facebook friends.

Love (platonically),
me.

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Dear PeachFrog,

I am so excited about my new dress (see below) for T's graduation--it's perfect!! I am a little more excited that I bought it for $25 when this site sells it for $184. SCORE!!!!

Love (a lot!!!),
me.

new dress by Alice & Olivia: