Gastronomy Blog

I just got back to New York off the bus from Philly. I am simultaneously tired and well-rested, coming off a fun and relaxing long weekend with delicious food, good company, and fantastic music.

I have been twenty for a little over a week, and it’s just hitting me now–I’m in my twenties. I’m not a teenager. (Not that I was ever much of a teenager to begin with.) Anyway, I had a great birthday–Santiago took me to Kellogg’s Diner for breakfast (a Belgian waffle and hot chocolate), shopping at Barnes & Noble (I bought the latest issue of Bust magazine and No one belongs here more than you. by Miranda July), lunch/dinner at Piola (gnocchi legnano), to an event at school (the monthly coffeehouse cabaret), and then to the Angelika for a movie, Pirate Radio, which was insanely funny and touching and kind of a perfect way to end the evening.

The week after my birthday (Friday through Tuesday, at least) went by swiftly, and after two brief visits from high school friends, Santiago and I trekked to Philly for Thanksgiving.  We ate lots and played with clay in my dad’s studio (I made two espresso cups…I was trying to make mugs…), watched TV, and got very little actual work done. Break went way too fast, and now we’re back with massive piles of work to do.

So, clearly, I don’t have very much time for leisurely activities like blog posts, but soon I will be back to updating fairly frequently, and on Tuesday or Thursday I am doing a massive post of things I have written this semester in my non-fiction class (largely as incentive for me to edit them).