Monthly Archives: July 2011

Tipsy Tea

July 21, 2011
04 Tipsy Tea porch

I’m not normally one of those guys who craves a glass of iced tea, but I just visited my parents where my dad drinks the stuff all day and night.  So when it’s sweltering outside, every once in a while, I get a hankering for a refreshing glass of iced tea.  Even better if there’s bourbon in it. One of my all time besties is a serious bourbon aficionado.  Anthony (better known in close circles as ‘Twon’) was one of the first people I saw as a ‘foodie’ when I was 21 and the term didn’t exist.  He had...

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Beachside Chicken Salad

July 20, 2011
02 Beachside Chicken Salad

While I was in Atlanta, my friend invited me to visit him in the Pines on Fire Island.  I’ve lived in New York for almost 10 years, and this was the first time I had ever been out there.  When I hear people talk about “the island,” it used to conjure images of a marsh sprouting flowers in rainbow colors, but this was truly an amazing experience.  My friend, Adam, worked the days away while I wrote essays for a workshop I want to attend in January.  But each day, the afternoon sun would beg me to make a...

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Fourth of July Fiesta

July 4, 2011
03 Beef

So a quick story about Becky.  I’m not sure when it happened exactly, but she was one of the first people to make my NYC experience and she’s one of my besties to this day.  I was waiting tables and she was working in room service.  We shared crazy stories about working in the hotel, followed by a few crazy haircuts (for both of us), then Beck got a job as concierge at the Soho Grand Hotel.  We were friends, I was on my way to work, and she told me we had a limo outside with Bjork tickets...

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