I hate Fry’s

There. I said it.   I capital ‘h’ HATE THAT STORE. I don’t know why. I don’t know how. It’s just a teeming mass of humanity and processed food, that’s all. And maybe I’m an elitest. And maybe I like organic food and my own personal space. But I avoid that place like the [...]

Dear Ladies

(I’m reposting an e-mail I just sent to my Tucson friends in reply to their questions about this picnic thing I got myself into. I’m posting it because it follows the tune of today’s other posts and, well, because I’m lazy. You won’t know the people I’m talking about, but you’ll get the general [...]

International ‘Hug a Vegetarian’ Day

Is this Friday, September 29th. I’m not making this up either. See: Hug a Vegetarian C’mon, now show a girl some e-love, wontcha? I’m low on my hugging of friends quota and it’s been a crazy ass week. Random Hug-Related Fact of the Moment:There are a plethora of different kinds of hugs, and [...]

Zero Degrees of Separation

I just saw the most amazing film for free on campus: Zero Degrees of Separation   It was breathtaking. The Israel-Palestine conflict alternately befuddles, enrages, and saddens me. I don’t feel like I can do the situation justice with my petty words. Read up on the issue though. If any of you have any websites [...]

The Velvet ‘V’

To quote Sarah, dear sweet fancy Moses! The site below is TOO much. I gotta give props to the blog over at Food Fight! (vegan blogs make the world go round) for this one. Further proof that I’m currently too focused on mangoes. I give you: The Velvet V Dude, stop. You know you want [...]

Vegan Recipe Monday: Thai Mango Soup

Yes, folks, it’s the triumphant return of Recipe Monday!

Today I give you a recipe that may hypothetically have contributed to a cascade of flirty e-mail exchanges with a boy. And to which I still say I did not intend anything risqué. I just really like this recipe, that’s all, and well, he started it. And [...]

I don’t hate Tucson today

I’m co-opting my friend Julie’s words to recap my last week. Although I’m getting quite sick of the heat (it’s friggin’ Fall already and it’s friggin’ 88 degrees!), I’m steadily growing to like this place.   Julie organized our little group’s latest team-building activity to see Leslie Hall at Hotel Congress last night. And all [...]

In happier news

A bit of Katie-related prettiness. First, look at the flowers Katie the Original sent to me in Tucson… They totally made my day. Secondly, look at the vegan cupcakes baked for me by none other than Katie the New, which my girls and I ate in Sarah’s spacious kitchen. So, see? Not all bad. [...]

It wasn’t even funny the first time

So, have I mentioned I had a birthday recently? Ah, yes. Of course. In celebration of the occasion, I met up with a small group of friends last night at one of Tucson’s many Mexican restaurants. The clientele was decidedly old. And male. And white. The meal itself was fine and lovely. I [...]

Grad student deconstructs everything and everyone until she drives herself crazy

Damnit all to hell. I just realized that the premise of that last post I wrote was a false moral binary: good dog/bad dog, and then love me/pee on me. And then I immediately realized that I used the words “false moral binary” in a sentence and thought to myself, “Good God, you’re thinking [...]