Monthly Archives: August 2009

Visions of Sugarplums

August 25th, 2009

Recently, I’ve been thinking quite a lot about life lists, goals, dreams, Oreos. Partially because I’ve been working on my own 415 to 415 to do list. And partially because I’m going to watch Maggie achieve one of her life’s dreams next week. But besides all this listing and dreaming, I thought it might be [...]

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428 Steps.

August 13th, 2009

This is my desk. My desk is lovely. It is in the back of a charming little bookspace. Only 428 steps away from a charminger French coffee shop that is always full of conversation, croissants, and most importantly, caffeine. And this morning I really needed caffeine. It’s true I’ve been toying with the idea of [...]

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Hurricane Sandia and Watermelon Salsa

August 11th, 2009

Four years ago today, I was very pregnant with a five-pound boy who emerged a few weeks later as The Hurricane. It was a summer of hurricanes that year…big ones. And for the most part, all national news headquarters and major celebrities were completely oblivious to this fact until they were like OMG!!! WTF?!! all [...]

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Don't You Forget About Us. (And Seriously, How Could You? We Won't Let You. We Are The Yearbook Staff.)

August 7th, 2009

So with yesterday’s terrible news that our generation’s own personal Moses passed on to the other side, Twitter was, predictably, all a twitter. Lots of OMGs and RIPs and comparisons of pink prom dresses. And so as I’m reading all of the Duckie and Ferris and Long Duck Dong references, I’m thinking it’s amazing how [...]

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Three Lovely Things…

August 6th, 2009

Three lovely things have happened in our house so far this week. 1.) I finally found the secret ingredient to create the best chicken tortilla soup ever. Amen. Oh yeah that’s right. The Best Chicken Tortilla Soup Ever. Amen. The Stuff: 1 onion 3 cloves of garlic, minced 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 teaspoons chili [...]

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Hi. I'm Laura. Let's Talk Business.

August 4th, 2009

Photo of me, taken by my talented pal Karen Walrondat my new favorite playground, New York City Hi. I’m Laura. And I blog here. On this blog. This blog that is sometimes neglected or completely kicking ass, depending on the day and the year. This blog that is about everything, or nothing, but mostly about [...]

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