What a wonderful day outside! Nice, 80 degree weather… this is what I’ve been waiting for for the better part of 6 months. I’m excited about the possibilities for summer. It promises to be lots of fun! Yes, I still have school, but next quarter I don’t have any kitchen classes; just restaurant management [...]
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I’ve approaching the end of my 2nd quarter at AI and its been going quite well so far. My 2nd Qtr class is all about cooking techniques like saute, frying, braising and so on. I was out sick on Monday, but I did push myself into class yesterday. We made shrimp etoufee with dirty rice, [...]
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It was time that I actually paid better attention to my journal, so I’ve gotten a theme that better reflects some of the things that are going on. Its softer, I think! And I can do a whole lot more!
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Crap! It’s been a while! Anyway, as the subject states, there are big change afoot.
1) I’ve been officially accepted to the Art Institute of New York City for their Culinary Arts program! YAY!! I start classes on January 5th, I think, but I’ll know more on the 18th when I get my schedule. It’ll be [...]
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On an impromptu decision, I went to check out a very good culinary school here in the city… and I’m taking steps to get myself enrolled! It is very exciting. The school is very prestigious — all kinds of certifications and accreditations. AND the program is 18 months long part-time. I can still work F/T [...]
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I’ve been thinking about this for some time, wondering how friendship forms in your adulthood. Perhaps more the question is how do you “make” friends as an adult? I exclude relationships formed during the course of work and anything prior to graduating from higher education.
Maybe you have to join a group. But I know that [...]
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I know I’m not the only one, but did you notice the time being wrong for the last week around the city? Lots of places said it was an hour behind already when that’s only supposed to start happening today!
And yes, today you must change your clocks 1 hr back for the end of daylight [...]
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I went to bed pretty early last night: 9:30!! And I woke up to the sound of… HEAT IN MY RADIATOR?? It’s winter folks, officially! Forget the winter solstice. When the heat comes up in your building, its time.
I guess I better go shopping and get some turtlenecks or something. During the summer, I did [...]
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Its probably hard to believe, but I haven’t had a birthday get-together in my 20’s at all. I guess its now or never! I’m going to be 29 this year. Hard to believe.
So I’m going to put together an event, something simple. I’ll invite some folks, but I doubt that many will come. It is [...]
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I put it off and put it off, mostly because I was holding out til the end of the year, but NYS forced my hand in paying them off. I cashed out some stuff and of course, it was a taxable event last year. I get why they haunt you like they do, but by [...]
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