May 2008

Overheard in Whole Foods

by zora on May 26, 2008

Not by me, but by Peter, who’s in Santa Monica right now: I was in the produce section and some packs of carrots fell about 5 feet behind me. I went to help the worker pick them up, and he said, “That happens, because this stuff is alive. Over there in the junk food, stuff [...]

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Mayo, the Gateway Drug

by zora on May 25, 2008

A few months ago, Marla Garla tipped me off to Elyse Sewell’s LiveJournal, which has now become my guilty-pleasure blog. I only call it a guilty pleasure when I’m recommending it to someone, because it sounds bad to say you’re reading the blog of someone who was on America’s Next Top Model. But hey, I [...]

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I feel dirty.

by zora on May 24, 2008

I am so not cut out to be a vegetarian. I spent this whole week eating super-delicious leftovers from last weekend’s all-veggie Indian feast. When I got tired of that, I had an awesome salad with hot boiled potatoes, grape tomatoes and tuna. I made myself a very satisfying lunch one day of leftover salad, [...]

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Travel-Guide Trauma

by zora on May 22, 2008

I’d call it PTSD, but I’m not out of the woods yet. Two books yet to finish before the end of July. Meantime, I’m having the following nightmares: *I get a call from my editor at Rough Guides, asking if I can make another trip to Mexico soon. I say yes, because I know I [...]

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