Category: home
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Out with the Old
We are celebrating the end of the calendar year by going through our tiny apartment room by room to nominate items for voting off our island. Today: kitchen, “dining room,” hall closets, living room. Tomorrow: bedroom, bathroom. We have a small cluster of items whose utility has outlived our need for them–clothes, some books, and…
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Dear Minneapolis,
You are so much fun, but you are ruined by nine months of sunless skies and subzero temperatures. Love,Charlie
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Before the Devil Knows You’ve Moved
Well, I’ve arrived, moved in, gone to work at least once now. I guess it’s all really happening. Aside from work, which is great, I’m excited for the following reasons: 1. My apartment is only a few blocks from an AFI movie theatre that plays classic movies all the time. This summer they’re doing Spielberg…
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The River
MINNEAPOLIS – The entire span of an interstate bridge over the Mississippi River collapsed during evening rush hour Wednesday, sending vehicles, tons of concrete and twisted metal crashing into the water. The Interstate 35W bridge, which spans between Minneapolis and St. Paul, was under construction when it broke into several huge sections.
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It’s Not You, It’s Me
Sorry for the long silence here; things have been NUTTY at work and at home this week. I’m working on a longer blog post about horror films, but until then, please enjoy the slide show: A shot of the hanging pot rack I just bought for my new kitchen. I am IN LOVE with it.…
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On Baking
Friends, it is hot here. Yesterday, a thermometer in a car read: 120 degrees. I’m not kidding you. I think it’s generally between 110 and 117 every day. When I was in Santa Barbara, it was 40 degrees cooler there. It felt like winter and the breeze gave me a chill. I wore pants every…
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