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Friday Links: Panda Poop Edition
It’s been quite a week. The days are getting so much shorter, which has made getting up to go to the gym at 5:30 am so much harder. The weather’s been weird, or, actually, typical for September — brisk one day, hot and humid the next. On Wednesday night, my metro train got stuck in…
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What Does the Fox Say? Kyss mæ i ræva?
Since discovering my Norwegian roots, I’ve been on the lookout for news from my ancestral hjemland (that’s “homeland” in Norwegian. It appears that all that’s required to dominate Norwegian is adding a “j” somewhere in a normal English word, and swapping out a vowel.) Interestingly enough, Norway was recently in the news. They just had…
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Yep, That’s 1,300 Words on ‘Jungle Gold’
As you may know by now, The Poe-XFE-Petunia household will gladly watch just about any reality television show that Discovery or A&E wants to foist on the unsuspecting viewing public. For example, we recently watched an episode of “Doomsday Castle,” (basically a combination of “Doomsday Preppers” and “This Old House”). The hillbilly family featured in…
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Don’t Be That Girl: Fall Fail
I know you can barely see her blurry image in the top right hand of this cell phone picture I snapped yesterday evening on my way home, but trust me on this: this girl in this picture is hella excited for fall. She’s got her green striped sweater on. She’s wrestled her way into a…
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Friday Links: Don’t Clip Your Nails at Home Depot
Little bit late on the links this morning. But there’s some pretty good one’s in this week’s edition, so pull up a chair, put on a fancy dress, grab some foreign cheese and get your dubstep on. I am quite unfortunate to have not one, but by my count, at least two co-workers who think…
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Don’t Be That Girl – 10 Tips on How to Act at the Spa
I went to the spa this past weekend to get a massage. I went to my preferred place, the Lorien. I like the Lorien for a couple of reasons, but primarily: it’s pretty. It’s part of a Kimpton Hotel, so it’s sleek and soothing. The spa is located in the basement, down a long corridor,…
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Infographic Monday: The Longing
My own personal Psuedo Househusband of Old Town, XFE is coming home again tomorrow and it is not a minute too soon. I’ve missed him terribly. There’s only so much remote control responsibility a girl wants before she realizes, there really isn’t anything good on TV anyway. 288 hours is a lot of time to…
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Friday Links: Russian Cat Portraits and Dolly Parton
Welp, I made it through another week as a single pet parent and house caretaker. I’ve only peed my pants imagining someone was breaking in to murder me about 25 times this week, including one very terrifying instance where I was woken up at 5 a.m. by the sound of XFE’s shower mirror falling in…
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Haciendo Fideo: Making Noodle Soup
So….I’m Mexican. (Bet you didn’t see that one coming). Don’t let the pale, sunburn-prone skin and curly, red hair fool you. I am definitely La Chicana. Maybe even a Chola. I don’t know. I haven’t fully explored my new-found ethnicity yet. Let me explain: since my adult-companion-caretaker-for-life XFE has been out of town a lot…
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Eyelid All Red, Better Head Back to Bed
Growing up in the South means growing up with a lot of, uhhm, well, I guess you’d call them superstitions or wives tales. If you have a sore white bump on your tongue, well, that’s a lie bump, caused by telling fibs. Freckles are where the angels kissed you (although why the angels felt it…