For Independent Bookstore Day, I hit up three bookstores in Bed-Stuy: Gladys Books & Wine, Adanne Bookshop, and BEM Books & More. As part of the Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl, you could collect stamps in your passport at each stop to win prizes. And contrary to popular belief, I did not only ...
Independent Bookstore Day: A Bed-Stuy Book Crawl
Crying in H Mart & Korean BBQ at Gan-Hoo BBQ (Koreatown, NYC)
Introducing Eating Books On the Go—a guerrilla-style book pairing series where I go to restaurants and order food to match my book. First up: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner paired with Korean BBQ at Gan-Hoo BBQ. A note from my boyfriend: "Missed opportunity to call that blog post 'Boo-Hoo at ...
Bridgerton Afternoon Tea For One
Dearest Gentle Reader...I don't read romance. That's not because I dislike love—I love love! There's just something about reading it that doesn't land with me. I experience second-hand embarrassment at someone else's attempt to describe intimacy or attraction. I guess I'd rather watch chemistry ...
Cooking Korean Food: Bibim Naengmyeon 비빔냉면 (Cold Spicy Noodles)
My mom smokes Virginia Slims. She drinks coffee in paper cups from subway vending machines. She counts money like a Blackjack dealer: the flick of her tongue against the tip of her finger, and hundred-dollar bills cascade in a blur. She was beautiful—before all the plastic surgery. I've never ...
David Bowie Reading Challenge: His 100 Favorite Books List
“I’m a real self-educated kind of guy. I read voraciously. Every book I ever bought, I have. I can’t throw it away. It’s physically impossible to leave my hand! Some of them are in warehouses. I’ve got a library that I keep the ones I really really like. I look around my library some nights and I do ...
Eating Stranger Things: The U.S.S. Butterscotch Ice Cream Sundae
"Ahoy ladies! Would you guys like to set sail on this ocean of flavor with me?" —Steve Harrington Not everyone is lucky enough to experience the Starcourt Mall or treats from Scoops Ahoy to celebrate the new season of Stranger Things. For those of us who don't reside in California, I present to ...
My Mother is a Con Artist. So I’m Cooking Korean Food.
My mom is very good at two things: lying and cooking. My instincts in the kitchen stem from watching her sauté fish, boil stew and cook rice. I marveled at her ability to unravel the skin of apples with one curling stroke of the knife. She's the stereotypical AsianMom™: overtly judgmental, critical ...
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