I fought the stage and the stage won
I bet you think the word stage rhymes with rage. Wrong. In this case it is a French word that rhymes with dodge. (Originally, in my ignorance, I thought it was spelled stodge.) What is staging? It...
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How sweet it is (for now)
I am halfway through my very last class at Giant Corporate Cooking School. There are only two projects left to realize before I walk out those doors for the last time ever and just keep going. The...
View ArticleNo one rides for free
I just went to get my oil changed because I had a coupon for a $17.99 oil change with complimentary fluid check, tire rotation, and the like. Do you know how much I paid?$282.67It turns out that the...
View ArticleBittersweet
I tied my last cravat yesterday.Classes at the Giant Corporate Cooking School are over. People I have seen and worked with at obscene hours of the morning on a daily basis for the better part of a...
View ArticleJulie Andrews Ate My Muffin
It's been two weeks since classes have ended at Giant Corporate Cooking School, how have I been spending them?Working. Or technically externing. So far I kind of love it. It's hard work and I'm still...
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Wedding Cake Massacre
You guys, it's been three weeks since I've been in a classroom. Three weeks!?! I haven't had time to miss it because, trust me, I'm getting plenty of quality bake time at my externship - which I...
View ArticleStraight Trippin'
They lean against the cooling car, backs pressedUpon the dusts of a brown continent,And watch the sun, now Westward of their West,Fall to the ocean. Where it led they went.-Thom Gunn, Discovery of the...
View ArticleHappy Australia Day!
Ironically, in exactly two months I will be getting on a plane and flying to Australia. What happens after that is unknown - well I'm assuming I will find a place to lie down and SLEEP because that is...
View ArticleOfficially Official
Soooo, I did it.I told my job.And it was the most anticlimactic thing ever. I don't think the chef even blinked, he just thanked me for giving so much notice - a month.Where was the gnashing of teeth,...
View ArticleWhat the Fuck Do I Pack?
Do you hear that sound?It is the sound of my mind ceaselessly whirring, as it has been for the past 4 days. Finally the terribly disjointed sleep (which amounts to about 4 hours) caught up with me and...
View ArticleMy Netflix, Myself
A long time ago, in a galaxy far away - Or really about a decade ago, in a city where the president lives, I was living in a neighborhood that was "up and coming". My particular pad was a basement...
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A Pirate's Life
As a kid, I thought traveling around the country solving mysteries out of a van was a viable career option. I mean, COME ON - new places to explore, new people to meet, helping the world out by ridding...
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Of Cats and Catherines
Denizens of the internet, I have a confession to make.(sweaty palms, looks around nervously)I -(deep breath)I am a cat lady.Okay, okay! That is a shock to approximately NO ONE. Despite my cat-centric...
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Made. It.
Greetings from the future, my North American Nommers! I sit here in the state library of New South Wales, typing this on an absurdly tiny keyboard a day ahead of you because I made it. That's right,...
View ArticleMy Kingdom for a Map
I have left the hustle of Sydney behind and am about to start my second full day in Melbourne. I wish I could say I was enjoying it more. Maybe there was too much hype; everyone told me Melbourne...
View ArticleBusing it
I'm always conflicted by taking bus tours of places. On one hand, it's probably the cheapest and easiest way to see a vast majority of the local sights and someone else has to deal with the details....
View ArticleIn Tasmania
Well I made it. I am actually in Tasmania.Let's just take a moment, shall we?It was not quite the triumphant arrival I was hoping for. For one, I flew at night, thus depriving myself of that first...
View ArticleThat Which Does Not Kill You (serves to remind you what a puny, insignificant...
Currently in Hobart, having fled the vampire filled Launceston. So maybe it's a good thing that I didn't do the Overland Track, after all, I nearly killed myself yesterday hiking up Mt Wellington....
View ArticleTassied Again
One thing Australia in general and Tasmania in particular does not lack is jails. Or gaols, if you're into that sort of spelling. It's not surprising, all the white people here were originally sent...
View ArticleWombatty
5 days1899 kilometers(That's 1180 miles, people!)An absurd amount of savory pies and coffee consumed.One road race, accidentally entered.And a wombat named Puffin snuggled.I survived my traipse around...
View ArticleSome Cogitation
It's been a quiet few weeks for the mobile worldwide Noms HQ. There's been a lot of reading and yoga. And coffee - though that probably goes without saying.So what have I been doing? Walking around...
View ArticleAnd then there was one (week left)
How did this happen? Didn't I just get here? Where did the time go?I'M NOT READY TO LEAVE!But that's how it goes, my lovelies. I am down to my last week in Oz.I'm back in Sydney after braving the...
View ArticleSydney I'll Come Running
It's my last day in Australia. I've just been bumming around Sydney trying to take it all in. In my one nod to my chosen profession, yesterday I took the ferry to Manly beach and stopped by Adriano...
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SS Ayrfield aka The Floating Forest
Denizens of the internet: I finally have something real to contribute. I will tell you how I got to the remains of the SS Ayrfield aka the floating forest, and you can too!The last week I was in...
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