August 2010

Ala-Too Square

August 27, 2010

A couple images of Ala-Too Square and AUCA for the weekend. I’m deciding whether or not I’ll continue posting solely on this page or keep it more food-related and post other topics and pictures elsewhere. I’m also working on branching out to get my writing on other publications, so we’ll see how that goes. Loyal [...]

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Gnocchi

August 26, 2010

I had vague intentions of posting this before the grand move to Bishkek, but, uh, you know. Life gets in the way. Camera cords end up in boxes they aren’t supposed to and precious stateside time is withered away trying to squeeze a piano out of the tiny apartment. Sigh. Rather than trying to edit [...]

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Smoo-sees

August 25, 2010

During my bout of heinous food poisoning and slow recovery, I had a chance to indulge in countless hours of television. The TV set in our shabby flat flips through a range of numbered channel, well into the 40s, but there are only two watchable channels that are repeated several times and buffered by a [...]

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Landed

August 18, 2010

Just a quick post to let the world know I arrived in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. We’re in the process of getting internet in our apartment, which involved calling the internet company to put our request “in line” with the other requests, then calling our landlord to figure out who the building “aunt” or “uncle” is, aka [...]

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Packing and moving

August 11, 2010

I feel like every reader can relate when I say this: Packing and moving sucks. This is one exception where the end point really is better than the journey. And of course, the journey is as difficult as we could possibly make it. Thanks to Aeroflot, there is a definite limit to how much stuff [...]

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Peach sorbet and lemon-mint sherbert

August 4, 2010

Let’s put this to rest once and for all: Sherbet or sherbert? Maybe it’s another one of those strange colloquialisms that’s now ingrained in my mind as “normal”. I say that it’s pronounced “sherbert“. Farrell is on Team Sherbet. So far several friends agree with me. Wikipedia has proven to be so neutral that it [...]

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A quick trip down South

August 1, 2010

I have to admit, after finally being done with my office job and all wedding responsibilities, and with the impending life-changing move around the world on the immediate horizon, I was a bit skeptical about the vacation to Nashville, Tennessee, that Farrell had spontaneously planned for us. And if I could go back in time [...]