birds i’ve seen in my backyard in carrboro
- Tufted Titmouse (this one got me started trying to identify birds at all and is still my favorite)
- Blue Jay
- Downy Woodpecker
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Cardinal
- Carolina Wren
- Dark-eyed (Slate colored) Junco
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Carolina Chickadee
- White breasted nuthatch
- Red tailed hawk
- Red shouldered hawk (I think. Too far away and a bad angle. May have been Broad-winged Hawk.)
- American Robin
- Gray Catbird
- Northern Flicker
- Pine Warbler
- House finch
- Eastern bluebird
- (and I hear lots of owls, but never see them)
Elsewhere in NC:
- Rufous-sided Towhee (in bushes outside Ambulatory Care Center)
Elsewhere:
- Common grackles (Albany, NY and San Francisco, CA
- Red-winged blackbird (Albany, NY near the airport)
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desserts, favorite
- After Dark Chocolate Ice Cream (Stonyfield Farm)
- Cheesecake
- Chocolate fondue
- Crème brulée
- Cardamom-Cinnamon cookies
- Ginger ice cream
- Green tea ice cream
- Homemade lemon-ginger sorbet
- Jalebi
- Macarons from Laudurée
- Mochi ice cream
- Monet Pears
- Pink grapefruit sorbet from Berthillon
- Ras malai
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flavors i crave
- Cardamom
- Chili paste
- Chocolate
- Cilantro/Coriander leaf
- Clove
- Fenugreek
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Miso
- Salt
- Tamari
- Wasabi
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meals, favorite
- A bento including avocado maki and agedashi tofu
- Bhel puri
- Bhindi masala
- Mashed potatoes with lots of butter
- My mom’s potato salad
- Onion rava mysore masala dosa with sambar, coconut chutney, and tomato chutney
- Spicy noodles
- Vegetable lo mein
- Vegetable pad thai with tofu
- Veggie dogs with lots of yellow mustard and cole slaw on the side
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things what i do not like.
- Full-on phobias
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- Spiders
- Only a tad more than reasonable
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- Tornadoes
- Disconcerting and yucky
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- The idea of someone being able to see me from outside a window when it is dark outside and I can’t see them
- Clowns
- Stepping on grates/manhole covers/cellar covers in the city (working on this one)
- My belly-button getting poked open (let us not speak of my laparoscopic appendectomy)
- Walking downstairs with glassware in hand
May 11, 2008 | Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Commentplaces i’ve traveled to (selected)
- the absolute wilds of Montana
- Osterholz-Scharmbeck, W. Germany
- Interlaken, Switzerland
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- San Francisco, California
- New York, New York
- Lake Tahoe, Nevada/California
- Park City, Utah
- Washington, D.C.
- Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Camden, Maine
- Ithaca, New York
- Lake Placid, New York
- Saratoga Springs, New York
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Northampton, Massachusetts
- Paris, France
- Asheville, North Carolina
- Olympia, Washington
- Seattle, Washington
- Austin, Texas
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- all around and about Silicon Valley, Bay Area, California
- Monterey, California
- Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
May 11, 2008 | Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Commentplaces i have lived.
- DeBary, Florida
- DeLand, Florida
- Fort Pierce, Florida
- Boutte, Louisiana
- Littlerock, Washington
- Emporia, Kansas
- Hartford, Kansas
- Darlington, South Carolina
- Hephzibah, Georgia
- Gainesville, Georgia
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Albany, New York
- Carrboro, North Carolina
May 11, 2008 | Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Commentbeverages, unspirited, favorite.
- Blenheim 1903 Hot Ginger Ale
- Bubble Tea - the real tea-based ones that are more subtle than cloyingly sweet
- Ceres “Medley of Fruit” juice mixed half and half with seltzer
- Chai
- Coffee, strong and black
- Ginger tea, my own recipe
- Jasmine Green Tea
- Mysore coffee
- Reed’s Original Ginger Brew
- Reed’s Spiced Apple Brew
- Water, non-carbonated, in huge amounts. Minerale or municipale, I don’t care…
May 11, 2008 | Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Commentbeverages, favorite
- Becherovka, for your health
- Beaujolais Nouveau
- Brandy Alexander, straight up
- Chartreuse, neat and cold
- Cuarenta y Tres and seltzer, a grown up cream soda
- EXP Syrah
- Gimlet, gin, straight up
- Gin Rickey - like a gin and tonic with more lime and less bitter.
- Guinness stout, draught only, but hardly ever any more
- Lillet Blanc over ice with a generous slice of lime
- Limoncello Villa Massa, neat and cold
- Manhattan, straight up, classic proportions. No good without a cherry.
- Martini, Tanqueray gin with a twist, classic proportions
- Pernod and water with a touch of lemon juice
- Pomander cocktail (my own concoction)
- Sangria
- Tanqueray and tonic with extra lime
- Weber Zeller Schwarze Katz
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