On Saturday, we went out with went out with a few friends to cut Xmas trees. Previous to the actual chopping of trees, Alyssa and Colin hosted brunch at their place, where we were joined by Ellen (briefly), Emily, and Erik (and the dog, Tikka). This was our second year of following this path [...]
Between us, Laura and I have been attending academic parties pretty much our entire lives, but never had we been to one in memory that featured a DJ, or that led off with the department head getting down to the Commodores’ “Brick House.”
And yet, that’s what happened last night.
Three cheers for the best academic department [...]
So over the summer, I thought I was being clever, and joined up with a group of people doing a fixed-rate group purchase of #2 heating oil. The idea is that a bunch of people agree to buy X volume of fuel, and receive a reduced rate as a thank-you. The year before, some friends [...]
Carpet, this time:
Crew arrived at 7:55AM, and was out the door by 10:25. SO MUCH BETTER!
On November 1st, I led a beer and food tasting for the Dartmouth graduate student association. We had ~35 people attend, with the following pairings:
Round 1:
Farnum Hill Semi-Dry Cider, matched up with prosciutto-wrapped melon
Smuttynose Portsmouth Lager, matched with a spicy chicken satay
Otter Creek Stove Pipe Porter, matched with a Saint Andre triple cream
cheese on [...]
Yes, I’m even a few days late posting about my own birthday. It’s been that kind of busy!
The three most important things to know about the birthday are:
Apple cake
Ginger-maple cake
Chocolate honeycake
Mmmmmmmm!
How the hell did this happen?
The yard is coated in leaves and apples. Frost warnings. Cool temperatures. And that was the last week of August!
On the plus side, the heirloom apples are cropping up at Poverty Lane Orchards (and the regular apples are rocking, too), the air smells great, football season is in progress, and [...]
For an evening, at least: The Front Porch, NHPR’s local interview show.
See also What’s the Word, an MLA-produced show that she was on 5 years ago.
It became clear that we were moving from Brooklyn to New Hampshire. Quite a change, to be sure, especially considering that before three years in Brooklyn/NYC, we had been living in Chicago (5 years for me, 7 for Laura).
Of course, I had two years of rural Connecticut under my belt from my first grad school [...]
Friday night, I began the mash for a batch of foreign-style stout (stronger than normal, more robust roastiness, hoppier). This to save time on Saturday morning, so we would fit in all the other stuff going on. Saturday morning, the sparge was running by 7:45AM!
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