I just ate the most delicious omelet sandwich at Dizi. Fluffy eggs cooked with fresh chive, mayonnaise, tomato, and lettuce on a toasted sesame kaiser roll. So delicious that it was gone in under 2 minutes, I mean it. And it wasn’t small. This is all that’s left, and I’m taking my time in finishing [...]
Posts Tagged ‘University of Chicago’
Like a bridge over troubled water
Posted in Food, random, tagged comfort food, Dizi, Doctoral Programs, fear, Friends, Grad School, grad school applications, Graduate School, life, Masters Degree, omelet, PhD, random, sandwich, self-esteem, support, University of Chicago on November 22, 2010 | 7 Comments »
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield
Posted in random, tagged 31st, accomplishments, birthdays, buddhism, Creative writing, food, Grad School, Hemingway, Internet, Israeli wine, life, meditation, Provence, random, Reality TV, road trips, Sommelier, University of Chicago, vipassana, wine, year in review on August 1, 2010 | 4 Comments »
‘Twas yesterday. My birthday. 31 on the 31st. My golden birthday, gone in a flash. Shared another birthday with Harry Potter (and his creator JK Rowling), and now an anniversary with Chelsea Clinton, apparently. Went swimming in the sea, had a lovely Italian breakfast with my mother at Rustico Basel, a leisurely soy ice coffee [...]
This is no ordinary love
Posted in random, tagged 1997, Anxiety, Chicago, Israel, life, Malls, memories, Monet, Money, MTV, Music, nostalgia, Optimism, Rand McNally, random, Reality, Retail, Sade, Sales, Skokie, Tel Aviv, The Pillow Book, This is No Ordinary Love, Travel Books, University of Chicago, video, Wine tasting, Wishing on pennies, writing, Youth on July 24, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Hit “play” and keep reading. Just do it. I’m aiming for some atmosphere here. Another Friday, another wine tasting. The wine shop had a decent soundtrack. Sade always takes me back to the summer of 1997. I had just graduated from high school, I was about to start my first year at the University of [...]
Those were the days
Posted in random, tagged alma mater, alumni weekend, Chicago, inspiration, life, random, reunions, University of Chicago on June 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
On Saturday I went to alumni weekend. I nibbled dry pastries at an international brunch, listened to boring speeches at an award ceremony, schmoozed with staff at the alumni center, attended an “uncommon core” class on the nature of happiness, listened to the university president drone on like a highly polished politician, and drank really [...]
The Sandwich That Was
Posted in Food Review, photography, random, Restaurants, tagged Academia, Chicago, Ciabatta, coffee shops, cooking, dreams, food, life, Loveat, Madeleines, memories, memory, New York Times Crossword, nostalgia, panini, philosophy, photography, photos, Proust, random, representation, Reynolds Club, roasted red peppers, sandwiches, Tel Aviv, telnet, theater, theatre, university, University of Chicago, University of Chicago coffee shops, University Theater, vegetarian on February 15, 2010 | 5 Comments »
The flavor and texture of that sandwich represents the blood, sweat, tears, and every ounce of passion I put into my undergraduate education. It represents the grimy yet super-comfy theatre lounge I hung out at every day, where I ate half my meals, where I caught up and prepped before classes, where I piled onto ancient sofas with friends and collaboratively did the New York Times crossword, where I held weekly production meetings, where I memorized lines, where I read play after play after play, where I played snood and mac-brickout and checked my telnet email account on ancient computers, where I developed and fine-tuned proposals, where I planned my future and dreamed.
Pretty Pictures, and oh yes, Some Great Links
Posted in random, Words on Wine, tagged carnivale, Champagne, Champagne tasting, Chocolate, College admissions, College Essay, France, France Guide, fun, humor, Jack Kadden, japan, John Tierney, kimono, kite, life, Links, New years, New York Times, news, Open That Bottle Night, OTBN, pleasure, random, University of Chicago, venice, venice carnivale, wine on January 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m still in New Years mode. My parents are still visiting in Israel. As such, every day includes some sort of adventure, for good or bad. I have so much interesting food and wine news and gossip to spread, but I just don’t have the time and energy. So, I’m making this particular post short. [...]
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