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Hem Sovann


Hem Sovann
Location:Cambodia, Batambong
Activity:Services

Botros


Botros
Location:Lebanon, Beirut
Activity:Grocery Store

Hugo


Hugo
Location:United States, New York, New York
Activity:Transportation

Goodbye, 2009; Hello, 2010

I genuinely cannot get used to writing 2010 as being a real, actual year we are all living in and not some fantastical made up date in the future where we will all have robot servants and jet-packs. Even without flying cars, 2010 has to be better than the rubbish year that was 2009, am [...]

Resolution: Use Less Plastic

[My goodness, ten days without a post? What can I say; it's January and January robs me of any motivation to do much. But let us move on...]

Using less plastic, let me tell you, has not been easy.

Two weeks ago, my kid got a package for her birthday, packed in Styrofoam packing peanuts. No [...]

Happy Twenty-Aught-Nine

If you’ve been following along for some time, you know I love New Year’s resolutions. Love them. Probably because I love lists (as seen here, here, and here).

In 2007, I completed 4 out of 5 of my food-related resolutions (and only skipped the 5th one — to make more bento lunches — because my husband [...]

Resolutions: 2008 (final draft)

I already mentioned my plans to buy only humanely raised meat and cook more vegetarian meals. Here’s my final list of blog-related resolutions:

Make jam. No idea how to do this, or what sort of jam to make. Maybe rhubarb. We’ll see.

Paint my kitchen yellow. Okay, I’ve had a swatch of Spiced Butternut taped to the [...]

Resolutions: 2007 — the wrap-up

I made some food-related resolutions around this time last year. Let’s see how they turned out!

Learn to bake. Although I never did make a third baked good, more importantly, I realized I’m no longer afraid to bake something new. I made cakes, I made frosting, I made a pie crust — and I already knew [...]