http://laurenlavoie.com A blog Sat, 31 May 2008 01:41:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kenny and I are headed to a friend's wedding in Long Island this weekend, and then off for a two-week jaunt to Pannonia: Budapest and Croatia, possibly taking day trips to Bosnia and Montenegro. We're planning on taking a laptop with us for this one, so I may post some ... http://laurenlavoie.com/travel/277 An exchange between Kenny, Gio, and myself a couple nights ago: KENNY: I was telling Claudette earlier that you’re a Berkeley feminist, not an East Coast Ivy League feminist. LAUREN: Oh? And how would you define each of those? ... http://laurenlavoie.com/friends/276 Gio, Kenny, Vidya, and I (all of whom once lived in a Seattle apartment building named after The Ramayana) saw a fantastic film at SIFF called Sita Sings the Blues. It's an animated version of the Ramayana, told from a very pro-Sita perspective and set to Annette Hanshaw jazz numbers ... http://laurenlavoie.com/film/279 My brother is planning a trip to Central America in a few weeks. I wrote up a few recommendations for him based on my trip to Belize & Guatemala last May, and I thought that others planning similar trips might benefit as well. In general, Central America was a fantastic ... http://laurenlavoie.com/travel/273 Taking advantage of some serious end-of-season clearance sale action, I bought a sweet new toy yesterday. Can't wait 'til the season starts up again to try it out (okay, not really -- I actually can't wait for summer. But this should make next winter a lot more fun). http://laurenlavoie.com/snowboarding/272 Gio and Kenny and I decided to stop at Honey Moon Tea (in the Uwajimaya Food Court) after dim sum in the I-District today for some of their delectable black tea ice cream, and the stand was gone. One of the other food stand proprietors told us that it had ... http://laurenlavoie.com/seattle/271 Super sale on Cheerios at QFC - $1.50 per box if you buy 4 boxes - but it's Passover. What to do?!? We bought 4 boxes and hid them in the closet. We'll bust them out next week. http://laurenlavoie.com/seattle/270 In the office a few weeks ago, I wondered aloud what one does with a sunchoke, aka Jerusalem artichoke (I had one in the refrigerator at home that I needed to use). In response, my boss sent me a recipe for cream of Jerusalem artichoke soup, which I've made twice ... http://laurenlavoie.com/food/269 I was so excited when I learned that Rock Band would be released for the Wii this June. But, as I feared, it turns out that there will not be any downloadable content for the Wii version of the game, just as there wasn't for Guitar Hero 3: "When ... http://laurenlavoie.com/geek/268 I received the following query via text message from my friend Gio this weekend: Lauren did you write a letter to seattle weekly about steve scher? Check out mar 26 apr 1 edition No, I never wrote a letter to Seattle Weekly, but the letter in question certainly looks ... http://laurenlavoie.com/seattle/267