Mr. B

Jewish Carols

December 19, 2011

I actually wrote this post two years ago but haven’t been brave enough to publish it until now. It’s about a secret love of mine: Christmas carols. Technically, as  a (nonobservant) Jew, I know I shouldn’t enjoy them or sing them, a knowledge that was imparted on me by my mom who, when I was learning Silent Night in third grade, acted as if she was personally experiencing the Inquisition when it gets to the part about yon Virgin and ...

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We are the 1% (.5% if you don’t count the roof)

November 16, 2011

So, I was looking back at old honeymoon videos from Miami (oh, what a godsend that I discovered digital photography right around then), and realized why I cannot relate to Occupy Wall Street at all. Zaaaaaaa. P.S. We rented it from a  v. sketchy dealership since we were both under 25 at the time and no national chain rents to under-25s, even under-25s who have no history of accidents. Ah, to be young and unable to rent a Sebring.

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Friday Links

November 10, 2011

Mr. B’s birthday is this weekend, and I thoughtfully already have the champagne out and I am hosting and cooking a Very Awesome Mediterranean Meal with Pesto and Whatnot.   Mr. B is crying because I’m cooking. Links: I’ve been listening to this all week. Episode 2 is my favorite. Very cool blog from the edge of the world. why do we take everything so seriously? Why is U2 so popular? In search of the magical penis thieves. 100% safe ...

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Book Review: A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian

November 8, 2011

  Nowadays, everything Soviet is cool again. But, growing up, everything immigrant that my parents did was horrifyingly embarrassing. They packed lunch for me not in Ziploc bags, but in the plastic bags you get from the grocery store.  They didn’t pack Mac n Cheese, and they would NEVER let me buy Lunchables, but there was Russian food. How do you show up to lunch when you have a kelbasa sandwich with Russian rye bread and all your friends have BP and ...

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Three years of Boykis

October 3, 2011

Mr. B and I have been married for three whole years, which is longer than the restaurant this picture was taken at has been around (due to Russian business practices), and is about as long as my mom’s (photobombing the pic) been smiling with relief that I married someone Jewish, even if he did take me to a pork-ladden Oktoberfest this past Shabbat. I was Terrified to get married and I called my mom crying every day for two weeks,paralyzed ...

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