Tag Archives: food/drink
Louisville Restaurant To Do List
Shortly after creating the Louisville To Do List (LTDL), Gabe and I made a Louisville Restaurant To Do List (LRTDL). Here it is: Blind Pig Sari Sari Bodega Hillybilly Tea Irish Rover Also on the list, but already visited: Palermo … Continue reading
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Tagged food/drink, Louisville, restaurants
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Trip by the numbers
A run-down of my New Orleans/Houston trip: Number of travel days: 9 (including departure and arrival days) Number of flights: 3 Number of airport visits: 7 (in-transit and pick-ups) Number of nights in New Orleans: 4 Number of nights in … Continue reading
First night in NOLA
I arrived in New Orleans yesterday afternoon. I have a good sense of direction, but I’m never entirely sure what’s north in this city. I can tell you “river side” or “lake side,” but if you tell me you’re east … Continue reading
State Fair!
In the middle of a month-long episode of tearing my hair out over footnotes and the glacial pace of my writing, I took a break and visited the Kentucky State Fair (which ended on August 29. You missed it). Now. … Continue reading
Ramsi’s Challenge: Coconut Scallops
After eating my scallops last night, I realized I know nothing about scallops, so I did some research. They are mollusks with a two-part shell and the part that we eat in the US is the adductor muscle, which opens … Continue reading
What’s New, Pussycat?
Until one evening two weeks ago at Walgreen’s, I lived in ignorance of this song. I knew of “What’s New, Pussycat?” but could not have named the artist (Tom Jones) or any lyrics (gems like “Pussycat, pussycat you’re delicious” and … Continue reading
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Tagged biking, complaining, food/drink, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Refugee Ministries, language, Louisville, Matador, New Orleans, public transportation, TARC, tutoring, volunteering
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The Ramsi’s Challenge: CUBeAN Burrito
I grew up in Texas, but I have never been to Mexico, or any Latin or South American country. So, I don’t know how representative the Tex-Mex I grew up with is of Mexican cuisine. I’m fairly sure Mexican burritos … Continue reading
Houston Homecoming
“The concert is cancelled. Ani’s husband was in an accident.” This was the message I came home to the morning of my senior homecoming, which I was readily skipping to see the singer Ani DiFranco for the first time. I … Continue reading
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Tagged food/drink, Houston, MatadorU assignment, pizza, running, Texas
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Braided bread
It’s Zopf, and I made it. Some of you may know this as challah bread, a Jewish bread eaten on holidays. The Swiss call it Zopf, and my mom made this and a super wholesome wheat bread when I was … Continue reading
