Yesterday I went to dim sum. Supposedly some of the best dim sum in San Francisco. Or so says Yelp, and SF Magazine and all the other electronic sources that I consult before making brunch plans. Or dinner plans. Or anytime I leave the house. It also happens to be a few blocks from "my" apartment. Anyway, after an early morning trip across town to play with some visiting cousin babies, my mom and I went out for dim sum.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Why Don't I Do This All The Time?
Yesterday I went to dim sum. Supposedly some of the best dim sum in San Francisco. Or so says Yelp, and SF Magazine and all the other electronic sources that I consult before making brunch plans. Or dinner plans. Or anytime I leave the house. It also happens to be a few blocks from "my" apartment. Anyway, after an early morning trip across town to play with some visiting cousin babies, my mom and I went out for dim sum.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Progress or Something Like It
So, in summary, nothing's crossed off the list yet but I'm taking baby steps towards some of these things.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
The Way Job Interviews Should Be
There are huge, chewy chocolate chip cookies.
You meet the whole staff- each person more friendly and fashionable than the next.
They understand your resume, know your previous employers and mentors.
They treat you like a professional.
There's a giant puppy hanging out under the desk.
The Assistant Director comes in and you geek out over the latest research on identity development in adult adoptees.
The Director gives you her cell phone number and tells you to call any time.
You are asked what kind of cases you want: domestic or international? single parent or two-parent? Or... refugee foster youth cases?
All of the above, please.
Hello new (part-time, contract) job, I love you.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Television for the Restless
PPS: That photo was taken in my beloved former home, Fort Knox in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Thomas now lives in my old room.
Oops
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The Orphan Doctor or Woman of the Year
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
30-Something Before 30 or Accountability to the Masses
1. Rent a fancy Winnebago (cash contingency plan- borrow my parents camper van for the weekend)
2. Visit a sixth continent- South America!
3. Submit an editorial to a major paper
4. Bake perfect French macarons
5. Own a custom upholstered sofa or chair
6. Perfect the crow pose in yoga
7. Sew a wearable dress
8. Ask a stranger out
9. Read the tattered copy of A Tree Grows In Brooklyn that I have been carrying around for the past 14 years
10. Tailor/hem all of my clothes so they fit properly
11. Take a road trip through “The South”
12. Grow vegetables and herbs and then eat them
13. Go on a photo scavenger hunt
14. Form and lead another support group
15. Relearn the subjunctive tense in Spanish
16. Get certified as an HIV counselor
17. Upkeep a blog for six months
18. Discover my cocktail of choice
19. Camp in Big Sur
20. Find the perfect Little Black Dress
21. Learn the names of the different kinds of clouds
22. Jog across the Golden Gate Bridge
23. Try ear candling
24. Go on a juice fast for three days
25. Take a digital photography/lighting class
26. Go internet-free for a week
27. Find the "right" shade of red lipstick
28. Closely follow a baseball team for a season
29. Get fitted for contacts
30. Take the ferry across the bay to Heath Ceramics and buy a seconds coffee mug
Saturday, November 7, 2009
- Been to two large outdoor free weekend-long music festivals in Golden Gate Park.
- Gone kayaking in the Bay and flipped over my kayak.
- Purchased my first "real" bike and was thrown over the handle bars within the first ten blocks.
- Attended a dinner party where someone was wearing sweats.
- Attended a different dinner party where they served pot brownies for dessert.
- Was interviewed for the nightly news on my thoughts on MUNI free-loading riders.
- Grown obsessed with Samusa Soup from Burma Superstar.
- Applied for approximately 1 billion jobs.
- Read the entire internet.