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The Best of It: The Rest of My New Orleans Trip Edition
1. Preservation Hall 2. Getting my tea leaves read at Bottom of the Cup Tea Room, a New Orleans tradition for me. 3. Buying tea from New Orleans Tea Company 4. Finding a nice poetry chapbook at Crescent City Books, and also getting to meet up with my college friend Geoff, who works there! 5. …
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A Culinary Tour of My 40th Birthday
For the past decade, my relationship to New Orleans has been complicated. My ex-husband is from there, and in the wake of my less-than-amicable divorce, I wasn’t keen on visiting the city ever again. But after nearly two years living in one of its sister cities, and after 10 years of time and distance, it…
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The Best of It: March Wrap-Up Edition
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The Earl Grey Year Part 7: Classics and Special Variations
March has been a great month for tastings and blogging. After a few fits and starts, the project has hit its stride. One of the things I’ve been doing behind the scenes is keeping a Best-Of list, which I’m using not just for my own recordkeeping/personal interest, but also as a fun way to wrap…
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The Best of It: Mexican Food in the Midwest Edition
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A Quick Note About Site Maintenance
One of the projects I chose for 2024 was to simplify my digital life. I simply don’t enjoy trying to keep up with multiple websites or social media accounts. If you subscribe to this blog, you probably noticed a few weeks ago that your inbox got flooded with a series of Pilates-related posts. That was…
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The Earl Grey Year Part 6: Classics and Florals
This week, I return to both Classic Earls and Floral Grey blends. I believe this is also the first post in which every tea is international (to me, at least). Two of the blends are from The Cove Tea Company in Canada, and the other two come from Emeyu Tea and Chaplon Tea, which are…
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The Best of It: Mid-March Edition
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The Earl Grey Year: Cremes and Special Blends
As with last week’s post, this week I’m combining two categories: Creme Earl Greys and Specialty Blends. I describe each category in their respective sections. Since I simply have fewer of these tea categories in my Earl Grey lineup, combining them ensures they get written about in a timely manner. A quick housekeeping note before…
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The Best of It: Signs of Spring Edition