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Cookbook Review: 660 Curries

January 13, 2010

Today I wanted to share what is my most recent favorite Indian cookbook, 660 Curries. I own many Indian cookbooks, and this is the one that seems to have all the best features of all of them. You see, when I got out of college at almost-age 20, I realized that I had to learn […]

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{City Girl Eats} Background, Disclaimer and FAQs

January 11, 2010

Welcome to City Girl Eats! At one point I thought I would make this blog a food blog (this was after the blog’s first incarnation as a beauty blog) – in fact, I wrote lots of fun posts about cupcakes and ice cream and lots of recipes. But, as often happens, life got in the […]

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Won’t you please delurk?

January 10, 2010

It’s blog delurking time again – according to various websites, National Delurking Day is either January 10, 11, 12 or all three, so I guess it’s more of a National Delurking Week this year. Either way, won’t you please delurk and leave a comment? I am always curious to get to know all of you […]

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Noshtopia’s Peppadew and Edamame Hummus

January 6, 2010

I love hummus. It is so easy to make. And quick too. I usually make a very basic hummus recipe most weeks and it makes me so very happy, but, when I saw the Noshtopia recipe for Peppadew and Edamame Hummus, I knew I had to try it when I read it had a cheesy […]

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Searching for 50 pearls of wisdom!

January 6, 2010

So after listening to your tweets and comments, I am SO pleased to announce that the pearls of wisdom are back for 2010. I would love love love to have 52 pearls for this year, and post one a week as a regular feature. I have a couple of pearls from last year, but I […]

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Antidote for the Monday Morning Blues

January 5, 2010

I do not usually have the Monday morning blues – but the combination of cold weather and back-from-a-few-days-off did not help this morning. As much as I was looking towards the promise of a new year and a new week, I ended basking in the glow of what I have done the last few days, […]

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Julie & Julia and Urban Grit

January 4, 2010

Husband and I watched Julie & Julia last night – I was so excited to received this DVD from My Pretty Pennies as part of the Holiday Swap. I had seen the movie in theaters over the summer, and had enjoyed it, so it was lovely to watch it again at home, away from 3 […]

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January Goals & Blog Update

January 2, 2010

My goal this month is actually going to be a continuation of my December goals and incorporating some of the words that are inspiring me for 2010:*Sparkle and shine, whether in person, on the page and virtually*Embrace to-do lists in sparkly pen, rather than feel like life is ruled by them*Yoga two to three times […]

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So, It’s January…

January 2, 2010

… which means it is time to reflect on my goals for December: *Lots of sparkle, in the form of time with loved ones, twitterconnecting and notes and journaling to myself (in sparkly pen, bien sur) – YES. I caught up with several friends in person, spent a little more time on twitter (I do […]

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Dreamboard for the New Year

December 31, 2009

I cannot quite believe that today is the last day of the year. I tend to ease into the New Year sometime in January, as opposed to right on the first day of the year, and that is not just because I always order a Planner Pad in mid-December, and it invariably arrives after the […]

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Merry Christmas!!

December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas!!!

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Winter Solstice Gratitude List {Listmania}

December 21, 2009

*Almost-completely clean sidewalks for my walk to work this morning *Warm blankets and hugs from husband to keep me warm all weekend *Making yummy warming foods this past weekend, like these dark greens and squash and this tomato sauce *Layers of TranquiliT to make the weekend extra comfortable *Two naps in two days *Seeing the […]

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Snowy Dupont Circle

December 21, 2009

Dupont was a snowy wonderland today. Husband and I ventured out when it was sunny this morning and met these snowy sights: I cannot remember the last time there was this much snow in Washington, DC. Look at the snowed-in benches: I was so impressed that eight farmers came to the Dupont market. Did it […]

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Snow Day Eats

December 20, 2009

Last night I tweeted the following about dinner: made chickpeaswith spinach, now stewing kale, next: roasted acorn squash withcilantro chutney. also brown rice is in the rice cooker. It was too dark to take a picture but there were plenty of leftovers, so I made up my plate exactly as it looked last night when […]