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What I Ate Wednesday: Honolulu

Here are a few meals from different days recently… Breakfast: watermelon and coffee. Lunch: lemongrass chicken banh mi from Ba-Le. Dinner: homemade pizza! Kiyo made the crust and I topped it off: half...

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What I Ate Wednesday: Astoria

Here are some WIAW pictures from this summer that I forgot to post! Breakfast: leftover donuts from Smorgasburg… not nutritious, but definitely tasty. I had to take my car in to be fixed, and since it...

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Bacon-Wrapped Banana Bread, Boothbay Harbor

This past week, I’ve had my best Skidmore friends visiting in Hawaii! It’s been super fun and I’m sad to see them leave. A year and a half ago, some of us went to Maine together. Maggie brought...

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What I Ate Wednesday: Honolulu

Happy WIAW! We’ve had friends visiting since December 27, which is awesome although also exhausting because we’ve also been working our regular schedules. Here are a few things we’ve eaten this past...

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Brunch at Wise Acre, Minneapolis

I read about Wise Acre Eatery in my constant food-related media perusal. It sounded great, and I love brunch, so I was determined to go when I was in Minneapolis back in June. Luckily, they serve...

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Voodoo Donuts, Portland

  One of my New Years resolutions is to write eyechow posts more regularly, and to catch up with myself. I’m still posting about places and food from over a year ago! I almost never make resolutions...

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Stubbs Gospel BBQ Brunch, Austin

When we went to Austin, Texas, on vacation, Kiyo surprised me by booking us a table for Stubb’s BBQ brunch! I was really impressed that he found it and the food was awesome! The brunch featured live...

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My Cousin’s Wedding, Minneapolis

  Today is my cousin’s wedding and I am a bridesmaid, so exciting! Since it’s a wedding weekend for me, I decided today is a good day to share pictures/food from my other cousin’s wedding, from June...

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Dinner at Red 36, Mystic

This summer, when I was living in Connecticut with Maggie for yoga teacher training, we were so tired every night that we would plop into bed right after dinner at home each night. Finally, about a...

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Leftover Salads, Astoria

  A super easy, delicious dinner is making a salad out of leftovers, especially restaurant leftovers. If you order dressing on the side, you can even save leftovers from a big restaurant salad, and...

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Brunch at Sweet-E’s Cafe, Honolulu

One weekend, before Kiyo and I solidified our work schedules (he works Monday-Friday and I work Thursday-Monday or Tuesday, which is awful, we never have a day off together!) we made it to brunch at...

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Strange Food Saturday: Tokyo

Here’s another strange food that my dad brought us from Tokyo, that we ate in Honolulu. I learned (from WIkipedia) that  Matsusaka beef is wagyū, also known as Kuroge Washu or “Japanese Black.” The...

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HIFF Opening Party, Honolulu

When I was in high school we were required to volunteer for 100 hours before graduation. I spent many hours volunteering for the Honolulu International Film Festival (HIFF for short). One of the perks...

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Dinner at Oceana, St. Thomas

Last March, Kiyo and I took an amazing vacation to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. One night, our lovely hosts (Zan‘s parents) took us out to dinner at Oceana. They served us an amuse bouche. I...

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Club A Steakhouse, New York

One year, when Kiyo and I were still living in New York City, we went on a belated Valentine’s Day date to Club A Steakhouse (we never have gone out on actual Valentine’s Day). It was a large...

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Rice Bowl, Astoria

Since January, every week I’ve been teaching and practicing yoga, working retail, taking a nutrition class, working on eyechow, and studying for the GRE. Today I am taking the GRE (ugh, but also happy...

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Tacos el Gordo, Las Vegas

In honor of Cinco de Mayo I’m sharing some AMAZING tacos I had in Las Vegas. I was staying at the Wynn for work, and I wanted to get out at least once and find some local food. I don’t remember how I...

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Brunch & Botanical Garden, Brooklyn

Wow, it’s been awhile since the last Sunday Brunch post. Brunch is my favorite meal, but sadly, I now work weekends so no more Sunday brunch for me :( Kiyo and I have tried to go a few times here in...

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Goma Ichi Ramen, Honolulu

Gomaichi is Japanese noodle shop founded in 1995. There is a rivalry among locals here in Honolulu; people are either loyal to Goma Ichi or Goma Tei. My friends, family and I have always patronized...

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Kan Zaman, Honolulu

As you might expect, there aren’t myriad Moroccan restaurants in Honolulu. One of the few is Kan Zaman (which means “Once Upon a Time” in Arabic), located in the heart of downtown. My dad took Kiyo...

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