• poached eggs with roasted tomatoes and toast
• marinated beans with a soft boiled egg, and roasted tomatoes or toast
• grilled eggplant and zucchini and roasted tomatoes with chimichurri, burrata, and toast
• burrata caprese salad
• broccoli spoon salad with a chaat masala dressing
• roasted veggies with whipped feta
• cucumber, lemon tahini, and hummus bowl
• spinach salad with goat cheese, green apple, and Brianna's blush vinaigrette
• Greek chicken with roasted onions, peppers, and marinated zucchinis
• mushroom bulgogi with Korean pickled veggies
• grilled shiitake and carrot salad with soy vinaigrette
• herbed barley salad

North America

• ✔ Acadia National Park
• Alaska
• ✔ Badlands
• ✔ Boston
• ✔ Charleston
• ✔ Chicago
• ✔ Chichen Itza
• ✔ Cozumel
• ✔ DC
• ✔ Death Valley National Park
• ✔ Garden of the Gods
• Grand Canyon
• ✔ LA
• Mexico City
• ✔ Montreal
• New Orleans
• ✔ NYC
• Portland, OR
• ✔ San Diego
• ✔ Savannah

• first date: Fogo de Chao
• 1st: Buddakan
• 2nd: Pod
• 3rd: Morimoto
• 4th: Tinto
• 5th: Scarpetta
• 6th: Buddakan
• 7th: The Goat's Beard
• 8th: at home; steaks (Covid-19)
• 9th:

marriage

• wedding: Somo
• 1st: at home; homemade pasta with pomodoro and bolognese
• 2nd: Barclay Prime; also Village Whiskey and Parc

vegetables

• asparagus with eggs and za'atar ( Zaitoun , 57)
  • shouldn't take long to cook
• roast romanesco cauliflower with tahini and pomegranates ( Zaitoun , 78)
  • could be made ahead

proteins

• Safavid-style beef pastries ( Persiana , 38)
  • easy with puff pastry
• lahmacun ("turkish pizzas"; Persiana , 45) -
  • requires making dough (perhaps AR's sour cream dough would be easy?)
  • maybe better for own meal
• hummus with spiced lamb ( Zaitoun , 25) -
  • marinate the lamb for an hour; cooks fast...

(natural bodies of water)

• Ocean City Maryland
• Cape May, NJ
• Susquehanna River
• Mt. Gretna
• Waterfalls in the Poconos
• Kaanapali
• Seven Sacred Pools
• Cozumel
• Playa del Carmen
• Acadia Ntn'l Park
• Barcelona
• Viareggio
• Chryssi Island
• Pacheia Ammos
• Siteia
• Aegina
• Malia
• Red Beach, Thera
• Kamare
• Pseira

• Versailles
• Notre Dame
• Louvre
• Eiffel Tower
• Nimes
• Hana
• Seven Sacred Pools
• Camp Swatara
• Barcelona beach
• Avignon
• Chichen Itza
• Playa del Carmen
• Cozumel
• Willowood
• Denver, Colorado
• St. Louis, MS
• Richmond, VA
• Savannah, GA
• Charleston, SC
• Badlands
• Crazy Horse

• Trans-Siberian Orchestra
• Passion Pit
• Ben Kweller
• Pete Yorn
• Fleet Foxes
• The Shins
• Miniature Tigers
• Panda Bear
• Elbow
• Pain of Being Pure at Heart
• Yuck
• Cage the Elephant
• The Hold Steady
• The Joy Formidable
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
• Company of Thieves
• Madi Diaz
• Dashboard Confessional
• The Front Bottoms
• Cartel
• Hit the Lights

★☆

• Village Candle Warm Buttered Bread | ★★★★☆
• Rose | ★★★☆☆
• Village Candle Gardenia | ★★★★★
• Voluspa Rose Otto | ★★★★☆

quiet memories that i treasure

• laying with Daph in the grass in the spring, in my green hoodie
• standing on the terrace behind the art museum at night with D, watching the glittering lights on the river, smelling the fresh air
• people-watching with C on the steps of the duomo in Florence
• reading on the old leather couch in our canal apartment, sunlight streaming in and listening to piano music Alexandra Strelisky
• eating cacio e pepe with a glass of local Riesling in the courtyard of the Church of St. James in Brno
• swimming at Chryssi during my lunch break, eating a PB&J in the water
• Christmas mornings as a kid with my family, eating opera fudge and cookies for breakfast and opening presents on the living...