books that, when I finished them, I thought... wtf did I just read

• Brat by Gabriel Smith
• All Fours by Miranda July
• Pizza Girl by Jean Kyuong Frazier
• Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi
• Death Valley by Melissa Broder
• Reinhardt's Garden by Mark Haber
• The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft
• Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
• Poor Things by Alasdair Gray
• The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
• Bunny by Mona Awad
• St. Sebastien's Abyss by Mark Haber
• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
• If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
• Melmoth by Sarah Perry
• Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi

• 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: Time
• 10th: ~Italy~
• 11th: Vedge

marriage

• wedding: Somo
• 1st: at home; homemade pasta with pomodoro and bolognese
• 2nd: Barclay Prime; also Village Whiskey and Parc
• 3rd: Sapore Italiano; Union Park; drinks at Brown Room

• Kazuo Ishiguro, 4
• Lucy Foley, 4
• T. Kingfisher, 4
• Silvia Moreno-Garcia, 3
• Sarah Perry, 3
• Emily St. John Mandel, 3
• V.E. Schwab, 2
• Richard Osman, 2
• Kiley Reid, 2
• Ali Smith, 2
• Lisa See, 2
• Clare Pollard, 2
• Alix E. Harrow, 2
• Elif Shafak, 2
• Benjamin Stevenson, 2
• Aggie Blum Thompson, 2
• Jen Beagin, 2
• Jeneva Rose, 2
• Lisa Jewell, 2
• Sayaka Murata, 2
• Anna Dorn, 2

• massage my face using a roller
• play the piano
• take ten deep ocean breaths
• listen to a song that makes me happy
• send Becca or Dillion a text
• pet Ramsey or Nadja
• read a poem and reflect
• write in my journal
• wash my face
• tapping
• write a postcard to Christine
• repeat an affirmation
• hug my inner child
• describe the physical sensations of my body
• happy baby

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

• Amsterdam 2017
• Thera 2017
• Luzern/Switzerland 2017
• Venice 2018
• Crete 2018?
• Vienna 2018
• Prague/Czech Republic 2018
• Berlin 2018?
• Montreal 2018
• Las Vegas 2018
• Crete 2019?
• ✔ Seville/Spain 2019
• Marrakesh 2019
• Lisbon/Portugal 2019
• ✔ Chania 2019
• Florence/Italy 2022
• New Orleans 2022
• Vilnius/Lithuania 2023
• Crete 2023
• London 2023
• Spain 2024

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...