August 2010

Owning It: The Thing About Body Image

August 24, 2010
mirrors

After my post last week about owning it, I decided to start sharing more things that I’ve owned. I think some of you might need a regular reminder to start owning the things you do, and I thought I’d lead by example. Today, I’m owning this: I love my body. But sometimes, I still want [...]

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All Mixed Up

August 24, 2010
benneton ad

If you’ve seen my stand-up routine, then you’ve already heard me talk about people’s confusion with my race. It’s a recurring theme in my life. I get so many variations of, “What are you?” it’s become quite a joke (hello, The Differences Between Black Girls and White Girls at the Gym!). But I totally forgot [...]

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Lights Out

August 23, 2010
houston

Do you believe in curses? I had a pretty great day, and I thought things had turned a corner after the terrible weekend. I had a good day at work, had a good workout, and was just making some dinner when when it started to rain. Oh, well. I was in for the night so [...]

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Lesson #16: How to Avoid FEMA Pancakes

August 23, 2010
chalkboard

As I said yesterday, it was a rough weekend…but the pancake disaster needed its own post. A couple Sundays ago, Eric mentioned that he wanted to have pancakes for breakfast; I said we should get some mix the next time we were at the grocery store to have on hand for lazy weekends. So last [...]

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The WTF Weekend

August 22, 2010
debbie downer

OK I’m back! I needed to spin and sweat for a good half-hour to try to shake everything that went wrong this weekend out of my system. I generally consider myself the luckiest person I know. Things are always going my way and turning out even better than I expected. Eric considers himself pretty unlucky [...]

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Date Night: Brenner’s Steakhouse

August 22, 2010
dinner houston brenners steakhouse

Friday night, Eric and I went to Brenner’s Steakhouse with another couple to take advantage of Houston Restaurant Week. We got three fabulous courses. The steak was my favorite part. It was so delicious. I didn’t love the cheesecake but the bites I had of the apple strudel were incredible. We also split a great [...]

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Rachel Getting Fancy: Date Night!

August 20, 2010
jimmy choos

I’ve never been specifically told to put on heels and a dress for a date before. Just the heels? Sure, all the time. Who hasn’t? But I was genuinely surprised when Eric suggested I wear clothes too. I mean, he’s buying me steak tonight. Doesn’t that imply that I shouldn’t bother with clothes? Ugh, I [...]

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Friday Foodgasm: Cheese Stuffed Figs

August 20, 2010
figs

I love healthy food, but only when it’s real. I’ll take bacon wrapped cantaloupe for a snack over a granola bar any day. So I’m really excited about this new healthy recipe that fits the requirements! When I went to Central Market last weekend, they were really promoting figs. I’ve never had fresh figs, only [...]

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Where There’s Smoke Part II

August 19, 2010
smoke detector

No assistance was necessary. I put that smoke detector to sleep.

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Where There’s Smoke

August 19, 2010
annoying smoke alarm

Tuesday night, Eric and I were watching “Californication” on DVD at my apartment, and, suddenly, the life of Hank Moody was drowned out by a high-pitched, violent shriek. At first I thought it was just one of the girls that Hank was accidentally going down on, but then I realized it was not the result [...]

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