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Dollar Makes You Holler! Bread
Sometimes, when driving to work, I would see a sign for the Wonder Bread/Hostess Bakery Thriftshop (thriftshop–really?), but the place always looked closed and/or deserted. I wondered if it might be a front for the mafia. Then one day I … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged cheap bread, Hostess, Wonder Bread
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Thank You
The old logo Some of you may or may not know, but the Buzz used to exist in tab (short for tabloid) form, instead of just in Internet ether. As such, it was entered into the 2011 California Newspaper Publishers … Continue reading
Dollar Makes You Holler: Trader Joe’s chocolate bar
It’s true: Sometimes I will go somewhere other than the dollar store. And sometimes, I will find something that does indeed make me holler for a dollar. Like this chocolate bar, which combines some of my favorite things: dark chocolate … Continue reading
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Tagged dark chocolate, speculoos, trader joe's
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In Hindsight: The fine art of persuasion
Carrot souffle with an oatmeal cookie crust. If you let it bake for 1 hour, the top will caramelize! They say that when you get married, you discover strengths you never knew about the other person. I discovered my husband … Continue reading
The great egg-splosion
I, of course, was eating in front of the computer. I love me some hard-boiled eggs. But hard-boiled eggs, it seems, hate to be eaten by me. They physically resist me, making it a battle to get their shells off … Continue reading
Dollar Makes You Holler: Peanut Butter and Fudge cookies
I am actually quite loathe to write this entry as I fear their disappearance off the shelves. But I must uphold the journalist’s code to bring you hard-hitting, investigative information. After multiple testings (just to be sure), the data is … Continue reading
In Hindsight: Airing our dirty laundry
The laundry room We received piles and piles of marriage advice and tips before we got married: Keep communicating. The first year is the hardest. Don’t go to bed angry. Be honest and open with each other about finances. Pick … Continue reading
Say ‘cello to my little (alright, still fairly large) friend
My sister found a picture of me from 8th-grade, playing cello, in the dress. I started taking cello lesson when I was 9. Why the cello? Well I have 3 older siblings. One opted out. One of them picked the … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged cello, Handel's Messiah, Haydn's London Trio, UCLA PCN, youth orchestra
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Dollar Makes You Holler: Giraffe head
I don’t know what’s going on with dollar stores, but there seem to be a disproportionate number of disembodied body parts for sale there. I took one look at this sculpture and I just thought, “Why?” Do people really want … Continue reading
In Hindsight: The story of the towels
I was brushing my teeth the other night when my eyes rested on the two towel racks behind me. And I sighed. When I first got married, I was so excited about decorating our place. The first room I decorated: … Continue reading