Food

Either I ate it or I made it.

Brunch at @JacobsPickles

Sitting atop a burly biscuit was fried chicken breast, coleslaw, fried green tomatoes, coleslaw and bacon. I ordered the Southern BLT ($18) and was warned it’d be the biggest…

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Homemade Corn Salsa

I fell in love with Trader Joe’s corn salsa but since there isn’t one near me, I had to figure out how to make it at home. I followed…

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Nobu Malibu

If you want to knock this place off of your bucket list, too, I would suggest going for drinks and maybe an appetizer. The food is great, but…

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Kale & Kielbasa Soup

I make this meal when I’m incredibly tired and obviously need my nutrients. The best part about crockpot meal is how much you can make with such little effort. Coming…

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Burger + Lobster – NYC

Written by PresidentElla Got a recommendation from a friend & decided to check out Burger & Lobster on 19th street in NYC for date night. We weren’t disappointed.  Seating &…

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chapter 3: a fatherless child

When I was nine months old, my father crashed into the pole of a backlit sign that read “Londsdale Liquors”, exactly 0.5 miles from my home. My mom went away the summer after kindergarten and came home when I was in the end of second grade. I did not like her when I met her…

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Chapter 2: no more Christmases

At 7 years old, I was praying for a Nickelodeon mom, whose main concern would be me and my after school snacks. Instead, my mom sat at the head of the table like a deer in headlights. Doña Colombia threw her a homecoming party; in my mom’s house, scratching up her floors & breaking what…

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Chapter 1 : Where’s mom?

I woke up because something was different. I was 5 years old, and as far as I could remember, my mom had been there when I woke up. I didn’t have my own room until I was about 10. The room was in the back corner of the railroad style house. When you walked out…

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