La Tarte Eiffel
June 2008 I replaced a nineteen-year-old New Zealander in Le Perreux Sur-Marne. She told me she was simultaneously ready to go and in disbelief she would be leaving. I understood. She…
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November 26, 2010
Fondant au Suffocation a la Menthe
June 2008 It had to happen at some point during my Parisian au pair stint...un français et moi, a Frenchie and me! Despite my mantras of, "I'm independent here….I'm not looking…
November 26, 2010
Gateau au Fromage
April 2008 There are moments which may seem insignificant at the time, but upon later reflection, these moments are of utmost importance. I spent a semester in Aix-en-Provence, in the…
November 26, 2010
Christmas TREEat & Cakemen
December 2007 Doug and Regina Shayne, Stacy, Tonya, Tosha (and me) (Enter Michelle, Mark and Mike from stage left) And thus you have: Torey Elizabeth, Dalton Briggs, Danielle Bailey, Drew…
November 26, 2010
Snowy Scene
December 2007 After graduating from college and before settling into anything too serious, I worked for a a strong, persistent, creative, artistic woman. She weathered the storms for years in…
November 26, 2010
Palm TREEat
December 2007 “I like your jacket,” I told her from across the cash register. She proceeded to show me how she had covered the Abercrombie identity of the gifted jacket…
November 26, 2010
Zippull, An Edible Logo
December 2007 I put her in my phone book as “Carrie I Made It” before I had even met her. In the mere semester I had spent reading, writing and…
November 26, 2010
A Raw Winter TREEat
December 2007 I used to run what I called a “lemonade revolution” as part of my sandwich and salad-slinging job at The Red Oak Café. In reality, I ran a lemonade…
November 26, 2010