immaterial gains (knowledge or access) |

Can we tour your sorority?

October 26. Day 118.

I am not a member of a sorority.

I have never been a member of a sorority.

I have never set foot inside a sorority.

Until last night.

***

It was 10 p.m. and I had some asking to do. La Sorella and I headed toward the university district.

“We should drive by the frat houses! They’re beautiful,” [...]

dining out |

Elemental shopathon! And, free movie rental?

October 25. Day 117.

“I hope she knows this is just going to be a regular, boring shopping trip…”

This is what Phred, half of the force behind Elemental, told Laurie, the other half, before we met Saturday morning.

From the moment they showed up, Laurie holding a thick notebook of ideas and ingredients and Phred in a [...]

dining out |

Teach me your coffee making secrets?

October 24. Day 116.

Two days behind. No internet and a cold have made it hard to keep up. But I’m back now!

(As for internet, the guy promising a wifi password never came back, and I’m not about to harass him about it and make him hate my sister, who’s his neighbor.)

My asking Friday was a [...]

asking for others |

Borrow or share your wifi?

October 23. Day 115.

Not getting internet at home in order to increase productivity and social contact is the second biggest lie I’ve ever told myself. (The biggest being that those orange plaid pants I bought sophomore year in high school were funky instead of fugly.) (The third biggest, by the way, is the refrain [...]

dining out |

Tale of the Twelve Course Meal (Or, the asking that almost wasn’t)

October 22. Day 114.

“So what are you going to do with La Sorella in Seattle?” Mr. A asked before I left.

“Guess.”

“Sisterly bonding?”

“No…”

“Hanging out? Shopping?”

“No! Come on, what’s the only thing we do when we’re together. Our one and only passion. Our obsession.”

“Gossip?”

“Food!!!”

***

Ten minutes after I set foot in Slick and La Sorella’s apartment, we were [...]