Posts tagged "grocery store"

July 5, 2020 5 Comments

Figuring out risk management in a COVID-19 world

As we trudge through the fourth month of coronavirus life in the US, the weird ways things have changed feel more familiar now, if not exactly normal. People are adaptable after all, which is why our species has endured for so long. Humanity: Surviving shitty circumstances for centuries! In an attempt to feel some control... [Read More]

September 9, 2014 4 Comments

That will teach me not to make late-night grocery runs

I saw something sail past my face into my car before I'd even finished opening the door, but it was a dark and rainy night, literally, so I couldn't see what. I thought it must have been a leaf or a moth, but that was wishful thinking because what had actually jumped into my car,... [Read More]

March 22, 2012 9 Comments

The New York Diaries – Part 1: Taking New York living for a test drive (though I would never drive in the city)

Getting there is half the challenge No matter how many times I fly, I always lean toward the window to scope out the city as we land. I'm surprised everyone on the plane doesn't do this. (Where is your sense of childlike wonder, people? You can't buy it in Sky Mall.) Despite my superhuman LASIK... [Read More]