tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82732482009-07-11T10:05:56.327+09:00brownbreadicecreamnoreply@blogger.comBlogger215125This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273248.post-1153510338487972362006-07-22T04:32:00.000+09:002006-07-28T15:10:28.390+09:00It's been almost a month since we moved into our cozy little hotel room and, sadly, our stay is coming to an end: We finally found an apartment. Some might hate the transiency of it all, or feel that...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]brownbreadicecreamnoreply@blogger.com23http://brownbreadicecream.blogspot.com/2006/07/farewell-maria-well-miss-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273248.post-1152818861857112922006-07-14T04:27:00.000+09:002006-07-22T05:28:45.676+09:00Sorry, sorry. Everyone now thinks I'm in San Francisco because of my last post and and then my lack of follow-up for weeks. Remember that evil editing project that was sucking the life out of me...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]brownbreadicecreamnoreply@blogger.com3http://brownbreadicecream.blogspot.com/2006/07/somewhat-unreal.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273248.post-1152664146999425432006-07-12T09:18:00.000+09:002006-07-14T04:31:51.756+09:00Well, we made it to and through San Francisco International Airport, Edward and I. My husband headed out separately, commanded by the head of the US division of his company to go to New York, say...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Okay, I was also monopolized by the couch for a while, because I'd woken...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]brownbreadicecreamnoreply@blogger.com4http://brownbreadicecream.blogspot.com/2006/06/what-happened-with-barium.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273248.post-1149566867774381162006-06-06T12:55:00.000+09:002006-06-06T18:20:31.710+09:00I'll be leaving Japan at the end of this month and living in California for a few years. Husband's getting transferred. Before anyone starts screaming "Why didn't you tell me before?"--we were only...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Here are a few of Halong Bay, which is a three-hour drive...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]brownbreadicecreamnoreply@blogger.com1http://brownbreadicecream.blogspot.com/2006/05/vietnam-photos-halong-bay.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273248.post-1148033414900129192006-05-19T18:39:00.000+09:002006-05-19T21:29:51.036+09:00Early this evening, a warm, gusty wind blew in out of nowhere and cleared away a patch of cloud canopy, and can I just say how damn good it felt to see that stretch of blue sky lit by the setting sun...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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The classics, and their characters, seemed constipated. Symbolism...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]brownbreadicecreamnoreply@blogger.com0http://brownbreadicecream.blogspot.com/2006/05/what-was-eliot-going-on-about.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273248.post-1147685100566243032006-05-15T17:55:00.000+09:002006-05-15T20:57:40.666+09:00Sorry about the previous, overwrought post--though I do enjoy pounding those out, from time to time. I'm relieved to announce that the employment floodgates have opened and I'm now booked to my...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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First of all, they're obviously homemade (not by...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]brownbreadicecreamnoreply@blogger.com4http://brownbreadicecream.blogspot.com/2006/05/pineapple-tarts.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273248.post-1146133587198812642006-04-27T21:13:00.000+09:002006-04-27T20:27:30.956+09:00This is the very first shot I took of Hanoi, our first morning there, just as we stepped out of our hotel. If it isn't clear, those are bundles of lilies loaded onto the back of the woman's bicycle. ...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Am feeling utterly relaxed right now, lulled by the delicious tropical air that my skin, funnily enough, always responds...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]brownbreadicecreamnoreply@blogger.com20http://brownbreadicecream.blogspot.com/2006/04/still-on-holiday.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273248.post-1144921407637160952006-04-13T18:18:00.000+09:002006-04-17T22:47:11.543+09:00Our time in Vietnam, too soon, came to an end, but I'm happy to report that it was a near-perfect vacation: no fights, fuss, or puking. In a week, we visited Hanoi, Halong Bay, and Mai Chau, but my...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Yes, yes, I know I go on way too much about toilet-related subjects for someone who doesn't have a...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]brownbreadicecreamnoreply@blogger.com6http://brownbreadicecream.blogspot.com/2006/03/in-training.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273248.post-1143290342792323802006-03-25T21:38:00.000+09:002006-03-25T21:41:26.563+09:00<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]brownbreadicecreamnoreply@blogger.com3http://brownbreadicecream.blogspot.com/2006/03/obi-hanging-in-shop-window.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273248.post-1143047093627126952006-03-23T01:57:00.000+09:002006-03-23T02:04:53.643+09:00I was saving my blog template when my computer went berzerk, and the next thing I knew, half my template had simply disappeared. So I've had to use an old backup version. This means that there might...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]brownbreadicecreamnoreply@blogger.com0http://brownbreadicecream.blogspot.com/2006/03/bit-off.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273248.post-1143020590913558122006-03-22T18:42:00.000+09:002006-03-22T18:43:10.936+09:00Is it just me or does anyone else think that blood oranges smell like verging-on-rotten regular oranges?<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]brownbreadicecreamnoreply@blogger.com5http://brownbreadicecream.blogspot.com/2006/03/blood-orange-stink.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273248.post-1142657520222677842006-03-18T13:25:00.000+09:002006-03-18T18:17:49.643+09:00There's a recurring conversation between my husband and myself that has become as familiar as a song, and which we sing with perhaps more levity than some might deem appropriate. And it always begins...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]brownbreadicecreamnoreply@blogger.com10http://brownbreadicecream.blogspot.com/2006/03/staying-perfectly-still.html