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Category Archives: food

Things I Loved This Week #101

March 14, 2015by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

TOFU: Tofu gets a really bad wrap, which is not at all deserved. I understand that there is a legion of people actively working against our palates, trying their damnedest […]

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cooking, Dolly Parton, food, music, spring, sun, travel, Washington DC

Why Don’t You? #67

March 9, 2015by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you plan your final meal just in case you ever find yourself on death row? I hope you don’t, but it never hurts to plan ahead. I […]

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advice, animals, clothes, coffee, Diana Vreeland, fashion, food, pet, travel, vacation, Why Don't You?

THINGS I LOVED / HATED THIS WEEK #99

February 28, 2015by Benjamin Phillips 1 Comment

LOVE: Victorian Britain by The Great Courses: I have always felt that a person should know everything. Clearly this is an impossibility and will never be accomplished in one lifetime, […]

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chocolate, design, England, film, food, IKEA, IKEA Monkey, Lady Gaga, travel, Victorian, Washington DC, weather, writing

THINGS I LOVED / HATED THIS WEEK #97

February 14, 2015by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: Lansbury Reactions Twitter [@LansburyReact]: In a little over a month, I’ll be in Washington DC STALKING ANGELA LANSBURY. I mean, I’ll be looking at all the sights and hopefully […]

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A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder, Angela Lansbury, Beyonce, book, cooking, diet, dreams, food, hair, health, Madonna, music

2014, A Reflection: Part 3/4

December 27, 2014by Benjamin Phillips 2 Comments

JULY: [Just a warning, readers, July was probably one of the most important months of my life thus far, and so this post is going to be hella long. Carry […]

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Cairo, Chicago, Europe, food, Harry Styles, New York CIty, One Direction, tattoo, travel, trip

Why Don’t You? #58

December 22, 2014by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you adopt an unlikely pet, like an opossum? I think it would be awfully fun having an opossum. Think of the reactions you’d get when you’d post […]

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advice, animals, book, Diana Vreeland, food, hair, Hanukkah, Holiday, pet, shopping, Why Don't You?, writing

2014, A Reflection: Part 1/4

December 14, 2014by Benjamin Phillips 2 Comments

Every year, I do a recap of what I thought, did, and attempted. I don’t know if you all enjoy it much — since none of you ever comment on […]

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cat, Chicago, food, hair, Joan Rivers, Joanna Lumley, me, New York CIty, NYC, review, travel, Wendy Williams

THINGS I LOVED / HATED THIS WEEK #89

December 6, 2014by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: Murder, She Wrote: I have seen many episodes of Murder, She Wrote over the years, but I honestly can’t recall a one of them. Did it used to play […]

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Angela Lansbury, bread, cooking, Egypt, food, hair, Harry Styles, insomnia, Paris, television

THINGS I LOVED / HATED THIS WEEK #87

November 14, 2014by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: Cornish Pasty: When I went to London to attend the royal nuptials of Prince William and Katherine Middleton a few years back, I stayed at a hotel very near to […]

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ancient aliens, ancient Egypt, England, food, hair, Harry Styles, One Direction, winter, writing, Zayn Malik

A Perfect Day In Paris

November 12, 2014by Benjamin Phillips 1 Comment

Paris is a unique city because nearly everybody has been there. Not physically, of course, but we’ve all been transported to the City of Lights in a film or a […]

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ancient Egypt, bakery, Europe, food, France, Louvre, macaron, Paris

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