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The Drawbridge Diet
If you work on a bridge, by all rights you should be as skinny as a rail. Once you’re on the job, it’s not like you can run down the street on a whim for doughnuts. As a matter of fact, if you abandon a drawbridge, I’ve been told, the Coast Guard can fine you…
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Adam’s Ribs
The one negative about moving 3000 miles is the cravings you have that can no longer be fulfilled. There isn’t a Popeye’s Chicken or a Golden Corral within 25 miles of me. These people are uncivilized, I tell you! But the thing I’m craving most at this moment is my best friend’s mother’s arroz con…
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My Favorite Things
When I was a child I used to drink Hawaiian Punch and Tang by the 50 gallon drum. Now I can’t stand the stuff. I also used to eat Cap’n Crunch straight out of the box as a snack. Ugh, the thought of that much sugar makes me feel slightly ill now. No one is…
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Yearnings
For the past 6 months I’ve had a lobster craving that is practically driving me out of my mind. And the sad part is that I’ll just have to live with that, because mine is not a lobster existence. On my budget, even fake crab is a luxury that I rarely get to indulge. Knowing…