April 13, 2024
This historically registered early 1900’s schoolhouse sits on the end of a road in Lando, South Carolina. When Lando was a textile mill town, the mill workers’ children attended this 3-story school, but it hasn’t held a class since 1955.
March 5, 2024
Dropped in on Middletown State Hospital’s Vocational Center on a snowy Monday. It is in a sorry state, with many rooms having deep puddles and loud downpours of precipitation flowing from the roof. Let us look while it is still here… There are like 3 pool tables in this room Read more…
February 19, 2022
February always flies by in a flash. But here are some parts of it and things I ate before I skip town. A quick trip to Dog Day Afternoon on my prep always results in my rushing back texting colleagues to stall the students. Here, the vegan Chicago Dog. Obviously Read more…
February 11, 2022
The New York City Department of Education has implemented Vegan Fridays in its cafeterias system-wide. Though milk is served and students may request non-vegan food, I thought it worthy enough an endeavor to check out. On this Friday, chickpeas in marinara sauce (??), penne with undetermined dry herbs and roasted Read more…
December 3, 2021
It is crazy to think that this tradition is now 12 years old! Yes, the classroom pumpkin was once again transformed into my most favorite type of cupcakes: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip with cream cheese frosting. Though this batch was for my colleagues, without which I would most certainly not have Read more…
October 29, 2021
Determined to survive this school year, I have to cherish what aids my survival… area sweet treats, my new team and work time shenanigans. To start, a huge vegan chocolate chip scone and oat milk scone from Roots Cafe before I discovered it had two ants crawling on it. Doh! Read more…
September 4, 2021
While I attempt to get my head in the game of returning to what will likely be the most ridiculous school year of my career, enjoy the happenstance exploration of this abandoned school in upstate New York.
October 16, 2020
The last few weeks has felt like 6 months. But I am eating well. Luckily I have some upcoming escapes on the calendar to balance my tremendous workload. In the meantime, these signs of the time. My perfecto pancakes. Ginger garnish in the works Pan-fried till crispy. Week 2, test Read more…
September 15, 2020
I’ve learned that quarantining when you really had close contact with someone who is confirmed positive for Covid-19 is very different than sitting within a “courtesy” quarantine. This post contains scenes from my post-Utah courtesy quarantine, a brief stint of freedom after testing negative within that quarantine, returning back to Read more…
October 21, 2010
I haven’t worked on my birthday since “working” was hanging out behind a cash register with a group of sneering misfits rolling our eyes at Celine Dion cd purchases. In between then and now a work day consisted of upholstered cubicle walls, nonsensical meetings and minimizing too many Internet Explorers to Read more…
