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Random Recommendations

1. The movie Arranged. See it. It's about the unlikely friendship between a Muslim girl and an Orthodox Jewish girl in Brooklyn, NY. The story details their experiences living the principles of devout religion in a thoroughly modern world. AND...their stories of arranged marriages. Very good.

2. E-Sushi. This is for my local friends who love sushi. The Itamae (sushi chef) is amazing. And he does his hair like Elvis, which is completely appropriate. Elvis music plays constantly in the background, and I think there is even a clock with swinging hips. Most importantly, the sushi is so fresh, that it melts in my mouth every time. The rolls are very creative, and eating them is almost sad. They are that beautiful.

3. Now that lala is gone (sniff, sniff), I've started alternating Pandora and Grooveshark (for those songs that I play on instant replay). Both are great radio alternatives.

4. Finally, let me recommend a picnic in Alamo Square Park in San Francisco (and no, I did not swipe this picture this from the internet. My friend Janine took it with a point-n-shoot). For our picnic we had bread, varieties of hummus, fruit, sparkling juice and good conversation. We played the Full House opening credits on the ipod and then found DJ Tanner's "real house," a few blocks away.

Use the facilities before leaving home, though. I do not recommend having to find an open bathroom, trying the gas station right down the hill and having to plunge the toilet so you can use it, while the attendant insists that you can pee on the drain. TMI? Sorry. Funny though, huh?

Good Morning.

New blog and then silence....
Give a girl a break. I was on vacation! Nice to see you all again. It's hard traveling to places you love. The nostalgia creeps in and creates doubt. Maybe we should move back! Or at least it does for me. Driving around Pittsburgh, in particular, had me weepy. But things are different. Most of my best friends are gone (like 10 of them or something crazy like that). The city is so loving. So sparkly at night. So charming. So alluring for someone who loves old architecture, ethnic food, a decent cost of living and football. I chatted with my cab driver all the way to the airport about it. He loves Pittsburgh, too.

While in Pittsburgh I was a good mother. I took Lola to 3 things I have little to no interest in: the zoo, the science museum, and the museum of natural history. She loved all three. I enjoyed the science museum more than I thought. The zoo was made especially nice with the company of my bff Adrienne. Still don't like the natural history museum. She, who loves dinosaurs, is still to young to appreciate it. I guess my murdering the names of each one didn't help. "Hey Lola, LOOK! There's a Eu-o. I mean a Eu-o-plocokee-fay-lus. Yeah." Cue eye roll. (Euoplocephalus).

New Beginnings.

I don't know what else to say but, "welcome." I'm fading my other blog into obscurity with hopes of someday printing my 4 years of randomness recorded and shared.
If you're new to my blogging habits, let me introduce you:

1. I'm random.
2. I'm opinionated.
3. I change my mind. All. Of. The. Time.
4. I need good laughs to get through my days.
5. I'm a Jersey girl transplanted to Northern California.
6. I'm a mom to a little girl, let's call her Lola.
7. I'm married to a super smart guy, I'll call him Albert. He's not going to like this (because he's much too modest). But this is my blog, so heh.
8. I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
9. I'm an immigration lawyer.

The end. For now.