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The Gallivanting Gastronaut
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People have sought me out for food and travel recommendations since I was a child. Lived on three continents. Visited five. NYC Tour Guide. Always helpful. Definitely useful.

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wants more walnuts, fewer wingnuts; more plushness, less roughness; higher thread counts, fewer dust bunnies; more toffee, less coffee; more ghee, less tea; more babycakes, fewer tastycakes; more Elvis, less Petty; more acapella, less gospel; and more Salome, less Nietzche.
February 2, 2026 at 7:31 PM
"He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals."

-Benjamin Franklin
February 2, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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February 2, 2026 at 2:35 AM
“Such a small, pure object a poem could be, made of nothing but air a tiny string of letters, maybe small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. But it could blow everybody's head off.”

- Mary Karr
January 31, 2026 at 5:33 PM
wishes she could work for an enterprise in which a golden retriever was the CEO, a collie was the CFO, a lioness was the Director of HR, a giraffe was in-house counsel, and that she herself was given a team of ducks to manage.
January 31, 2026 at 5:30 PM
is in the mood for some mouth-altering paan and mind-blowing chai.
January 30, 2026 at 6:47 PM
wishes there was a "Take Your Stuffed Animals to Work" day.
January 28, 2026 at 5:32 AM
has observed two types of New Yorkers lately: People who wear their bling and people whose bling wears them. There are no blingless around here, but for the tourists.
January 28, 2026 at 5:31 AM
wants you to claim it before it claims you.
January 28, 2026 at 5:30 AM
"Don't be afraid to show that you are enjoying yourself. Enjoyment is what you are there for, and not to be happy in a ballroom is to admit that you are a failure. Believe me, there is nothing either distinguished or meritorious in being bored."

-Don'ts for Dancers, 1925
January 28, 2026 at 5:28 AM
"Genius is the ability to receive from the universe."

- I Ching
January 25, 2026 at 6:06 PM
has evidence that trashy is as trashy does; she also has evidence that from time to time, priceless is as trashy does.
January 24, 2026 at 8:07 PM
"Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond."

-Hunter S. Thompson
January 20, 2026 at 2:28 PM
"After all, revolutions must include dancing and sex, poetry and good food, friends and fun. Otherwise, we won't have them when the revolution is over. Never forget: The means are the ends."

~Gloria Steinem
January 20, 2026 at 2:25 PM
"You are remembered for the rules you break."

~ Douglas MacArthur
January 16, 2026 at 1:34 PM
"Inebriate of air am I,
And debauchee of dew.."

~Emily Dickinson (from "I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed")
January 13, 2026 at 5:51 AM
had a dream she was swimming laps in an Olympic sized vat of Rommegrot. A sweet dream indeed!
January 8, 2026 at 3:12 PM
"When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it."

-Clarence Darrow
January 7, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Add 2 heaping spoonfuls of the included spoon to some boiling non-dairy milk of your choice if you need to pull an all-nighter. Wow. You can use sugar or swerve to sweeten this scrumptious chai. #chai
January 5, 2026 at 4:58 AM
has reduced her New Year’s resolutions to just this: to whirl in the moment, and whirl with the moment. To quote the incredible Gwendolyn Brooks: "She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves. "
January 1, 2026 at 8:26 AM
"New Year resolution: express myself like a cat pukes. Anytime, anywhere without fear of consequences."

-Helen Ellis
January 1, 2026 at 8:22 AM
This is the best restaurant masala chai in the United States. Make a stop at Masala Express while in Merced, California. Total road trip fuel. Included with the buffet option.
December 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
wants to start a band or a social club called The Indelibles
December 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The best kulfi I have tasted outside of India, within the United States. Available in many South Asian grocery stores. Get the kaju and kesar (cashews and saffron) one.
December 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
does not want to be driven to distraction---she wants to be chauffeured or ferried there, thank you very much.
November 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM