Blog Warming
Hi! Welcome! The bar is over there by the archives and there's some chips and dip by the recent posts. I'm so glad you could make it. Obviously, I'm still doing some work on the place: repainting, definitely rearranging, and I haven't even started to unpack all my links yet or get over to the banner store. Anyway, changes to come, but meanwhile I hope you'll reset your browser links and settle in over here.
So onto the important question of the hour: I've felt like I've had something stuck in my throat for like a week; am I going to die? No seriously, what's up with that? Is it really food stuck in my throat? Is it a scratch? Is it an allergic reaction to something? I've tried the requisite coughing, throat clearing, and water chugging with little effect. Sometimes it goes away for awhile, but then comes back. Can someone go completely crazy from having the sensation of something stuck in their throat for days on end? Let's test it out!
I actually have another important question: if you had about four days to take a vacation leaving from New York, where would you go? My mom is coming up next month from Denver and we're looking to do a little traveling. The obvious choice would be to rent a car and head up or down the coast, maybe hitting Philadelphia or possibly going the other way into New England. We could do something as close by as Saratoga Springs, or we could take advantage of flight deals and hop a cheap plane to the Bahamas. (While quizzing my mom on these options I learned she has a slight aversion the Bahamas because the class disparity there bothers her quite a bit. BUT, I also learned that's where I was conceived. Who knew! Apparently being bothered by class disparity doesn't hinder your general overall...enthusiasm.)
I'm feeling pretty flexible, though there is a small part of me that is screaming for a tropical beach vacation. Beaches! Sun! Tropical drinks served in halved coconuts! I've never actually had a tropical drink served in a halved coconut, but I imagine some day I will and it will be on a beach and even though a part of me will feel like I'm on a "Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Vacation" episode, another more tanned and drunk part of me will say: I have arrived.
These new digs look classy!
Yes! I'm the first one to belly up to the bar!
Your new blog is fabulous, darling.
As a blog-warming, I brought you a mix CD of The Shins and Hootie and the Blowfish. And possibly the Cure. To counteract the Hootie. Why can't I stop saying Hootie?
Also, I had a piece of dried rosemary (a stick, basically) stuck in my throat for like a WEEK once. It eventally went away.
fancypants!!
Nice new home!
My parents live in Saratoga. It's nice, I guess, but not much to do. Make sure that you don't visit during peak racing season-- it gets INSANE.
You could always visit some towns up the Hudson and see some nice art along the way. I wholeheartedly support the tropical beach get-away, though.
Your place is awesome. I'm totally envious. I love the pretty pink flower design...very homey. Very nice first post too. I vote for somewhere sunny. You know Florida is cheap and there are plenty of Cubans there to fetch you things...um, just kidding..that joke was for your Mom.
I love the background!
I don't think you can die from something imaginary in your throat, but actually, "globus hystericus" is a term for the feeling that something is stuck in your throat when it's not. So maybe you're just hysterical. Yes. That's reassuring.
Wow, sweet pad! Do you have a view?
i love it over here! yay!
if i could take a vacation, dear sweet god, i would go to miami, or st. john in the usvi. or vegas! but vegas might not be much fun with a mom. but i don't know your mom, so maybe that would rock.
eh, just come to boston!
Portland, please?
Actually, you should take that trip with J instead. So that he will want to move here.
Congrats on the move!
Oh, by the way. If you're headed to New England with your mum, you can't go wrong by spending the night in Newport, RI. I spent six years about half an hour from Newport and spent many a Saturday there. Lots of shopping, mansions, and sights. Before Newport, maybe stop in Mystic, CT. After Newport...Boston and Salem seems like good choices.
Looks great!
YAY for new shiny blogland!
I vote for any vacation in Martha's Vineyard because it's so far my favorite vacation spot ever, but 4 days isn't that long, and travel to MV can be tough. But biking, historic sites, cutest ever bed and breakfasts...hard to beat! Also? Like, 3-4 homemade ice cream shops per block! I recommend Oak Bluffs as the ideal spot to stay.
Try eating bread and pudding for the throat. A friend got a fishbone caught when we were in 4th grade and that was the ticket.