Monthly Archives: March 2011

What is the wat?

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Citizen Mundi Travel

As two friends of mine are soon meeting up in Bangkok to commence their envy-inducing peregrinations of Southeast Asia, I thought I’d take a moment (or a few posts) to reminisce about my time spent in Thailand on two separate … Continue reading →

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hey laaaadiees (a different type of, ahem, tourism)

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Citizen Mundi Travel

A few months ago, I was on a bit of an evolutionary biology reading kick (highly, highly, highly recommend reading Sex at Dawn, hands down one of the most entertaining, informative, and thought-provoking books I’ve read in the past year– … Continue reading →

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how not to pack for a long weekend

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Citizen Mundi Travel

Despite the fact that I have been in perpetual motion for the past couple years, I am still the worst packer ever.  I struggle to remember one trip in recent memory that didn’t begin with a scramble to get everything … Continue reading →

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“Irish Potatoes” for St. Patty’s

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Citizen Mundi Travel

Tucked into my memories, still just within reach, I am sitting in the kitchen of my first house helping my mom roll “Irish Potatoes”… and helping myself to several in the process.  I would later eat so many that I … Continue reading →

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a night out in Baltimore: Mediterranean food & Pete Yorn

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Citizen Mundi Travel

Nothing like some good ol’ live music to pull you back into the moment, right? A long, otherwise boring day that started with 7 am power yoga followed by nine hours in an office (with lots of intermittent daydreaming of … Continue reading →

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(humble) Pi Day

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Citizen Mundi Travel

For all my talk about freeing oneself from guilt (the requisite affliction that reappears with each passing Lent), I have succumbed to a similar mental plague as of late.  Perhaps it is not coincidental that these sentiments arose around my lusting … Continue reading →

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Saturday night classic: dinner and a movie… and lions, oh my!

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Citizen Mundi Travel

Last night I went out for a low-key outing in the Mt. Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore– dinner at Marie Louise Bistro and a movie at The Charles Theater.  The choice in restaurant was prompted by the vegan in our party, … Continue reading →

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nom inspired Chile wanderlust

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Citizen Mundi Travel

Tonight I am donning my domestic hat once more (or perhaps the proverbial hat should in this case be a proverbial apron?) to make a fillet of Chilean sea bass in a Thai marinade with mango salsa.  Nom nom nom.  … Continue reading →

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I has a sad

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Citizen Mundi Travel

for Japan.

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places I’d rather be on this dreary day

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Citizen Mundi Travel

It’s raining in Baltimore, baby… at a rate of something like three inches an hour at its peak last night?  That’s a ridiculous amount of liquid falling from the sky, no?  This would probably make for an excellent museum day, … Continue reading →

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