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"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." Helen Keller


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Recipe: Billions of Blueberries Pie (Maine)

I worked on a blueberry farm one summer in Maine, where my job was to sort out the blueberries once they were dumped on the conveyer belt by the rakers. I picked out any bad berries, bugs, sticks or stones, and quickly found out that the best way to do so was by touch, not sight. To this day I can sort through a pint of blueberries in less than two seconds.

Every day someone would take home a box of blueberries and return the following morning with something fantastic to share: blueberry muffins, blueberry scones, blueberry cookies and my favorite – blueberry pie.

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Romancing the Canvas: LA’s Museum of Contemporary Art

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For a romantic date, deciding the destination usually requires a mental scan of the usual suspects: cozy Italian restaurant, walk along the beach at sunset, box seats at the theatre, a booth in the dark at a jazz concert, or a museum.

Museum? 

You might associate the word ‘museum’ with dusty displays on dinosaur bones, or a group tour led by a crazy-haired professor whose idea of love includes the Neolithic era. You would be wrong. Continue reading