Aabbie j. zuidema
Ode to Irene. I couldn't help but make a painting of my neighborhood reflecting the hurricane of 2011. It didn't matter that the song by Dexys Midnight Runners was actually "Come on Eileen"-"Come on Irene" was what kept running through my head.
P.s. there are 2 versions of this painting, check out the other one. They are both listed on Etsy.
I made a new friend-Helen Hollyman. She is many things: food writer, recipe tester (for the likes of Mark Bittman & Amanda Hesser), line cooker (in New Orleans), waitress (Momofuku Milk Bar) & radio show talker (she has a show on Heritage Radio). To learn more about her have a peek at her website Ulookhungry. She's awesome.
Recently she sent me an email asking me to do an interview for the fabulous food blog-Gastronomista. But of course! We had coffee last week & talked about lots of things. One of them being rose petals in food, which I cannot stop thinking about.
A big thank you to Helen for a fancy cup of coffee & the nerdy food talk that inspires me. It was awesome.
The blog just went "live"~you will find me under "lady crush"-so cool.
click here to read the interview!
As many of you know, I sumbitted my Little Thailand map to the Brian Lehrer show. In addition to having my entry accepted & map published on the WNYC website, I was also asked to be on the show. LIVE. ON AIR.
How cool is that?!
I was thrilled and really nervous. Yesterday, I spent the morning preping, which included note cards & the Little Thailnad map on hand just in case... who knew what 5 minutes on air might bring? I was just going to pretend that I was waiting on a really, really, VIP customer at the restaurant. If I could wait on Bjork-I could talk to Brian for 5 minutes.
I sat at my desk, phone in hand, waiting on hold until my moment came. I could hear the show happening in my phone, listening to Brian speak to the woman who made the map into a quilt. I was trying NOT to be nervous, just to keep breathing.
Then I was being introduced, kind of, Brian couldn't pronounce my last name, which was hilarioius. I was just relieved when he tried to say it right & not settle on the butchered version. It eneded up being a hilarious part of the exchange btween us. Especially when I couldnt say "emblem". ha!
What an expereince. 5 minutes of fame on NPR. So awesome.
