Like most (most? many? some? any?) people I couldn't wait to graduate college and get my career started. Don't get me wrong, I loved college life, but I got to a point where I was tired of interning and wanted to make my own money, have my own desk, dress up to go to work, and have my own business cards. I know, right? Don't I feel stupid now! Aside from interning, I'd never had a desk job. I always had active jobs working directly with people. For a decade I was a swim instructor/lifeguard. I was also an aquatics supervisor, a snowboard instructor (are we sensing a pattern here), and an assistant photographer for a company that specialized in school portraits. I never realized how mind-numbing sitting behind a computer for 8 hours a day could be. After all, the longest I ever spent behind a desk while interning was a couple of hours, two times a week. I had the misconception that cube life wasn't so bad. Now, I am not trying to knock my job because there are plenty of aspects I enjoy about it. I just can't take the sitting. All. Day. Long. For someone like me, a desk job is not conducive to creativity and I would like to exercise the right side of my brain more often. That is one of my New Year's Resolutions and I figured there is no point in waiting until 2010 to jump on it.
But enough about that... my boyfriend got me a food processor for Christmas (!) and my mother gave me a new digital camera. I plan on using both to populate this blog with recipes from my kitchen and photos of my travels. One of the perks of my job is that I get a lot of vacation time and personal holidays. The emails I write while on vacation are always well received by my friends and family and I would love to have a space to share those experiences with other people that may be traveling to the same places or, like me, just want to take a vacation at their desk every once in awhile.
As for the recipe portion of this blog, I am not a trained chef nor am I a foodie, but I cook daily for myself because I love to eat and the kitchen is the one room in the house where I feel most at home. Over the years I have had as many flops in the kitchen as successes but I am not afraid to try new foods or alter a recipe and I welcome your ideas, recipe suggestions, and comments. I think the thing I love most about cooking is that it exercises each of your five senses. I love the sound onions and garlic make while sautéing in olive oil as much as the smell they emit throughout the house. I have been known to spend hours in the grocery store molesting the produce in an attempt to find the firmest green pepper or the ripest mango. I even like (I can't believe I am about to type this) doing the dishes. I love transforming the kitchen from an absolute war zone back into a neat, tidy, functional space.
Welcome! Hop on, enjoy the ride, and please come back often.
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