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Ginger Beer and a laptop: a girl’s best friend.

Yup?Leena Eats This Blog turned one year old this week. One year ago this week, I was sitting at my exciting receptionist job in downtown Chicago, surfing the Internet and daydreaming about moving to Australia. Right now, I am on my porch, enjoying the warm summer evening with two of my best friends: Stone?s alcoholic ginger beer and my new laptop, dreaming about moving back to Chicago. Irony, huh? Gotta love it. Read the rest of this entry »

My man. Seriously. This guy rocks. I am a day away from turning in my first few chapters for my dissertation, so cooking is the last thing from my mind as I try to summarize months of research into a tiny word count. Read the rest of this entry »

This is picture of the neighbor below us cooking a crap ton of meats on their charcoal grill. This is all we can smell right now, because it is a beautiful sunny day and we have our balcony door open. It is permeating all our furniture in a haze of meaty goodness, and I fear I may explode if I don?t eat some of it soon. Let me emphasize this is a CHARCOAL grill–the same kind of grill forbidden by our apartment building. They ?claim? it is not safe and only gas grills are allowed, but clearly our neighbors disagree. And this makes me mad, because up until this point, we have been following the rules. We?ve been holding off purchasing a cheap charcoal grill and saving until we can afford a gas one. Even though charcoal tastes better, it’s cheaper and it’s just fucking great. And now all we can smell is charcoal meataliciousness, and we have to sit here and twiddle our thumbs until our magic gas grill arrives. We?ve also followed the no pet rule, despite how bad I want to purchase a new furry kitten friend. And this is despite the fact that the other buggers into our building own everything from a rabbit to a dog! Seriously. My streak of piousness is about to run out. I need a grill. And a kitty. But not a grill to cook the kitty. That would be wrong. Except in certain parts of Asia. ~LTG