Moving

This was the weekend of the Big Move.

For the first time in 8 years, a move not across the country, but only across town. A move from the furthest suburban sprawl at the edge of town to the original-settlement Victorian neighborhood which lies between campus and downtown. We’d finally decided to stop thinking of being here as a temporary thing, presaging a return to NYC or a move to another city (SF? Austin?), and instead take advantage of the things about Lawrence that we love. The best way to do that was to live within walking distance of those things, in the heart of it.

But… Oi. The Move.

As I said on Saturday, when somebody asked me how it was going:

What’s the stage AFTER “clusterfuck?”
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“You who eat pies Mrs. Lovett’s meat pies conjure up the treat pies used to be…”

So yesterday was Pi Day (3.14, geddit?), and so I decided to try my hand at a new recipe. It went over really, really well (if I do say so myself), and I had some requests (via Twitter, Facebook and email) for the recipe — so I’ve decided to check off another mark in the “blogger cliché checklist” and do a recipe post.

Without further ado:

Jamaican Meat Pies


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