I was driving and the seagull was flying above me. The wind resistance was too much for the lone soldier – and was winning this flighty war. I snickered at him, knowing the closest sea…
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You’re a hopeless romantic absent-mindedly galavanting the streets of Brooklyn. It’s fall. The leaves flutter fancifully to the ground, as if they are in charge of their own perpetual slow motion film. Suddenly, a you…
View PostYou’re a hopeless romantic absent-mindedly galavanting the streets of Brooklyn. It’s fall. The leaves flutter fancifully to the ground, as if they are in charge of their own perpetual slow motion film. Suddenly, a you…
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My mom called me screaming. I couldn’t make out all the sentences but it was something about how her sauce curdled…I asked her to reel it back in and talk sensibly. “Alexa, my damn sauce…
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Years ago I jumped out of an airplane to conquer my fear of heights. Instead, this only reinforced my fear of falling. Bad idea #1. What’s more? I cut off 20 inches of my beautiful…
View PostYears ago I jumped out of an airplane to conquer my fear of heights. Instead, this only reinforced my fear of falling. Bad idea #1. What’s more? I cut off 20 inches of my beautiful…
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I don’t know what everyone’s problem is with the chicken pox. Is there anything better than the feeling of scratching something superficially adipose and follicularly tangible into its blood soaked epiphany? (Except maybe the smell…
View PostI don’t know what everyone’s problem is with the chicken pox. Is there anything better than the feeling of scratching something superficially adipose and follicularly tangible into its blood soaked epiphany? (Except maybe the smell…
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I was recently at a brewery in Butte, MT where I was served some incredible pizza and laudable beer. I was also served a “Chinese crunch medley blah blah” salad that tasted like a butte.…
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Welcome to Open Plate Anthropology. I’m Alexa, creator of this site based on a serious disease progression - my unrelenting obsession with food and travel. It’s lust actually. Food lust.
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