The race card

I consider myself a pretty typical young, urban professional but I guess all my social circles are at least 25% minority (primarily Asian), so it's a bit of a shock to be around non-minority, mainstream Caucasian yuppies. It's neither good nor bad, but just different, and definitely a sign of being quite sheltered (even in multicultural NYC -- maybe it's too multicultural?).

Random current design idea roiling in my head: sliding doors with barn-type hardware.

Time and time again

For all the things that I claim that I don't have time for, I sure do spend a lot of time doing seemingly unproductive things. One of the biggest time sucks is social networking, though I fully advocate the use of these for all the benefits of them.

So what else have I been doing for the past month? Researching/debating/pondering storage solutions, ranges, refrigerators, "honeymoon" options. I also have this weird hankering to drive. I was in someone's car (female Asian, of course) that just inspired me to get behind the wheel (if she can drive, I can -- I wouldn't take my eyes off the road to talk to anyone).

I'm glad that we finally settled on a range (GE Profile with warming drawer) and it works so beautifully! Now that we have a working oven again, I'm planning on baking lots of things : cookies, tres leches cake, no-knead bread variations.... If I only had time! :P