- a visiting high school girlfriend from hong kong incited a group of 5 of us to get together over none else than good ol' guam food from the boonie pepper islander grill (see next bullet) in newark. it is where an architect, a corrections officer, a government policy-maker, a career market analyst, and a specialty nurse chat over dinner. i am in infinite denial about how long it has been since we've graduated.
- and from that dinner....some proof of how small guam is - my visiting friend happens to be the godbrother of the boonie pepper's owner. i happened to eat here a few weeks back and have yet to write a full review of the lovely little place in my blog but i've already reviewed them on yelp!. i'm all for making food from home more accessible to the masses. by the way, i was the first to yelp this place and the first to yelp in Guam. (it's my not-so-subtle claim to fame)
- i've binge-listened to the dudes from master random, i'm all over progressive guam media on the interweb. i must say i'm not used to listening on a bunch of chamorro dudes shooting the sh** but they do bring the good sh**. they are funny and bring a new perspective to that off-island-state-of-mind i've been writing about for ages...and they are ON ISLAND so even better!
- my mom is so skilled at finding ways to lure me home and i'll have to admit she's done her diligence this week. it has gotten me researching my next possible adventures in that "what if i were to move home next month" possibility. crazier things have happened.
mimi from guam
about me
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*off-island* refers to the state of being away from the island of guam. you can now follow my spin-off food blog, off-is land influence food refelections
from my lush homeland to the city by the bay and into the far reaches of the suburbs, i've made my home twice. it was fun in my 20's and even better in my 30's. documenting it all makes me feel important (to myself). here you'll find my multi-tasking adventures with food and the fashionable, my love affair with my dvr, an occasional moment of profound thought, a lot of useless yet laughable ranting, and lately stuff about my life in constant re-arrangement. i'm only fab-ulous because it's in my name.
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