Did 9/11 come early this year? No, much worse – an Earthquake AND a hurricane!

OMG!!! Is everybody in one piece out there?? For those of you who don’t get to live in New York, we had the craziest  week ever! First an earthquake, then a super scary hurricane. I’m still a little shaken up, this was like Brooklyn’s 9/11 – power outages, trees down, giant puddles, you name it!
We were actually super lucky at the Panda-shelter, because we didn’t lose electricity even once. But beforehand, to be safe, we stocked up on almost $300 worth of canned goods. We had been watching Shepherd Smith pretty much non-stop (BTW, does that guy ever sleep?! :-) ), and he told us we should be prepared. When the News people get scared, you know it’s serious, so we got over to Target ASAP! We must have lugged home like literally two tons of Spaghetti-Os, Oscar Meyer Lunchables, Hot Pockets, and Capri-Sun juice boxes. Of course we didn’t end up needing to use them, so I then spent half this morning dragging everything down to the dumpster down the street. But I’m glad we had these just in case – better safe than sorry, right?
And you know what you guys, you should still be extra careful! You know how I told you that bad things come in three? Well, now we have to wait to see what’s next. My guess is that it might be an attack by lightning bugs, but Mr. Panda is betting that it will be something racial. What do you all think it will be?

Waiter, there’s a small-fry in my soup!; or, the Continuing Scourge of Kids in Restaurants!

Oh wow, what a week I had the last few weeks! You’re probably wondering why your gracious host has neglected her blogging duties recently. I realize I provide a vital service to my fans who look to me for NYC and food-related inspiration, and from the bottom part of my heart, I apologize to each…

Humor time!

Oh wow, I totally got to run (my pap smear is in like 10 minutes, and I didn’t even shave yet!), but I wanted to share a hilarious thing with you. Me and Mr. Panda were out last night at a local bar, and of course we’re always hungry little Pandas so we ordered some…

CSA: NY

You guys have noticed by now that your hostess sure has a lot of opinions! Back in Florida, I was known as the Agony Aunt of Jacksonville, because friends and relations would always come to the Panda Plantation seeking advice. It seemed like every week there was a new question I was expected to answer:…

From Pap Smear to Bagel Shmear

There are just so many wonderful reasons to love New York City, but one of the top things is its diversity! Now I know why they put the United Nations here, because all the nations really do unite here – I mean, walk down the street and you’ll see everybody from Eskimos to Czechoslovakians, all…

Eek! Coli.

Hey all you Pandanistas, we’ve been having a lot of fun around here talking about berries and summertime and chillaxing, but I need to take a time-out to scoot up onto my soapboax and get serious with y’all. As you know, Germany has started a new mini-holocaust, with people being stricken with E. Coli, a…

Farm to Face: 5 fantastic uses for fresh strawberries!

  Due to the overwhelming response following my first post (somebody commented!), I’ve decided to follow it up with even more farm to face strawberry goodness.  As you know, Mr. Panda and I went strawberry picking and returned with a cargo of kilos of those bright red fellas. We kind of went overboard and had…

My first post! or, Strawberry Fields Forever

Wow, I’m really doing it, joining the internet with my first post! I guess I’ll begin with a little foodie adventure I went on this past week. So, can you feel that? That’s right, it’s summertime and summer’s in the air! Definitely one of my favorite seasons, because the weather gets so nice, and farms…