One morning in first grade, the principal made an important announcement. “There is a severe head lice epidemic,” he grumbled through the loudspeaker. “The nurse will call classrooms in one at a time tomorrow to check for head lice.” Kelly, the pig-tailed girl that hated my guts from the moment she saw me in kindergarten, […]
Growing up, bathing was always an issue. Nagymama felt that excessive baths led to: -Red Hair (which makes you look like a whore) -All your hair falling out (well, at least it won’t be red anymore) -Kidney infections (resulting in death) I was allowed to take a bath once a week, but showering was forbidden. Nagymama […]
Okay, like 25 people have asked me for the explosive red pepper soup recipe, so create this AT YOUR OWN RISK: EXPLOSIVE RED PEPPER SOUP 2 med. onions, coarsely chopped 6 or 7 lg. red peppers, seeded and coarsely chopped 3 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped 1 tbsp. butter (Vegan: Use olive oil) 2/3 c. chicken or […]
Listen to this story read outloud on WXPN. I marvel at my Nagymama all the time. Although she is 98-years old, she has never ONCE in her life had surgery. As a child, I honestly don’t remember her ever being sick. For goodness sake, she doesn’t even have one stretch mark on her entire body! […]
Over the weekend (April 5th to be exact), Nagymama celebrated her 98th birthday! We had to tell her in every language she speaks to make sure she knew we were HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY: Happy Birthday! (English) Boldog születésnapot! (Hungarian) La mulţi ani! (Romanian) Alles gute zum Geburtstag! (German) Hartelijk gefeliciteerd met je vejaardag! (Dutch) Since […]
This is Part 3 of The Pepper Soup I decided to bite the bullet and stick my head underneath the sink. Of course, there was no nozzle to control the temperature, so the faucet basically spit ice cubes at me as I tried to scrub pepper gunk from my head. The sink also had an […]
