I hope you’re not all still nursing hangovers! I’ve got some exciting (well, I think it is, anyway) news and announcements about upcoming changes to Feisty Foodie!
First and foremost, and directly related to pretty much every change, I am – wait for it – going back to school – starting January 26th. This means a lot of things. I’ve been pretty steady on updating FF nearly every weekday, but eating out is going to (already has, actually) be cut severely back. I’m really looking forward to evening up the score here and going back to an almost 1:1 ratio of recipes to restaurants, but honestly, I’m expecting to be pretty tired and not really cooking (or even eating that much – gasp!) more than one or two huge dinners a week that’ll see me through the whole week via leftovers. Who knows? I guess we’ll see, right?
(Before you ask me, “What are you going to school for?” I’ll tell you that, in the last 3-4 weeks since I began telling people this news, I have been asked that about 12 million times. The simple answer is: I don’t know. The larger answer is: more of a personal nature that I don’t want to share on a public forum, but if you’d like to email me to ask, I would be more than happy to discuss with you and take your suggestions into consideration.)
To that end, posting about restaurants will be drastically reduced, especially those of the more upscale, higher end nature. I will probably be posting a lot more about restaurants on the cheap end – I’ll be on a student’s budget, afterall – but I’m really aiming to get back to cooking. Hopefully. With the addition of some new kitchen gadgets from Christmas presents, we’re going to shake things up here…
And that’s just the first announcement!
Secondly, though I intend to begin posting more and more recipes, I am, for now, keeping the Recipe Fridays installment, since it seems to be pretty popular. I may either wind up switching it so that it becomes “Restaurant Fridays” – if I post a recipe every day instead of a review – or I may switch it so that it’s simply a specific type of recipe while I’m cooking a lot. If I do that. This is obviously just stirring around in my head…
Thirdly, Feisty Bento, I assure you, will still be up and running, possibly even more steadily now that I am on a student’s budget. If I’m ambitious, I may start packing two bentos a day. We’ll see…
Fourth, I am starting a new installment titled “Serial Thursdays”. Some of you may know already that first and foremost, I am simply a writer, not a food writer. I am passionate about writing, and I obsess over food, of course, but I never really brought the two together until a really random twist of fate inspired me to begin doing so back in 2005. I have written a few things during the course of my lifetime – including an as of yet unpublished, unedited novel (written in spurts during NaNoWriMo ’06, but completed), although that was a fictional food mystery; a novella when I was 15; an entire book of poetry, among other things – but I’m keen on putting myself out there for (constructive) criticism and seeing what a real audience reaction might be to some of my writing. To that end, “Serial Thursdays” would be just that – an ongoing story, posted piece by piece each week on Thursdays. I have the vague ideas of how it may begin, but I’m not entirely sure yet, and hope to get that together soon after the new year (if I’m really ambitious, it’ll start the first Thursday in January 09 and end the last Thursday in December 09, but… we’ll see!).
Fifth, lastly, but SO not the least, I am planning a move to my own domain. I’ve been toying with this idea for a very, very long time, but until recently, I was kind of stumped and clueless. Thankfully, I’ve gotten a lot of help from two wonderful people – one of them an old schoolmate of mine, who is helping with the actual move (thanks again, Gary!!!), and the other, my favoritest bento-buddy, Jenn, who has been putting up with my endless questions for months now. I was hoping to get it up and going for the new year, but let’s face it, with the holiday crunch, there just didn’t seem to be a point to my stressing myself out further by trying to get this all together. So, I won’t, and I can’t even guess when this will all come together perfectly, but I assure you, it is going to happen, and I am REALLY excited about it. Like, COMPLETELY head over heels with that one.
And a small extra for you: I received a few really cool kitchen items for Christmas, and intend to show those off as much as possible via my blog. I’m in love with them both, and while I haven’t been able to find a space to set up the 2nd one… well, things are happening, and things will continue to happen, so I can’t wait to share them with you 🙂
I hope everyone had a SAFE and HAPPY new year… here’s to a wonderful 2009!!!
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Lizz says
Good for you going back to school! I’m actually thinking of doing the same in a completely different field. I just need to grow the balls to do it. 🙂
2009 is all about changes for me as well. I can’t wait to see the new additions to your blog!
Jenn says
WOW! When you make New Year’s changes, you don’t mess around! 😉 Seriously though, good for you. It doesn’t matter why you’re going back to school. If that’s what you want to do, go for it! In my humble opinion, school is always a good choice.
And with this post, I have to say, you can’t imagine the kinship I feel with YOU right now. One of the things I’m doing on my week off of work is thinking about a career opportunity I have and if I want to take it. Big change, big decision. Plus, I used to write alot back in the day and stopped over the years. In the past three months, I picked up a journal and started outlining stuff for a story/novel/whatever. Not sure what, but it’s nice to be back in the process.
I’m going to be keeping a close eye on your blog (like I don’t already!) and the changes you’re making. It’s going to be fun being one of your readers in the coming months!
And I must say…you’re my favoritest bento buddy too. 🙂
C-Chan says
Big decisions for the new year.. ^_^ Good luck with school, sounds exciting!
Mimi says
Gratz on going back to school. Can’t wait to see the new site and start reading your serial posts.
Cooper says
Congratulations on going back to school. Your blog is wonderful, and I am excited to check out your new one. Best wishes in the New Year!
Hungry Bitch says
I bet you are going to school for something practical like “Microwave Cookery” or something more artsy and esoteric like “History of Cupcakes in Midieval Europe”. Rock On!
More Than Science says
Happy 2009!!!
Going back to school, how exciting from reading your blogs, I can only think it’s one of two things
(1)cooking school or (2) writing. I’m looking foward to your exciting recipes…
Yvo says
Thank you everyone for your wonderful words of encouragement! I am really excited about it all as well. Looking forward to the journey ahead…
Rochelle says
Yvo, I am really, really happy for you – and really proud of you for taking such a big, scary step in terms of school. What I love about school is that it truly opens doors you wouldn’t have even thought to knock on – it was actually at college that I discovered food blogging! I am really looking forward to reading your back entries from these past weeks, and am now even more than ever excited about future posts.
xo.
Jessica@Foodmayhem says
Congratulations on making lots of changes and improvements! Good Luck!
danny says
Best of luck with school! It’s probably a good time to hit the books now, that way when you’re finished, the economy will be all ready to hire advanced degree folks.
Marie says
Good for you! Going back to school is great!