Peanut Butter Burrito
"I've got a baby girl, a trivia champ husband, a legal fellowship, a vegetarian kitchen, and a song in my heart. Most days."
Author: "Andrea" is "a fellow at a immigration nonprofit in Boston representing people in detention."
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Recent Posts from Peanut Butter Burrito
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Save the Monkey
Dan and I showed Becca Aladdin a couple days ago. She only noticed two characters, though. Becca: Monkey! MONKEY! Me: Becca, who's this? (Points to Rajah the tiger.) Becca: Grrrrr. (Aladdin and Abu get in…
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Justice Sotomayor
Let the old dudes with the talking points insist that being moved by biography proves we don’t care about intellect and that we should avert our eyes from inspiration based on identity. Today I saw…
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It's Time
Bleh....I've been avoiding this for months (and stalling on publishing this post for 3 days), but in about a week, I'm going to password protect Peanut Butter Burrito. I'm not moving to another address, I'm…
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Baby Love
I was hanging out on the couch with Becca tonight, who was nearing her bedtime, meaning she wasn't running around the living room hollering and spinning in circles. It was just us girls because it's…
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Pre-Born
Let me take a break from my usual subjects to talk about everyone's favorite water-cooler subject: abortion! No, actually, this is just a criticism about political buzzwords. What is going on with some parts of…
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Haircut Airlines
After a couple of home trims, which I don't have any talent for, we finally took Becca for a real haircut. We figured we might as well go all out and take her to one…
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Drop in the Ocean
Today I got the loveliest letter from one of my detained clients, thanking me not for winning his case, but merely for filing a habeas in federal court. Some nice correctional officer must have let…
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RBG
At jail (or in the car) all day yesterday. In court this morning. I've been doing a little of everything, and it feels like the list of weird things I might be doing keeps getting…
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Mother's Day Hijinks
Thanks for the Mother's Day wishes. It was a pretty uneventful weekend - pancakes, Thai food, heated discussion about what we've been learning about mortgages, fees, and yield spread premiums. I got a pedicure at…
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Back in the Saddle
Today Dan and Becca took me out for Mother's Day pancakes, at my request. I have a weird thing about not liking to go out to eat for a holiday ON that holiday because I…