femminista: thoughts of a feminist rhetorician

I wrote this last week in one of my knew client-side blog applications and forgot to post it. It seems significant enough to still warrant a spot on the blog.

I no longer dread my thirtieth birthday; I hope for it. For someone who has already exceeded her life expectancy by twenty-nine years, I should be looking forward to this birthday. For the past several months I have been ill and experienced an emotional rollercoaster of testing and diagnoses. My GI problems, some gluten-related and some not, have made day-to-day functioning a challenge. It seems that I have other food intolerances or issues that cause me to get sick almost every time that I eat. This is not fun.

Since it's Spring Break, Jonathan and I decided to take a quick jaunt up to Indy.  Do a little shopping, have a little food, order some room service, and basically enjoy ourselves.  So, after an arduous process of sifting through possible gluten-free restaurants and finding precious little, we went to Masala Kitchen in the Castleton/Keystone area.  The staff was extremely polite and helpful (at times a bit too helpful)  and the wide selection of south Indian cuisine made choosing gluten-free options easy.  I double-checked to be sure that they prepared their dishes using the ingredients that I was familiar with (i.e., no gluten).  So, as we were finishing up dinner and drinking my favorite madras coffee, I sampled a bit of the dessert that came with my thali.  It was overly s

For folks with celiac disease finding places to be a lady who lunches is never easy. Happily, I've found a place here that, while they don't have a gluten-free menu yet, the staff is helpful and considerate. I originally happened on McAllister's Deli because they serve sweet tea--my southern girl obsession. It only occurred to me recently to check for gluten-free products, mostly because the majority of their menu is sandwiches. Yesterday I noticed that they also have baked potatoes--very much in the tradition of British jacket potatoes, these potatoes come loaded. I got the beef and cheddar spud which is packed full of sliced roast beef and cheddar cheese. Skip the gravy; it has wheat, but the roast beef doesn't have anything added to it that would be of concern.