New York State of Mind

We all have those mornings. The ones where we get a little too ambitious. We just wake up and decide to take on that task we've been putting off. Clean out the fridge. Refresh a blog. Find a new job, pick up our lives and move 1,000 miles to another part of the country.

Maybe that last one is a little extreme, but I have a tendency to be somewhat overzealous. That's exactly what I did about four months ago, when after seven years in the sunny south, it felt time to move on. And the obvious place to do that was Rochester, NY ... Well maybe more obvious when you know I'm originally from Buffalo and my family is still in the area.

Anyone who's ever made such a big move knows that in the months of interviewing for jobs, packing up an apartment, picking a new one, saying goodbye to old friends and making time to find new ones, there is little time - or energy - for some of life's simplest pleasures. Like cooking. Or blogging. Or blogging about cooking. I haven't posted anything on my blog since June, right around when I applied for my new position. Then this morning I had another one of those moments of ambitious inspiration. With plans to turn my thanksgiving leftovers into a turkey and dumpling soup, I couldn't wait to share the results of my creation with my friends. And I needed a place to do it.

But I was know longer the Foodie in Florida. Like everything else, that too had changed. I needed a fresh start. Thus begins the start of my newest blog for my new locale, New York State of Wine and Dine. I've pulled in all the old content from my old one, for the amusement of anyone who happens to be reading this. When I get a little more settled (aka, after the holidays) I'll resume my culinary adventure around the world, which in its first year brought me back where I came from.

So here's to starting a new life, a new blog and a new culinary adventure : ) There's a lot of eating to be done out there ...