Laundromat Memoirs

The turon my in-laws make is good, but needed to be improved. So I have. Filipino Plantain Fritters 1 jar (good quality, spend the extra 50¢) jack fruit 3 yellow plantains 1 package Chinese spring roll wrappers (really, buy the Chinese ones – the others get soggy) 1 C. sugar 1/3 C. water peanut oil […]

Almost 20 years ago, I spent an evening every week at the local laundromat. The flickering 21 Min. Wash sign was a neon beacon amidst a sea of neglected asphalt. It was the place my best friend and I washed, dried and folded a weeks worth of tears, laughter, ideas, hopes and dreams. We solved […]