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A few months ago I contributed an essay to a book project about turning 30, and now it has been published. The contributors are all lovely and talented women around the age of 30 who wrote about how that birthday affected them. My friend Sarah designed it. We published it ourselves, and you can buy [...]
It was about food, so of course it spoke to me. And oh, that pan-fried chow mein flavored air that blew into my room from Chinatown, vying with the spaghetti sauces of North Beach, the soft-shell crab of Fisherman’s Wharf — nay, the ribs of Fillmore turning on spits! Throw in the Market Street chili [...]
Speaking of reading, have you checked out Byliner yet? It’s a cool site that aggregates long-form journalism stories from past and present, including some original pieces like the one I bought, “Three Cups of Deceit” by Jon Krakauer. I love that sites like Byliner and Longform.org make it easy for you to find good writing. [...]
A couple weeks ago I bought a whole watermelon at the grocery store. I couldn’t help myself — it was only about $2.50. But since Mike doesn’t like watermelon I had to get creative with how to eat it all. So I juiced it! It’s so funny — when you juice a watermelon there is [...]
I was craving pancakes again, but I thought I would try buckwheat this time. I just used my whole wheat kefir pancake recipe, but substituted 1/2 cup of buckwheat flour for some of the wheat flour. Annnnd, I don’t really like these as much. It’s just a personal preference. I think next time I make [...]
On this beautiful first week of April I am… Reading: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, finally. I bought the whole trilogy, and I’ve queued the Swedish movies on Netflix so I can watch them as I finish the books. Excited! I’ve spent the last month tackling “Infinite Jest,” which is a beast of a [...]
First of all, apologies for the long absence. Our internet has been down for the last few days and we finally got it working again. I’m not usually a big resolution maker, but I thought that since my life has completely changed in the last year, that it would be a good time to get [...]
Me (and my book club) have been on a historical kick lately with our readings, so I thought I’d share them with you: First, “In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex” by Nathaniel Philbrick. This was a book club selection, and I really liked it. The book covers the history [...]
I don’t think there’s ever been a better time to read the classics, considering the adorable packaging they come in lately. Barnes and Noble is selling these leather bound collections of multiple books, including seven Jane Austen books in one. And of course Anthropologie is selling Penguin clothbound novels like “Great Expectations,” “Wuthering Heights” and [...]
I think it was about a year ago some friends and co-workers started up a book club. Originally we thought we would rotate between reading books and watching classic movies, but we bailed on the movie part pretty early on. I guess we are true book nerds. I’m glad we stuck with books, though, even [...]
Two of my crochet patterns — vintage hanger covers and a colorful granny square pillow — have been published in a new book. You can now order So Pretty! Crochet, by my talented friend Amy Palanjian, at Amazon.com. 
