The Project Which Will Not Be Named started as a fantasy; something to text my friends about while we exchanged woes about work and...
Did everybody have a good Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa? Mine was pretty wonderful! On Chrismukkah Eve, Erlend and I saw the new Star Wars movie at the...
Can I share a little secret? I didn’t love New York when I first moved here this summer. The city was a swamp, with...
I have a lot of ideas for my blog, most of which either a) I forget about or b) I don’t do anything about...
I told Sarah that I would be making her coffee cake. It was the first thing I’d made from her new cookbook, The Vanilla...
Today is my blog’s fifth birthday, and I can hardly believe it. Five freaking years, indeed! And as per tradition, every year my blog’s...
“Where are you? And why are there hamburger and artichoke stickers everywhere?” “I’m at the Taste Talks awards with Molly! We are drinking an...
Most people assume that I grew up in Portland because I call it home and speak of it so fondly, but here’s a fun...
Are you the kind of person who gets motivated or un-motivated after a vacation? I’m a big believer in taking vacations as early and...
Hello from New York City! I got here last Thursday at 6:30AM, bleary from my red eye flight and dehydrated from a slight bout...
Hey guys! It’s my 29th birthday today! It’s scary to me that, although I’m turning 29, I still feel as nomadic and unsettled as...
Late last year, Nik told me that Filipino food is currently “having its moment”. I’m not sure I believe him, but I do see...
