When I was turning 13, my parents asked me if I wanted to have a Bat Mitzvah or a blowout party (with a rented wooden dance floor in my backyard)....
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Lucky. It is a word that we throw around without giving it much thought. Luck is a relative term, defined by those who are lucky and those who are...
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Despite my love of technology (blogging, taking photos with my phone and DSLR camera, etc.), I'm still a die-hard fan of paper. I can't get enough...
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This month's Pairings Box was devoted to smoke. We wanted it to smell like campfire when you opened your box, and I think we achieved that goal wi...
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Recently, I wrote a short piece about summer movies for Gather Journal. It skewed toward being poetic and inspired a fair amount of nostalgia. The...
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I'm turning 30 in a few short weeks. A nice number. If feels heavy, but in a good way. Like a quality watch, or a cutting board made of real wood....
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I'm charmed by The Flower Recipe Book by Alethea Harampolis and Jill Rizzo, owners of Studio Choo, a floral design studio here in San Francisco....
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One of the best things about having a blog is being able to throw something out into the ethosphere and encourage people to talk about it. The con...
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A few weeks ago, I started thinking about Mother's Day. What I wanted to do to celebrate my mom. And then suddenly, I had this realization that I'...
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For the pancakes: 1 1/4 cup of barley flour 1 teaspoon of baking powder 1/2 teaspoon of salt 1/4 cup of muscovado sugar (or brown sugar) 1/...
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There are those times in your life when you find yourself in a creative lull. I was worried that having a baby would wash my brain of all creativi...