2019. Wow. There’s been a lot of controversy around whether the decade ended with the start of 2020, or whether we still have another year to go...

6 large eggs 2 tablespoons of capers (preferably, salt-packed) 6-12 anchovies, packed in oil 1/4 cup of sour cream salt and pepper, to taste ...

The first blog I ever had was a LiveJournal. I wrote in it the way I would write emails to my friends (and they'd comment back as if we were on on...

“We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.” -- Ray Bradbury Our recent trip to Montreal refilled my cup for ...

Minimalism. It seems to be the theme for 2012. I've been reading all sorts of blog posts and articles about people cleaning out their inboxes, uns...

For a couple of years in my twenties, I was lucky enough to travel to New York for work. I remember listening to my hype song — Rihanna's Umbrel...

I’ll always remember the summer (and fall) of 2015 as the one that we spent living at Ocean Beach. Historically, the San Francisco summer has be...

Matt went to Las Vegas for the weekend to hang out with his brother so I was left to my own devices. Usually, when Matt goes away, I start to feve...

There are some things you don’t talk about on the Internet. Your marital problems, for example. A falling out with a friend. A date with your th...

When I was in the 5th grade, my grandpa came to live with my family. At the time, I thought it might be temporary, but by the time I got to high s...

Honestly, I was a skeptic. For years, I didn’t take french press coffee seriously. Most of the coffee I’d been served from a french press wasn...

Serves two17 grams of medium to dark roast coffee, coarsely ground 2 tablespoons of condensed milk ice Aeropress, French press, or Vietnamese...