December 26, 2018
Doing Christmas-y things at any other time of year is just weird. So as the season passes us by, here is a purge of ‘once a year’isms. Like these shiny color pops in my apartment. Along with my Ambrosia, I brought some holiday cookies to my family’s. And since I Read more…
December 24, 2018
Oh Come Let Us Adore… This Spectacle. Just a quick walk from my place is Dyker Heights, Brooklyn–home to The Dyker Heights Christmas Lights, a popular attraction that clogs the streets with fascinated festive folk annually. Gaining more and more word of mouth and over-the-toppness every year, it is now Read more…
December 23, 2018
Gosh, a lot happened this past year. This holiday season acknowledge how far you have come, how much you have grown, how much change you initiated. Don’t take any of it for granted. Honor yourself. Take care of yourself. Find new ways to love yourself. Know your own heart well; Read more…
December 15, 2018
On the New Years resolution tip and inspired by my old friend in Seattle: Don’t forget to forget. Neuroscientists and Google searchers know that the brain’s Limbic System, also known as the emotional motor system, has many very important components. Inside, the almighty amygdala. This little piece of grey determines how Read more…
December 14, 2018
I kind of love my tacky midcentury modern Christmas tree.
December 13, 2018
I finished off the last of the pumpkin puree from the classroom pumpkins with three more batches of the well-loved pumpkin chocolate chip cupcakes. And the kiddos were excited to decorate their own at our Holiday Party. Though extremely stressful at times, I love that my profession allows me to Read more…
December 9, 2018
With a load of Christmas materials to repurpose after a haul from Materials For The Arts and some donations from friends, I busted out my trusty hot glue gun to create a vintage-inspired holiday wreath. To add some holiday bling to my apartment, I begin my favorite craft medium. I call it 3D Read more…
December 7, 2018
Wong Kar-wai’s In The Mood For Love is about a man and a woman who discover their spouses are having an affair together. A unique relationship forms as they utilize each other to process the betrayal and hurt while assuaging their loneliness. With innocence and a naive curiosity they proclaim, “We won’t be Read more…
November 30, 2018
[That’s not me; that’s Henry Thoreau, one of my favorite men in history.] Either stop or slow down. But don’t go. The F train views, 87.5 feet from ground level. The highest elevated train IN THE WORLD. Sometimes the litter is a Millennium Falcon. My Bridge Take-out Thursday Top Thai Read more…
November 25, 2018
There are many benefits to clearing clutter from your physical space. Though there is much that you are helpless to internally, much that litters your brain–things that you can’t easily sweep into a dustpan–this is not the case with your space. To some extent, you have total control of the physical space Read more…
November 24, 2018
More than a marketing demographic. You have critical thought. You’re unpredictable. You embody a spectrum of rich and complex characteristics. You cannot be simplified. You cannot be manipulated to buy a bunch of crap. You’re not a toddler who needs a binky. Pages from my old fanzine remind me that Read more…
December 20, 2017
I made marshmallow chocolate chip cookies for holiday gift-giving. And I’m too tired to say much more about it. But a picture is worth… yadda yadda yadda.
December 9, 2017
I love these Nicely Festive shoes from Irregular Choice. In fact, I love a whole lot of their crazy shoes. Their styles are this wacky version of exaggerated whimsy and impracticality. (And they clearly label shoe materials, which is a plus.) Trouble is, they cost a pretty penny. Well–considering their Read more…
December 26, 2016
Balsam Fir Yule log/Tree Torturing Franky Catnip wine, just out of reach L: Failed bundt cake; R: New York-style crumb cake
December 29, 2015
Every now and again, walking through her streets, I remember that this city is the best one in the country… that the books and movies and art and culture and subculture that praise her are for good reason. And I am grateful to have known her so long, though we’ve grown Read more…
December 20, 2015
I hadn’t made vegan rainbow cookies for years! And since then my baking skills and kitchen set-up has improved a great deal. With dessert duty for a work potluck and inside the inspiration of the holiday cookie issue of Bon Appétit, I had to step it up. I used The Veg Life’s awesome Read more…
December 13, 2015
Upcycled bread box. Yellow and teal. “You don’t bring me flours anymore.” Coke bottle crate spice holder. Vintage aesthetic / modern function. Animals on plates. Black radish heart procession. In the train, out at the station, the slither of pink sunset. Christmas is here. Fir on the floor. Weekly banana bread. Read more…
December 28, 2014
Christmas means running around… with cakes. It was the gorgeous whirlpool bundt that decked the halls. First, in pumpkin chocolate chip, using the last of the fall’s pumpkin puree. A breath of downtime with the Netflix yule log and the waiting Christmas tree. Another bundt for another Christmas! This time, Read more…
Sometimes you just want to spend the entire day in the kitchen and the entire night in the dining room eating and giggling with friends. It was time for a Winter Dins vegan victuals dinner party. For starters, “Deviled” Polenta Yukon Golds. Rye, Kale & Eggplant Dressing with toasted Pepitas Fennel, Read more…
December 23, 2014
The holidays means increased baking duty. I deliver eleven–a poison test out of respect for recipients of course. This batch was for my class’s fundraiser. Then there was my classroom holiday celebration. They got unfrosted cupcakes to dress up how they pleased. My chocolate butter cream-filled (and of course vegan) batched Read more…
December 22, 2014
Sometimes the green skin of a vegetable dumpling is comforting. It says, “there’s definitely not pork in here.” And the bamboo server says, “I’m a superior dumpling.” SunSpire is the maker of this delicious bar, a long time no need to pack it in the grocery bag favorite. And I Read more…
December 29, 2013
A few weeks before Christmas, I had grand fantasies of holiday treat-making for friends and loved ones.. And with a small stash of Medjool dates, those oh-so delicious vegan and gluten free Twixes from Fork & Beans were to feature prominently. The simple date caramel recipe is probably my most favorite Read more…
December 23, 2013
Sometimes we buy pizza dough from one of the million pizzerias on Long Island. This was a minimalist pie: artichoke, salt, pepper, olive oil. Still using pumpkin puree… these were the pretty little ditties I whipped up for my grade team holiday lunch. Received some rave reviews and I can’t Read more…
December 9, 2012
Boom! It’s the holiday season again! Time for photo collage prints of little ones. Traffic by the shopping hubs. Jewelry commercials. An inbox full of pending deliveries. The songs. The movies. The build-up… and then a new year. I’m slowly getting into it. Frankenstein and I are experiencing our first real Read more…
December 30, 2011
The Iced Whale ornament waited patiently for the Christmas tree, comforted by the whiff of the salty scent of the Atlantic that wafts to The Electrician‘s home. In protest to a premature holiday kick-off, he waited well-past Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber-Monday to adorn the tree. Aaaah, a Poinsettia in front of a frosted window. The Read more…
