June 12, 2022
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet Shakespeare, of course Roses got me thinking things. Their yonic layers evoke all kinds of rumination. Like why are younger generations so desperate to allow a word to embody them?… to enthusiastically Read more…
February 24, 2021
Pick a category–any category–and one could likely uncover, with a varied degree of digging, how the want of profit has poisoned it some how—the food system, health sciences, manufacturing, film, music, education, the environment, a pair of sneakers, your mental health, social media, and on and on and on. Greed Read more…
February 15, 2021
Having the vegan cred of eating at the original Veggie Castle back in the early 2000’s, I’ve always associated Flatbush, Brooklyn with my early pilgrimages for vegan food. Though, admittedly, this is a very superficial exposure to the neighborhood, it was within a time I was beginning to embrace my Read more…
January 9, 2021
Inspired by a particularly disturbing episode of On the Media and my previous viewing of The Social Dilemma, I deleted my Facebook account… then poured over Instagram‘s new Terms & Conditions, Data Policy, and information about their Ads with the hope of finding the means to feel okay about continuing Read more…
March 29, 2020
It’s always the staff quarters that are so much more accessible than other abandoned hospital parts. Sure they don’t promise the kind of eerie details so attractive to an urban explorer, but I enjoy the homeyness, the underpainting of comfort and safety as time and neglect peel the paint from Read more…
January 7, 2020
First, embrace that you need to have some level of idiocy and foolishness to embark upon many a fruitful and rewarding venture. And understand just how unbecoming trying to appear unfoolish is, you–but a peon in this massive Universe. I mean really now. We’re all fools fiddling about– isn’t that Read more…
November 24, 2019
I’m getting a jump on my angel hunting, beginning with Angel Olsen at Brooklyn Steel last night, opening up a broader interpretation of this I’ve decided annual series. It is hard to resist. I am extremely choosy with who I see live these days. If you would tell the teenager Read more…
November 17, 2019
In moving some files about my external hard drive, I stumbled upon my old designs for greeting cards, a brief Etsy stint in 2012. Annoyed with what was celebrated in our society, I created Jaded Greetings. In looking back at my designs I decided that they deserve a life beyond Read more…
August 11, 2019
So people are going nuts about the Impossible Whopper now available at Burger King. Two words: Who Cares? There are folks like the Renegades of Sunset in Industry City who are making amazing vegan food from scratch, including sauces and cheeses, who aren’t indirectly responsible for the slaughter of billions Read more…
July 11, 2019
I’m really excited to be volunteering for The Atlantic City Vegan Food Festival! Yes, I get comped admission and a food voucher to the event, but most exciting, I get to enter to the event, including the Food Truck Festival, an hour before the general public. This is great because Read more…
July 8, 2019
Dear New York City, Where is your housemade eggy breakfast sandwich with housemade cashew cheese and housemade coconut bacon? Where is your housemade toasted meringue topped vegan ice cream? You can keep your packaged vegan options, NYC, while I head north. The packaged food options are getting to be a Read more…
March 21, 2019
Being a woman my whole life… well, most of it and being a girl the rest of the time… I thought I’d write a little about my experiences as a woman this Women’s History Month. It seems that this is a topic that has more of widespread appeal these days. Read more…
March 7, 2019
Watching Thirteen is far more an emotional experience than the trite television offerings on other networks. I was watching this program that documented international wildlife doctors who nurse illegally trafficked animals to health then released them back into their natural habitats. Because the wild animals had been interacting with humans Read more…
December 20, 2018
I had a great conversation with my father and brother on Thanksgiving. It reminded me how good it feels to relate via critical thinking, to find others who are trying to make sense of a rigged game; to resist, to dissent. Yeah, we talked a lot about conspiracy theories and 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…
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…
February 21, 2018
Dear Aldo, I write to you from an abandoned farm in an indescript rural town about 15 miles or so from Interstate-80, the massive throughway that stretches from New York to California. Yes, our great country is completely engulfed in a web of asphalt now and it is difficult to Read more…
February 20, 2018
That is me hanging on to the matriarch of this family during a UFO encounter. Yes, I’m in Roswell, New Mexico. Being a fan of the strange and unusual, Roswell has been on my list of places to visit for quite some time. Well I am here now, in a Read more…
November 29, 2017
On a warm morning this past July, I tried my luck at obtaining a timed entry pass to the new Smithsonian museum in Washington D.C., National Museum of African American History and Culture. I had been excited about the museum since seeing a segment on the museum’s construction and public Read more…
October 2, 2017
What are movies if not a means to compel a viewer–to thoughts and feelings… to carry them within the journey of a character, a storyline so that they may glean something from it. Whether it be a laugh, an escape, or–my favorite–something much bigger. Something new. Different. Something that can Read more…
July 16, 2017
The variety of vegan options in Los Angeles is overwhelming. While meal destinations are carefully deliberated, there are some guidelines that can help differentiate a good vegan options with a meh vegan option. The first guideline: forget the eateries that have packaged foods on the menu. You’re not food shopping; Read more…
January 28, 2017
The Tofu Scramble. It is becoming ubiquitous. Always a welcome sight on an omni-menu, I’ve had the dish all over the place–as many vegans have. From Anchorage, Alaska to Yellowstone National Park, I’ve appreciated the dish. (My favorite? Probably Wayward Cafe in Seattle, Washington?) But even with lackluster execution, I’m endeared and Read more…
January 22, 2017
It is so wonderful to see social media swarmed with images from one of the many marches for women that took place yesterday, to see so many coming together to speak up for our human rights. I hope that this is a start of something… and the start of the end Read more…
January 1, 2017
Momofuku Nishi vs. Sugar Cafe In the near absence of real and affordable opportunity, New York City’s development in the last decades has shifted towards big box store chains. The same character-less stores that appear in suburban shopping Lego sets are now in New York City as patrons relish in convenience above all–unfortunately. Read more…
May 29, 2016
Celebrate some baffling American-style food ideals this holiday weekend: Eating large quantities of poor quality, industrially processed food! All sarcasm aside, war was the catalyst for a shift and food manufacturing in the United States. One of our first processed foods was created in 1941 to help soldiers enjoy candy without Read more…
March 27, 2016
A lot of shoes are made from animals. With a trip to Yellowstone coming up, I needed some vegan hiking boots. Here is my research in case it helps. To note: I was searching for women’s mid-cut hiking boots, so my list does not include low-cut hiking shoes. Many of these Read more…
