July 31, 2019
My apartment is very long, with a narrow hallway to the bedrooms in the back which I sock-slide upon, Risky Business-style, often. If I am ever missing in action too long, I may have broken my neck because of this. But it is down this long hallway where I envisioned Read more…
July 27, 2019
Coney Island is one of my favorite NYC places to take pictures. There’s always a lot of color, always a lot of excitement. It is pure summer. To follow, a collection of Coney Island love notes. Friday fireworks from afar. We watch things explode. We watch people watching things explode. Read more…
July 22, 2019
I want desperately to be gone, yet here I am thanks to a terrible decision to teach summer school. So while I lay low, some home stuff. Like the strange orange glow that lured me out of my apartment. Magic. Pancakes are an easy dinner, especially when you don’t want Read more…
July 20, 2019
With apartment storage limitations, the tub of the old toys I used to play with needed to get out of the square footage of my back bedroom and serve a more decorative purpose. With so many memories within, and sanitary and safety concerns with passing them onward to other youngins’, Read more…
May 12, 2019
My Mom is cooler than yours. I mean, look at those brows. Though mine look pretty good too. I had grand cake intentions for today, but… sometimes I have cake fails. My Mother’s Day cake was a hot mess, though my sweet Mom would never say that. The problem was Read more…
March 2, 2019
I’ve been vegan so darn long. I think it’s like 23 years now. 😬 I want to take a moment to thank Chinese food, which sustained me during so many of my early years when American cuisine could not. And I still love it so: tofu (or what I first Read more…
February 6, 2019
Old mix tapes. I took pride in naming my mixes. I had an original Jedi kid’s costume in my storage stash. And it fits. (Plus, looseleaf socks!) Remnants from the Pacific Northwest, when you could smoke in the bars. Lite Brite in my classroom, which the kids love playing with. Read more…
February 4, 2019
I love going bowling… even though I am not very good at it. Well, that’s not really true. I go from rolling two gutter balls in one frame to two strikes in the next frame. The problem is that bowling in New York City can be very expensive. Dive bowling Read more…
January 20, 2019
In some ways I am like other women I suppose. I swoon for Ryan Gosling; I love collecting creams and salves and dresses; I’m a romantic fool. But in a ton of other ways, I’m like no other woman. Or like no other woman I have met at least. But 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…
October 31, 2018
I’ve always loved Wonder Woman. Since I was a and I had this mirror to gaze upon… …when I was a little baby. And thought this lady was the prettiest girl in the world… And, later, used this comic to make an ad for my fanzine (which was a straightedge Read more…
October 27, 2018
No, I’m not going to be Robert Daltrey for Halloween, nor a shaggy sheep like some guessed. The big, blonde mess of hair would be a misguided role model of my childhood, Barbie… as a Rocker. I am not a costume in a bag type gal. So I took care Read more…
May 31, 2018
The dinosaurs featured in the weirdo-classic Pee Wee’s Big Adventure are officially known as the Cabazon Dinosaurs. I knew I wanted to see them in person when I was a little kid. I got there in 2005, as the date stamp on my photo prints that were later scanned note. They’re Read more…
May 24, 2018
It’s crazy to think there was a time I traveled when I didn’t have you, dear blog and reader, here to see the pictures. But after my patina love in Green-Wood Cemetery, I dug up these pictures from 2006. The reason for my visit to Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, the Read more…
March 25, 2018
In my youth, I had a thing for opaque white confections… marshmallow, nougat… To me, these were decadent treats far more alluring than chocolate and the multitude of brightly colored forms of cooked sugar. I knew them by brand names. Marshmallow Fluff and Charleston Chew (Not frozen, unless I’m at Read more…
October 31, 2017
Then: Underoos Now: Underboss/Undergirl
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…
July 31, 2016
After updating this site’s F.A.Q., I decided I needed to veganize Combos, since no one else had. Much like meat ravioli, this is an untapped market in the vegan world. Using a recipe for hard pretzels and a non-vegan homemade vegan attempt from the world wide web ( here and here ), Read more…
July 12, 2016
I’ve written about these cookies before, a cookie so ingrained in my memory that I can still vividly experience them. From the shuffling through the brown paper grocery bag, as tall as me, in the backseat of my mother’s car to find and be the first to open them; to opening Read more…
March 27, 2016
Though this storefront is innocuous, I peer through its ground level glass and see the back of my head, 19 years ago. A fork in my mouth and a look of–well–contentment on my face. But with confusion. Tofu. Not a cold, wet yet strangely dry slab of white sponge under a tremendous piece Read more…
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…
March 3, 2016
My latest plan is to get to every national park in the country in my lifetime. At this point I have only seen 10 of 49. I’ve included my throwbacks to link to my Parks progress page from my homepage. Though some were visited in the days before digital camera use Read more…
November 18, 2015
Falling back, the glorious autumn sunset coincides with my drive home from the train station. This sky had me snapping pictures towards my neighbor’s house in creepy fashion. It made me think of Ponyboy Curtis. {Then I thought about how lucky I was to come of age in a time Read more…
October 1, 2015
Such a trip to look at this guide from 10 years ago. To see my checkmarks. I had to update it. It is nice to see that many eateries are still around!
September 24, 2015
Portland used to be a quick 2-hour drive from home when I lived in Seattle in 2000. Back then, the city was far less vegan-friendly to this vegan. It was Blossoming Lotus where I got a good meal, which is still going strong. But I more remember karaoke at Alibi, a tiki Read more…
