Alex and I were messing around with a plugin filter for my tablet’s camera and I took this picture. It’s weird and creepy but it’s one of my favorites that […]

You know that old saying “When life gives you lemons…” why is getting lemons a bad thing? Lemons are great! Lemons go with all sorts of foods, they are an […]

I didn’t use any sort of skin care routine when I was younger, I just washed my face in the shower (with shampoo generally) and if it was a non-shower […]

When I was 10-years-old I was taught in school that our tongues used certain areas for the four different tastes we as humans were capable of distinguishing. Those tastes are […]

I don’t understand how Christmas can be one day out of the year and yet starting in November everywhere you go Christmas music is playing and it doesn’t stop until […]

My first experience at an Indian restaurant was a really wonderful one. It was a very tiny family owned business and the people were so wonderful, I fell in love […]

I think there is a big difference between making something in your home and “homemade”. Judging from some of the “recipes” out there, clearly, a lot of people do not […]

When I was a little kid I loved to read and I had a lot of books. I especially liked this set of books with posable puppets that acted out […]

One year with this little guy! He’s such a dork, but we love him.

We’ve been watching Strawberry Shortcake on the Netflix and Alex really loves it, so this year she decided to go as her for Halloween. I’ve been calling her costume “Strawberry Shortass”, […]

When I first moved back to the US from the UK I was fairly oblivious to ingredient differences and a few of my most trusted recipes didn’t come out right. I […]

I couldn’t be a vegetarian unless I was forced to be one, like if all the animals in the whole world suddenly disappeared. Vincent Vega was right, pork chops taste good […]

One of the best things about an international move is getting to buy new things and one of the worst things about an international move is having to buy new things. […]

Years ago I caught a few minutes of a Joan Collins interview on TV. The interviewer was asking her what her best beauty tip was, she replied “Never underestimate the […]

By plunking me in the other extreme it’s like life has decided to make up for 12 years of 2 week summers, extra long winters with near constant below freezing […]

My father was a truck driver by profession and after he retired he did several admirable things that I never even knew he was interested in doing. He auditioned for […]

We bought a 1999 Plymouth Neon. It’s not a perfect car, but we needed a car and it’s a car.

Back in the mid-80s some time and around the last day of school before winter break I remember while waiting for the bus I was making conversation with an acquaintance […]

I use a mix of chili powders in most of the spicy foods I make. I take the California (Anaheim) which is mild and I mix it with a hotter […]

So I turned 45-years old yesterday, it wasn’t a turning point birthday like the ones that happen after 21 and end in 0 but still, it was the one that […]