I ate four apple cider doughnuts on an achingly autumn afternoon with my father Federico and my mother Melanie and my sister Nicole and my brother-in-law Mark. Not pictured above are the wedding I attended the day before in Gloucester for Amy and Don or the striking colors of my first return to October in [...]
I feel obliged to archive my day, this 9th of September of 2009, because over and over today I was just feeling fucking triumphant. I woke up just after 7am rested and happy and, without even getting out of bed, got an email via iPhone with fantastic work news (which will remain undisclosed). Trust me: [...]
Some ordered, some unordered. Enjoy! Half of a Weekend (or a Little More, Maybe) January 23, 2009 5:05 PM Sunset run on the beach followed by ocean dip and drinks 6:00 PM Depart Tamarindo in 7/8 full Toyota Prado with one 40-ounce of Imperial 6:01 PM – 7:29 PM Pass around a million cars 7:30 [...]
I'll be writing this quickly, with Seattle-based Blue Scholars as background, as a re-entry to blogging for me. I've been thinking a good deal regarding the last year and the present year and I'd like to offer some longer, more contemplative thoughts in the future. For now, I offer you the Top 10 Reasons I'm [...]
I have a tenuous relationship with brioche, that indulgent, fattening French bread—a bread which Wikipedia describes as "highly enriched". Highly enriched, for the layperson, means "having a 1 to 1 ratio of butter and eggs to flour." My mother, in contrast, is some sort of brioche magician. She seemed to conjure golden and perfectly-risen loaves [...]
Sometimes, on a Sunday afternoon, you just have to say yes to a box of tomatoes, however imprudent 25 pounds of red and green and striated heirlooms may be. Don't listen to the voices in your head, the doubts—listen to Sarah, who firmly believes we can cook and stew and sauce all of these tomatoes. [...]
Represented Liechtenstein at the Golden Garden Fauxlympics in matching red shorts, blue shirts and gold headbands (see flag). Our team—Alex, Sarah, Charlie and I—earned the silver medal, losing to Vatican City 71 – 72. I'm not sure I trust the judges' math and objectivity. Just kidding, Lilli and Amanda—thanks for putting together this event! Met [...]
