A Strawberry Fizz (with or without gin)
Is there anything as beautiful as the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields accompanying the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, on Bach Arias? Possibly …
Summer List 2012
[Bay Bridge, July 2012.] Nearly mid-summer. How is that even possible? We had thought to have a party at the end of the month to …
A Reminisce (+ Pearl Couscous with Tomatoes and Feta)
There was a lot of cake last weekend – did I mention the cake? – and a bit more this week, too, of the banana-chocolate-almond …
How to Cook Meat As a Vegetarian (+ Lentil “Meat Balls”)
[Lentil “meat balls” and assorted other goodness, May 2012.] I’ve noted before that I am a vegetarian (it’s been … nearly half my life at …
Running, Revisited (+ Greek Yogurt + Granola)
[Once I ran across this bridge; I will again.] Up early this morning (6:20 or so) to lace up my running shoes in the quiet …
Sunday Dinners (+ A Spinach Soufflé)
[Limantour, March 2012.] March. Suddenly, we’re on the cusp of spring. This strange, dry, sunny winter has turned everything around and the mountains are hardly …
Home, and Getting Back to It
[Near Golden Gate Park, February 2012.] I like to think that the best part of traveling is coming home, especially when you like home as …
All Good (+ Almond Butter Cookies)
[Winter beach, January 2012.] In Maine, where my toes are chillier than usual and the clouds seem tangible (and puffy) enough to hold in your …
The Last Friday of the Year
[This morning, December 2011.] December 30th. We are tiptoeing up to the edge of the year and peering over its edge into the unknown. I’m …