In Tahoe, with Tofu and Ski Boots
[View from Squaw Valley, March 2008.] Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. …
Mountains
My parents used to live in Colorado — Boulder, to be exact — and I like to think if some trick of fate had gone …
Broccoli Soup and the Met
Maybe it’s the broccoli soup recipes floating around lately, or the fact that last weekend wore me out (in a good way, but still), and …
Happiness Is
[Requisite Pacific Ocean shot, January 2008.] There’s been some happiness talk going round lately, which in turn makes me happy, because I love thinking about …
Springtime in January
A few times a year I have an almost physical longing for spring, heightened on days (like Sunday) when the weather behaves very unseasonably and …
For A Sweet New Year
The holidays for most of us equal family time — and this year was no exception. Now that I live near my parents I’m able …
Of Babka and the Cold North
[Babka for Thanksgiving, November 2007.] Poised on the last day of November for the quick slip-side into the madness of the season (for me, the …
Chasing Summer
{Spetses, view from the road, August 2007.] November first: San Francisco is grey, and a little chilly, and the fog swirled around the buildings along …
A Cup by Any Other Name Would Taste as Sweet
[My old French press.] The other night at Nopa, I had something listed on the menu as “wild mint tea — Greece” (at $3 a …
Timeless (and, pistachios)
[The Med, August 2007.] Unrelatedly: I have a piece in the Chron today. But back to the good stuff: my Grecian adventure. I think one …