Survival Guide to Staying Home
I am a bit of a couch potato as it has been exactly 4 months from the last day I went to work. Staying at home isn't hard for me ...
July 4, 2020
4th of July is different this year for Americans. We have to celebrate safely. Many issues are on our minds; affecting our work, relationships and our lives. What's more, we ...
Anthony Bourdain’s Appetites & More
It's as if Christmas came early for me this weekend with a trifecta of reading materials landing at our door. First, Anthony Bourdain’s cookbook Appetites, a new July/Aug issue of ...
Pride (In the Name of Love)
All the photos in this post belong to the featured establishments. June is Pride month. Now celebrated around the world. For my post this week, I am reading about PRIDE ...
4 KNIVES FOR NON-CHEFS
A friend and I have had an ongoing discussion about knives. He is a chef (among having many other talents and skills). While I was browsing for birthday gifts, I ...
My Own Chocolate Crinkles
I'm not much of a baker. To be fair, I wasn't really into desserts. Was more of a salty chips person. But I visited my cousins in Florida and she ...
A Sparkly Tree of Gifts on The Landing of a Staircase
This photo is of the staircase at the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento. It was nice to hear from so many people this birthday more than most years. Everyone I know ...
Janaki Larsen
BACK TO SPRING - NEW COLLECTION: Available here on March 20, 2021 at 9am PST. Evoking everything from petals to pepto-bismol, cotton candy to flamingos, strawberry milkshakes to watermelons, tutus, ...
Gavin & The Chaga Company
A few years ago, I met Gavin Escolar in Manila through a cousin. At that time, he was a successful bespoke jewelry designer in the Philippines and we bonded over ...
The Gift
Update: Finally after almost a year, we are awaiting the delivery of this gift for Spring 2021 that we made last May 2020. 8 May 2020 The hubby wanted to ...
Style Crush: Victoria Beckham
Nostalgia for travel shopping has overtaken me now as we shelter in place. I look back to the chilly day in January when I was completely won over by the ...
The Daily Update But First, A Hot Beverage.
Having some sort of routine helps during this time of staying at home. I begin each weekend/weekday (nowadays, what's the difference?) with a glass of water by the bedside washing ...