from vegas i flew to chicago to celebrate my grandmother’s 91st birthday. little did i know that a huge storm was arriving along with me…what turned out to be the third largest blizzard in chicago history!! on tuesday my mom and i went out to run errands, despite extreme winds and a 24hr blizzard...
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where else can you have a bachelorette party but las vegas?! duh! two weeks ago we took a girls’ weekend in sin city to celebrate tracy’s birthday and last days as a free woman. i hadn’t been there since the one night two years ago, so i was ready to really explore and experience...
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it’s quite odd to be thinking about being in LA a few weeks ago when your front porch is completely buried in a snowdrift! i’m writing from chicago and figured if i’m snowed in, i might as well think of somewhere warm…so here goes part 2 of our trip to la. (don’t miss part...
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i’ve been taking longer, leisurely bike-rides lately and have been considering taking some bike camping trips…have also been looking into driving around mexico and guatemala, so it was only fitting that my research brought me to ian hibell. one of the world’s greatest adventure cyclists, hibell spent 40 years of his life riding across...
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ever since i was kid, i harbored this midwestern dream of moving to southern california, becoming a marine biologist (save the whales!) having a surfer boyfriend and just chilling on the beach. but since living in the bay area, i’ve developed a slightly more jaded view of all things so-cal: hollywood, smog, porn, fake...
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i got an email this morning from a great friend of mine who has been living in paris with her french boyfriend. alison and i went to high school together in chicago and have since managed to maintain a long-distance friendship with letters, postcards, emails, and occasional visits in whatever town we may be...
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thanks to a tip from cp, we can add japanese artist, koichi kurita, to our list of dirt-lovers. koichi drives around japan collecting soil samples from various areas, spending the night in his pickup truck. after drying and sifting the dirt, he arranges it lovingly into “libraries” encased in glass tubes or installs precisely-arranged-piles...
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i don’t want to hate on the bay area, but the shopping is infinitely better in LA. sorry folks, it’s the honest truth! take iko iko for example- an inconspicuous storefront across from an exotic fish aquarium stocked with wabi-sabi japanese housewares, locally made clothing, jewelry, ceramics, vintage books, fabric, and other covetable objects....
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i am so far behind on writing about my travels this summer, so i’m going to blast through some memories. these were taken on my day exploring the roma/immigrant neighborhood of tarlabaşı, fabrice’s favorite area in istanbul. not exactly a tourist destination, although only a few blocks from the bustling taksim square, the neighborhood...
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despite all buzzing around shopping and baking right now, it’s also one of the best times to remember to give back to our communities! making a donation in someone’s name is always way cooler than an unnecessary picture frame or doodad. here are a few organizations you should support this holiday season: the national...
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