This has become kind of a mantra of mine. Whoever told you that you ain’t that bad bitch, you need to tell that person to shut the &$%# up… even if that person is yourself. Lizzo
The Three Purposes of Community
Someone said that true communities served 3 basic needs: to welcome and appreciate you, to help when you are sick or in need, and to remember you when you are gone. It came to me today at Quaker Meeting that these are also things that drive us to seek a life partner. (“In sickness and…
Adventures in Baking: Red Velvet Tres Leches with Ube Frosting
So we had another work social event involving baking a week ago, and I brought something I’m pretty proud of: a Red Velvet Tres Leches cake with Ube Frosting. The occasion was something called “NPR Cake Week” where stations around the country all make cakes around certain themes. I was a bit fuzzy on the…
Why I Intermittent Fast: Overall Health, Weight Management, Longevity, Easy
I was talking to friends about intermittent fasting the other day and I realized I’ve been doing it for so long I had started to forget the reasons why I was doing it in the first place. On the one hand, it’s good that I have so incorporated this diet into my life that I…
Incredible Time at 2-Raw Spring Skate Jam
Last Saturday, I participated in the “2-Raw Spring Skate Jam,” my first weekend-long rhythm skate party. It was held at the Sunrise Rollerland rink in north Sacramento. It was an amazing event and I’m so glad I got to be there. It’s been a little under two years since I started quad skating, so I…
How to Make Halo-Halo Pie (recipe)
For Pi Day this year, I wanted to come up with something silly, personal and not too hard. I remembered one of my favorite desserts of all time is Filipino halo-halo. Halo-halo (literally “mix mix”) is a a colorful conflagration of crushed ice, condensed milk, various candied fruits and beans, ice cream, and flan. It’s…
My “Skate Influencer” Video from Venice Beach
It’s been nearly two years since I started quad skating, so I was past due for shooting a Instagrammer style skate video. I was in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago and managed to convince my friend Stanley to help me shoot this vid on a Sunday at Venice Beach. It was a sunny…
Frank O’Hara on New York City
“One need never leave the confines of New York to get all the greenery one wishes–I can’t even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there’s a subway handy, or a record store or some other sign that people do not totally regret life.” Frank O’hara, 1957 Source
My Senior Cat Mole Negro
For the past 17 years, my cat Mole Negro has been the one constant in my life amidst job changes, relationship shifts, and moves to different cities. At the end of 2021, I took him in for his annual check-up, assuming a clean bill of health since he’s been acting like his old self. Unfortunately,…
Rest in Peace, Anne Bernstein, Lindy Hopper, Television Writer
[Cross posted to Yehoodi.com] Earlier this month, one of the original Yehoodites, Anne Bernstein, (aka “Caledonia” on the message boards) passed away, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Anne was a Brooklyn-based lindy hopper, cartoonist, and television writer. I only knew Anne Bernstein a little. Anne was part of the mob of lindy hop…