Ingredients 16 ozs of mascarpone (typically 2 8 oz containers) 6 eggs 4 or so bags of lady fingers Rum Two cups of coffee 2 heaping tablespoons of sugar Chocolate powder (optional) Instructions Split the egg whites and egg yolks. Mix the egg yolks and mascarpone and two tablespoons of sugar. Beat the egg whites until peaks…
COVID Anxiety, Triggers and Minding Your Social Feed
This morning at Quaker Meeting for Worship (on Zoom!), I was thinking about how easily triggered most of us are in this time, and how that places increased responsibility on all of us to be judicious about what we share. The COVID-19 pandemic is causing lots of people to be in a general state of…
Carrot Cake (recipe)
FOR THE CAKE: 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon ¾ teaspoon salt 3 cups grated carrots (you can grate the carrots in a food processor fitted with a shredding blade) 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans 1 cup shredded coconut, sweetened or unsweetened ½ cup moist, plump raisins (dark or golden) or dried…
My First Virtual Lindy Hop Dance Video Watching Party: The Playlist
For a long time, I’ve been wanting to throw a dance video watching party. Tonight I finally got my chance! Using the TwoSeven video sharing service, I got together 30 buddies to watch lindy hop videos, chosen by four lovely dancer friends Amanda Collins, Samantha Nguyen, Ann Mony and Shawn Chiao. Hosting a party for…
Classic Tiramisu (recipe)
Tiramisu is one of my favorite desserts of all time. I was shocked at how easy it is to make. The hardest part is waiting overnight for it to set! Ingredients FOR THE CREAM: 4 large egg yolks ½ cup/100 grams granulated sugar, divided ¾ cup heavy cream 1 cup/227 grams mascarpone (8 ounces) FOR…
“Doctor Jazz” : a Solo Jazz / Charleston Exquisite Corpse
An “Exquisite Corpse” is a form of collaborative artwork (typically a drawing or a short story), where each person contributes a small section of the work, but you don’t see the final product until the end. Since we are stuck in quarantine because of the COVID-19 outbreak, I decided to get some friends to collaborate…
Lindy Hop Was Born During Hard Times
During an interview for a blog yesterday, I was musing about what made lindy hop so special to me. And that’s when it hit me: Lindy hop didn’t come from a place where everything was rosy and people were always jumping for joy. It came from the African American community during the Depression, amidst systemic…
Two Months of Intermittent Fasting: I Really Like It!
For the last two months I have been following an intermittent fasting diet. I can say that it’s definitely one of the easiest diets I’ve ever followed. Certainly a lot easier than paleo / low carb / keto diets, which I have done in various forms over the past three years. Specifically, I am following…
How to Get Out of the Bottle Trap
On Sunday night, I was driving back to my apartment in San Francisco at around midnight, using my friend Hanah’s car. I was dead tired after a long dance weekend in Oakland. My goal was to get to bed as early as possible… but the parking gods had other plans. Pulling up to my neighborhood,…
Skiing After a 30 Year Break
I have to say I’m proud of myself for researching, organizing, prepping, and executing a solo ski trip to Squaw Valley yesterday that went off beautifully. I love it when a plan comes together. Getting back to the slopes was one of my bucket list things for 2020. But I had a lot of obstacles…