Taking you home from the Long Island animal shelter on November 27, 2005 was one of the best decisions of my life.
Six Months of PT in the Bag!
Today I’m celebrating six months of physical therapy! On the plus side, doing daily PT I believe has helped to mitigate knee pain and be able to walk for longer periods of time. And the exercises are not too onerous — basically they are part of my daily morning prep and evening wind down, which…
I’m on a KQED Show: The Field Trip Game!
I’m excited to announce the release this week of the final episode of season one of “The Field Trip Game,” a new video series from KQED. This is the first KQED show created by and for young people! I was so excited to hear that the producers wanted to feature rollerskating in one of the episodes, since…
Teaching Folks How to Cypher at the Rink
Tuesday night was a high point in my skating career: leading a skill share for my community on cyphering! I had a vision for what I wanted to have happen tonight — creating a safe space for skaters to express themselves through the cypher — and it went even better than I envisioned. Seeing so…
Interview with My Dad about Growing Up and Coming to America
Here’s an unfortunately truncated version of an interview I did with my father back in 2020 about his upbringing and how he came to America in the late 1960s. I’m grateful to have this small remembrance of him and his unique way of telling stories, which he loved to do.
Making Homemade Kouign Amann!
Making my own kouign amann has been on my baking bucket list for years now. Last week I finally had the time and energy to make it happen. And it only took 17 hours to make six of them! Kouign amann are considered some of the most difficult of the French “viennoiserie” pastries — harder…
An Amazing and Exhausting Week of Birthday Festivities!
When I turned 50, I thought I couldn’t outdo myself in birthday celebration organizing. After all, that year, I threw an epic dance party for 50 of my favorite people in the world, complete with a buffet meal, a custom cake from Goldilock’s bakery, a DJ, entertainment, and a trivia contest. It was a huge…
I Hiked the SF Crosstown Trail!
One of my San Francisco bucket list activities was to hike the SF Crosstown Trail. This urban hike meanders through a dozen incredible neighborhoods, hitting up hidden parks, gardens, stairways, lookout points, two lakes, and more. Doing the hike was particularly important to me when I was diagnosed in February with tendinitis and minor arthritis…
My Self-Care Circle
I did this back in 2021, but it still does a pretty job of expressing different ways that I show care and love to myself. How I express self-care: UPDATE 12/7/2024: I recently found out this idea of a “self-care rainbow” comes from illustrator / artist Decade2Doodle / Steph Ferrell Crigler. Original source.
It’s my Four Year Skate-a-versary!
It was June 2020, a few months into the pandemic, and I was losing my damn mind. In the Before Times, dancing was a central part of my life. I was going out lindy hopping and house dancing several nights a week, traveling to dance events, and obsessing over whatever was new in the dance…