Why Hello, Beach!

You know when you have your eyes closed and you're so comfortable you can't move and the simple sensation of sunlight on your skin feels devine and you dig your toes into the sand and read a trashy book that you secretly enjoy and swim when you get too hot and the saltwater makes you feel nearly weightless?

That's so nice.

Pimp Casual

Evan would look smokin' in that yellow number at Katie and Igor's wedding this weekend. Just saying.

Pin Beauty To The Wall

Pinterest is fun.

[That's all]

Spirit Animals

Zug choose the great white shark seagull as her spirit animal and I have to say that I approve. Well played. Now I have to find mine and that's some hard homework. It has to be something that is prone to speeding on snow and has the luck of the Irish. Those were dicey times on Togwotee Pass last weekend, Abby having flown her Brooklyn coop for a visit to our hinterland home. It was so good to see my favorite partner-in-crime again, if only for a hot second.


And, just for the record, I'd love to be friends with whoever claims this guy as their spirit animal.

Pretty Food

Evan found an easy sourdough recipe (masquerading as a weird, homespun horror film) for the starter that his parents sent us from Alaska. It has us baking up a storm-- Evan doing most of the baking and me providing the storm (aka mad chopping and ingredient acquisition).


Fresh rosemary and garlic cloves... Blue cheese and walnuts... The possibilities are endless (and all so tasty and good looking)!


And then there's King Kale (an apt nickname). I am craving the stuff like it's goin' outta style! Although I have to admit to consuming a grand total of three jars of ramen yesterday, my cravings are slowing shifting away from pasta and sugar.


Slowly... but surely.

All that said, here are some yummy recipes from my appreciative belly to yours:

Green Chile Biscuits and Chipotle Gravy

Coconut Shrimp Curry

Winter of Magic Puttanesca

Bon appetit!

Geologic Revolution

These photos of Mount St. Helens erupting are spectacular reminders for me that large-scale changes are often powerful, violent and beautiful all at the same time and can leave extraordinary landscapes in their wake.

Things That Go Bump In The Night

I am headed back to California in March (this time with Evan in tow) for the wedding of dear ones from high school. The trip promises to be a whirlwind reentry into the land of eucalyptus and salty sea-fresh air with nary a moment to even say hi to the 'rents.

Having grown up there, I gotta say...

That corner of the world is an evocative place-- a landscape that encourages a kid's imagination to run wild. Disorienting misty vapors and toe-nibbling creatures of the deep, the monsters of my childhood didn't live indoors in closets or under beds. They haunted the twisty roads of Northern Marin and the waters of the wind-whipped bay.


Little did I know that an artist named Don Kenn --born and raised in Denmark, miles upon miles away from San Francisco-- would perfectly capture these imaginings on wee post-its. How amazing is that? They remind me of the work of Edward Gorey-- macabre and beautiful all at the same time. I'm a fan.




If we DID want to bring this vibe indoors, we could plaster our home with this wallpaper by Abigail Edwards:


More spooky cool birds: