It’s the season of warmth, this one, and I hope you’re feeling that fully. There’s been more rain this week than I’ve ever experienced in the Bay Area, and it has left me wanting to curl up on the couch with a blanket and a mug of something hot and steaming to drink. But it’s […]
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The holidays are indeed upon us, and they’ve swept me up entirely. I’ve been immersed in the pre-holiday sprint at work, tourist-centric people watching at the Ferry Building as I finish up my Christmas shopping, cocktail parties, cookie decorating, the inevitably chaotic process of packing for holiday trips, present-wrapping to the tune of old Christmas […]
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The other day, I missed my bus stop on the way to work. I realized at just the last second at the stop after mine, so I ended up two stops down the line from where I needed to be. I had been reading. Clearly I’m as distracted by books now as I was as a […]
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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE, my friends! I come to you this festive and anticipatory moment with humble but lovely offerings in the spirit of the season: a crumbly and sweet and oh-so-delicious quick bread, a poem. My gifts to you. This bread can be found in the archives of the renowned Joy the Baker, but I […]
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The bustle of Christmas has descended upon us: parties galore, holiday markets, warm and/or boozy beverages, platters of cookies, bits of evergreen poking out everywhere. I love it deeply. We emerged from this past weekend — the Weekend of Holiday Parties, one might have called it — feeling all the more festive and only slightly […]
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