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California | Simple Citrus Salad

California | Simple Citrus Salad

This winter, I finally fell in love with California. I fell in love with its weirdly shaped trees and rainy winters, with the dark gray clouds that hover over the hills and the open skies, with the character in the buildings and the earth, reflecting the rough edges and free spirits of the many people […]

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Pistachio Tangerine Cookies & Giveaway!

Pistachio Tangerine Cookies & Giveaway!

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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escape & apple cake

escape & apple cake

A few weeks ago, Ben and I skipped town for the day. We needed to get away—do you know this feeling? The one that whispers that if you escape your normal routine for just a handful of hours, you will be fine, but if you stay, you may well break? I don’t know that I’ve […]

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this will help us

this will help us

I walk to the train station in the cool, quiet morning, rain misting gently from the sky. More than falling, the tiny drips hang in the air like stars in the night sky, and I am strolling through the constellations, collecting their magic dust on my skin. Walking through the rain-like-stars, I feel lyrical, poetic. […]

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turn around

turn around

My parents came to visit us a few weeks ago, and after showing off the Bay Area for several days, we drove south to Monterey, parallel to the coastline, past green hills where cows lazily graze, through the Garlic Capital of the World (!). Perhaps my favorite part of our visit to Monterey was the bike […]

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