by | Dec 3, 2013 | Random Musings, Uncategorized, Writing
Lighting the Chanukkah candles. It’s one of those time honored traditions that grounds me in my faith. And while I love both giving and receiving presents, my favorite thing is actually lighting the candles, singing the prayers and meditating on the flames as...
by | Oct 31, 2013 | Food, Writing
Sophomore year of college, I got mono. A lot of kids get mono in college and, statistically, most of them get it sophomore year. Although that may be a statistic which is primarily in my head as I tend to make statistics up. I was so sick that I lost twenty pounds...
by | Jun 16, 2013 | Cycling, Writing
Two years ago, when I fell during the 600 mile AIDS lifecycle from San Francisco to Los Angeles, I thought it would be hard to get back on the bike. I was scared, sore and maimed…with 21 stitches stretching from my eye to my cheekbone. But I got back...
by | May 7, 2013 | Writing
Amarone, Barbaresco, Barbera, Barolo Brunello di Montalcino, Chianti, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo and Valpolicella…I tried them all. There was a lot of wine in Italy and I tried them all, often asking waiters for the best local wines they served. I sniffed,...
by | May 5, 2013 | Television, Writing
I love Downton Abbey. From the first piano note of the rapturous theme song, I have been addicted to the colorful conflicts of the fictional aristocrats and proletarians. I can easily see myself in several of the characters: I’m a cross between Lady...
by | May 5, 2013 | Food, Writing
I’ve done Atkins… but I love carbs. I’ve done Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig… but I love carbs. I’ve done Lindora and Nutrisystem and South Beach… but I love carbs. And Italy is the capital of carbs. To be a connoisseur of pasta,...