Happy birthday Brenda Lynn!
When I think of how mean I was to my little sister growing up, I’m surprised she likes me today. Like when …
A Grateful Heart: My very merry Christmas season
As Mr. T pulled into the garage last night, I was caught red-handed plugging in the Christmas lights. When he inquired as …
Happy Christmas!
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without pugs, right? (Two of four family pugs pictured.) Hope you’re all having a beautiful weekend. Happy Christmas …
North Highlands “Wild One” album debut!
This just in… the new North Highlands album is out!! Check out (and download!) “Wild One” right this very minute by clicking …
Easter at 36,000 feet
Peep sushi from Mikuni in Sacramento! Another day, another plane (or three), and I find myself in the Windy City. On Easter. …
Daily Musing: Pug overload
It started innocently enough. A puppy seems innocent, right? (Well, cute at any rate.) One day my sister Emily introduces a pug …
The Malvinis take Manhattan (and parts of Brooklyn and the Bronx, too)
I lead a charmed life, one filled with riveting academic articles to read like “Chemosensory Cues to Conspecific Emotional Stress Activate Amygdala …
Thursday 13: My baby sister marks a quarter of a century
Turning 25 is weird enough as it is. When your baby sister turns 25, there are no words. I potty-trained this kid! …
North Highlands out-wham’s Wham, Christmas-style!
As my sister noted when she posted this video on Facebook a couple days ago, our parents made us complete Christmas dorks. …
Buy an original ‘Emily’ and an angel gets her wings, er, pointe shoes
Original painting by Emily Tan My lovely niece Pasta Brains, I mean Emily, is ridiculously talented. She paints. She dances. She takes …