Cracking the night away at the Jesuit High School Crab Feed
2014 Jesuit High School Booster Crab Feed: Enjoying good food for a great cause I scanned the auditorium, trying not to pass …
The Chosen: A story of friendship and faiths
Since junior high, I’ve harbored a fascination with Jewish history and the Holocaust. I begged my mother to let me see Schindler’s …
Sacramento eats: An impromptu evening at Seasons 52
The waiter explained that no dish in Seasons 52 has more than 475 calories and they only recently brought butter into the …
Thursday 13: It wouldn’t be Christmas without a banana bunker
A Christmas-scape, the newest addition to my holiday decor. Last year, yours truly got crafty and hot glued all of those medium-sized …
The phone call that changed my entire life
The ringing phone pierced pre-dawn silence. Dripping from a fast shower, I ran to pick up the kitchen receiver before the call …
Photos: A day in Washington D.C.
When I heard the National Communication Association annual conference would be in Washington, D.C., all I thought was: “I’M VISITING THE SMITHSONIAN!” …
It’s not everyday someone throws a fish at you: The Berryessa Gap Paella Cook-Off
Berryessa Gap Winery Paella Cook-off. It’s become a November tradition: Paella. More specifically, lots of paella and at the Berryessa Gap Winery Paella …
Flashback Friday #1
Who knew finishing my doctorate would mean going back in time? Well, that’s what it feels like tackling an overdue to-do: Diminishing …
The erstwhile Christmas tree, all decked out for Valentine’s
It was a preemptive strike, my dressing the still-up Christmas tree in paper hearts of various sizes and shades. You leave the …
Thursday 13: How I plan to celebrate finishing the dissertation
Click. Print. Another chapter. Drafted! To mark the occasion, I’ve thought up Thursday 13 ways I’m going to CELEBRATE when the entire …