2022 Goals

Local 360’s Mac & Cheese

Boasting Tillamook and Beecher’s cheeses (plus Dinah’s from Kurtwood Farms) I expected an amazing mac ‘n’ cheese but unfortunately this one fell short. The serving size was good for sharing across a few people who order entrees. It’s enough for one person as an entree itself, but I wouldn’t recommend it just based on my

2018: The year of the burbs

Anyone who knows me knows my strong feelings about suburbs versus urban city centers. And anyone who knows me also knows that my avoidance of the former (unfortunately most of my close friends in SoCal moved to the burbs with their families) and search for the latter are why I left Santa Monica in November

Seattle: Week 9

Day 63: Considering it’s been two weeks since I’ve written, you’d think that I’m off doing exciting things. That’s only partly true; I’ve just also been really busy with a freelance project that was due last week and consistent nannying gigs. A few notable items from the past two weeks: I joined a flag football

Never apologize for your hustle

“You’re so busy” is something I hear often. It’s also not uncommon for me to get a “boo” or sad face emoji when I have to turn down an invite. As long as I’ve been old enough to use a planner, I’ve had a busy schedule. And as long as I’ve been able to tell

To disembark or not to disembark, that is the question

It amazes me how intensely people debate on social media and how willing people are to berate friends over status updates and comments. But that’s what our society has become. People can easily hide behind their profiles and argue to the death without having to face their opponents – who may actually be their close

Author says there’s no place for alpha females in a relationship

As appeared on NonDoc.com At first, it was my friend’s all-caps, double-exclamation-mark Facebook post that motivated me to look closer at the article she was sharing. But then it was the headline that fully pulled me in: “Society is creating a new crop of alpha women who are unable to love.” Finally, someone had defined

Battle of the Sexes

Every 4 seconds a girl speaks her mind to an uniformed guy Every 6 seconds an uniformed guy is speechless Every 10 seconds a girl proves something wrong Every 60 seconds a girl comes to the aid of a girlfriend in need Every 3 seconds a girl gets the last word Every 5 seconds a

A country, career and movie meant for me

I rarely get caught up in cheesy online quizzes that have little basis for their random results, but I go sucked into three: which country do you belong in, what career should you actually have, and which movie is actually based on your life. Here are my results, which I have to admit came out pretty

Flat Stanley Travels to LA

At the end of January, my little cousin’s Flat Stanley unexpectedly arrived at my door. Having just spent two weeks with my friend and her nephew’s Flat Stanley in Kenya, I was elated to have a turn with him and show him my life in Los Angeles. Flat Stanley and I had such a great