A CHEF’S WIFE/ YOGA TEACHER’S GUIDE ON HOW NOT TO MAKE AN “ASANA” OUT OF YOURSELF…
OFF THE MAT AND IN THE KITCHEN!
Do you know the muffin man?
Doesn't matter. Now you know the muffin lady. Howdy friend! I love making muffins. Even more so, I like eating them. Recently, I've been toying with several pumpkin recipes- soups, butters, breads, and muffins. When they are fluffy and moist, they are obviously at...
This one time at band camp…
"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in it's roar; I love not man the less, but nature more." Childe Harold I've just returned from an amazing four day...
Adventures in #glamping
What's "glamping" you might ask? It's glamorized-camping, silly! I stole this hashtag from my friend Meadow who camps with wireless, iPhones and computers. Not me. Think camping in the most beautiful part of California, Big Sur, and in tow you have a husband you call...
Apples to Apples
I am truly amazed by the countless ways you can use an apple, and I'm not talking about the device I'm using to type this post on! Apples. Green, red, yellow, brown. Apple sauce, jams, butters, pies, cakes, breads, juices, stuffings and I could go on, but I won't....
Living the SLO-cooking life
Nothing about my life is slow. I'm a mover and a fast-shaker, and I get tired when I slow down, so I don't! That's why I love practicing in the Ashtanga Yoga tradition. The practice itself is fast moving and there's no time to talk or think, never mind process actual...
Quinoa! Wait, how do you say that again?
For ten years I was a waitress. The first five years I spent were as a bitchy server and then I found yoga, so problem solved. I learned patience and also how to breathe. And here I thought I knew how to do that already, unconsciously! I was able to practice patience...
Happy Birthday Corduroy!!
My Golden Retriever Corduroy turns two today. This dog has my heart, soul and all of my leftovers, forever. One of my earliest memories as a child is meeting my first Golden. I was seven. My "rich" childhood friend Jackie had a petting zoo theme party for her...
Antique is to heirloom as pizza is to pizelle
I am an admitted impulse buyer. I see. I want. I buy. Then and there. And then I am left with extreme buyer's remorse and end up returning whatever I bought and then I think it through again and am right back at said store usually a day later re-purchasing the same...
I LOVE my animals more than I LIKE most people.
There. I said it. And I'm not taking it back. Andy and I just left the Oak Park Vet Clinic where we had to put down our cat Bear. This is a cat who made most nights sleepless for us, who would only drink water from the bathtub after Andy showered, who talked/meowed so...
Real men eat quiche… that’s meat/crustless!
The weekend is over and summer is almost gone too. Now that I live in California though, this isn't a problem since September and October are our best months! Gone is the June/July/August gloom that living near the beach allocates during the summer. And yes, that's me...
Something to “Bragg” about!
Call me a creature of habit. I like to wake up and go to bed early and for the past eight years or so, I've been getting up at the crack of dawn to practice Mysore-style Ashtanga yoga. In Chicago, I practiced with a tight-knit group of about 15 people, and we came...
Peaches, plums and green thumbs
The absolute best of of teaching yoga on the Central Coast is the different varieties of fruits, veggies, greens, cheeses and wines (yes, I said wine and cheese) that students gift to me on a daily basis. At first I thought I was just really popular, now I realize the...