My friend, Seattle chef Christina Choi died suddenly last Wednesday after suffering a brain aneurysm. Christina was 34. If you ever attended one of our infamous Bumbershoot parties, The Year Of The Kev Party, or ate at with me at Nettletown restaurant, you’ve tasted Christina’s cooking and I’m pretty sure you’ve never forgotten [...]
Continue Reading →I woke up early this morning to get a jump on my Christmas cookies. This is where the spreadsheet meets the baking sheet; in order to get everything done in time to deliver treats the week of Christmas I have to be super organized and focused. And let me tell you, I need a little [...]
Continue Reading →In my old j-o-b as a Music Director at a radio station, I was an arbiter of taste. Now I’m an arbiter of taste buds. I used to sift thru all the new releases to find the best music for our listeners. I like to think I was pretty good at it; supporting artists [...]
Continue Reading →I spent last Thanksgiving at my mom’s home in the mountains outside Asheville, North Carolina with my Aunts, Uncles, cousins, sister Robin, her family and some family friends. It was a good old-fashioned country Thanksgiving complete with macaroni and cheese made by my nephew Ryan, pictured above. I might have actually shed a [...]
Continue Reading →Unemployment is time-consuming. You have to clean out your old office and set up a new one on your kitchen table, fill out forms, file your claims, and answer the phone…a lot. The phone calls come in 3 categories: commiserate, consult, and console. All 3 are welcome but while the flurry of activity helps me [...]
Continue Reading →The rules for youngest children are there are no rules. At least not in my family. My parents were bushed by the time I rolled out; 4th of 4. They’d used all their collective energy teaching my brother sports and my sisters good manners, and then my sisters sports and my brother good manners. When [...]
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