The next time you hear kids playing outside, take a minute away from your constant diatribe about how kids these days should spend more time outdoors and away from their iPads, and make a quick call to the police to have that kid picked up and plopped in front of a foster family’s wide-screen. Because […]
Which Moment Would You Like Me to Live In?
My husband and I were on a really nice streak of going to concerts. From little clubs where local musicians sing in gravely voices, wear flannel shirts and play dulcimers, to big concert venues with pyrotechnics and $10 beers, and lots in between. One blues band we saw played car mufflers that their dad had […]
There’s No Place for a Sardine Sandwich in 2015
My husband and I occasionally grocery shop together now. I used to think that was something only dorky newlyweds did, but that premise was a trick by my husband to get out of helping me shovel two carts of groceries into our house every week. Back when our kids were young, if he were to […]
Interview with the Google Maps App Lady
First off, I’d like to thank you for agreeing to this interview. You are quite the elusive celebrity! Yes, well, I wouldn’t quite call myself a celebrity. I haven’t been on a single red carpet, even though I know the exact location of every single one. I mean, honestly, if anyone could find their way […]
Recommended Reading
I have got to stop clicking on these links for lists of books that you have got to read by the time you die or you’re a pathetic illiterate lazypants. Really. I mean, I’m 56-years-old and I’m still falling for book recommendations from people who don’t know me, my reading tastes, or my penchant for sarcastic literature […]
How to Do San Francisco’s Chinatown
If you read the headline and are considering skipping this, reconsider. Think you’ll never visit San Francisco’s Chinatown? You’re wrong. You will. According to my statistics 75 percent of the people I have met casually or better have been here to visit in the past 22 months. The other 25 percent have firm plans to […]