I know six people who are celebrating their birthdays this month, including Kyle, my mother-in-law, and my dad. And, last night, we learned that Kyle’s cousin Tonya (maid-of-honor at my wedding) gave birth to a baby girl, Emma Lynn. August…
This weekend, Kyle and I drove to Portland to see Sleater-Kinney’s last concert. The band, which is one of my favorites, is breaking up. It’s a bummer for a lot of reasons, among them: They just released their best album…
It may be too late to mention this, but I have two articles out this week that you can probably still pick up. One is a restaurant review in the North Bay Bohemian of Romeo’s Pizza in Petaluma. I gave…
I have a small article in this issue of Bust about Switch, an online show that is designed to teach girls how to combine tech and crafty stuff.
People have been asking when I’m going to post about my Canada trip. So here it is! From June 30-July 4, Kyle and I went to Seattle to visit his dad. On July 1, we took a clipper from downtown…
I am back. I will post pictures of our fabulous trip to Canada later this week. In the meantime, I forgot to mention I have a cover story in the most recent Pacific Sun. From 1910-1940, Chinese immigrants were held…
My article on Lyme disease, which ran in the North Bay Bohemian, was reprinted in Metro Silicon Valley. The article is getting quite a bit of positive feedback from Lyme disease sufferers. It’s always nice to know people like your…
Last weekend, Kyle and I went to Monterey to celebrate our anniversary. We stayed at the Way Station Inn on the north end of town. Although the hotel is by Monterey’s tiny airport, it’s quiet and surrounded by pine trees.…
In keeping with the wedding theme, my article on wedding tourism was published in the June issue of North Bay Biz Magazine. As anyone who has been through one knows, weddings are big business. This article looks at the financial…
Four years! (Joy and Kyle in Napa, two days before their wedding)