anatomy of a race

The night before: Go to pre-race pasta feed with training group. Talk about leg pain. Eat pasta. Lots of it. Comment on how garlicky...

mobile food

At last -- Santa Rosa has a food truck! My co-worker Keely and I spotted Street Eatz leaving our office park about two weeks ago,...

crossing guard couture

This vest is how I know summer is almost over. (Which is sort of funny, since this week marked the first summer-like temperatures...

disgusted

Honestly, the egg recall -- almost half a billion eggs, what many news outlets are calling the largest in recent history -- doesn't...

rave run

Fourteen miles in Duncans Mills yesterday: A tree-lined run through the mist....

heartbreak, a definition

Overwhelming sorrow, grief or disappointment.Or: When you arrive at the SF Street Food Festival and you are hungry and you have pushed...

looking forward to

... SF Street Food Fest today, where I hope to get my paws on some Hapa Ramen and Chairman Bao. And if the dashi and pork buns are...

on dining alone

Sometimes I crave alone time.And sometimes I crave a tamale.It's wonderful when it all comes together: Today I curled up on the couch...

from burma to burritos

Had to include a photo of yesterday's Burma SuperStar feast. Mmmm -- yellow bean tofu and coconut rice! (Have I mentioned how much...

feeding the monster

How does this little monster keep the fun going the day after seeing the Mother Monster perform in all her glory (i.e., in this completely...

ice cream, self-flagellation

This ice cream is so good, it is making me rethink my life.Ever since I ate it this afternoon, I have been wondering why on earth...

c'est si bon!

If my work were a high school, then Chloe's would be the cafeteria -- so many of us go there for lunch! (In fact, I went twice this...

those crazy canadians

And their ketchup-flavored potato chips.(Which I actually kind of like.)...

on a positive note

I don't entirely understand this cat lipstick. It's extremely impractical (who has a mouth shaped like a cat's head?), but I think...

still trying to adjust

It's been three days since I left Red Mountain, but I still feel like I'm in vacation withdrawal. I can't stop thinking about that...

interlude

Spent a few days in St. George, Utah, last week, feeling very small and very young compared to the red rocks that tower over the...

über ding dong

Tonight: Dinner at Jackson's, where the idea of the Hostess chocolate cake hits a whole new level....