My Dog—the Urinating Therapist
-Octavia restaurant review below- One of the many pleasures of having a dog is the nightly walk. In addition to it being a great excuse to troll the streets and peak into my neighbors’ windows,…
Kubeh Soup & Male Menopause?
I had a hot flash at work the other day. I wasn’t doing anything stressful or out of the ordinary either, just typing an email when I felt my toes tingle with warmth. Then the…
Vegetable Kugel with Matzah
When I think of Passover I think of two things: my stepmother’s guest list and vegetable kugel with matzah. For years my stepmother has been channeling her mother (Grandma Shirley) who was notorious for opening…
It was hot!…the Paella not the Date Night
I was never really into the Groupons, Googley offers, Living anti-social deals, and Pop Sugar’s of the world. In fact, I feel like 99.99% of them are only good for two things: helping me feel…
Passover Cake You Can Eat All Year
I can’t imagine what it’s like to have a food restriction. Scratch that, I totally can. I did the Ideal Protein diet a few years ago and lost 40 lbs in three months eating only…
Honeymoon Israel “It’s Good for the Jews”
We’ve all been there. Three hours of high holiday services, your neck is starting to stiffen and you’re slumped in your seat in hope it will make it easier to nod off discretely when the…
Pulse: A Candy Capturing the Heart of India
Sponsored Content Getting people addicted to sweets is one thing, but an entire nation? Now that is something else! Just to give you an idea of how popular Pulse candy is in India: the country’s…
Scaring the Sex Back Into Your Life
Flour and Water restaurant in San Francisco’s Mission District is an Aphrodisiac I don’t know what a “normal” amount of sex is? I mean the frequency with which a couple, you know, do it. Is…