There’s a bagel in all of us
The best bagels are so much more than pieces of bread. For me, a solid bagel is an experience. A memory of cultural musings, the celebration of which, honors its centuries in existence with every…
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…
A Lazy Bear’s Birthday at Lazy Bear
Today I turned 33. The end of my “early 30s” and the start of my transition to my “mid 30s.” For the past few weeks I’ve been telling myself it’s “mid 30s” but it doesn’t…
My BF Wears Sweatpants in Public
Every year for Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish new year) Jonathan and I fly back east to visit family and friends. It’s our annual pilgrimage to the mother country, which, for us, happens to be a…
Midday Musings & the Tupperware Wars
The dog is freaking out. I watch him wiggle and writhe in excitement for his walk, and wonder if there’s a way to bottle whatever chemical imbalance he has inside. A physiological chain-reaction strong enough…
The Positive Reinforcement Diet
Based on Thorndike’s Law of Effect, early 20th Century behaviorist B.F. Skinner was considered progressive, because he thought it made more sense to study human behavior by systematically measuring visible causation and action vs. trying…
My Dog Pooped In IT
We’re coming up on the six-year anniversary of the day I adopted my child Edward Lewis; which happens to coincide with one of the most mortifying moments of my life. Here’s what happened. Eddie, which…
A Pie-Deprived Childhood
Having east coast Jews for parents my childhood was devoid of pie. Don’t get me wrong, there were tons of desserts around, just not pies. We enjoyed New York style cheesecakes, éclairs, napoleons, cream puffs,…