The Coffee Cake You Bring to a Wake
The closest thing I have to a grandmother is Eleanor, my 90-year old Great Aunt who lives in one of those gated retirement communities in Boynton Beach, Florida. You know which ones I’m talking about,…
Panamanian Taxi Adventure #13
Panama is probably one of the most developed countries in Central America. It’s got paved roads, raised highways, a modern airport with a decent duty free shop, an airline (Copa Airlines) with tons of direct…
Polly the Pot Brownie Pusher!
Until recently, I thought I’d witnessed all of San Francisco’s characters. A cornucopia of clichés like the granola hippie nudists wearing nothing but Chaco Sandals and Prince Albert piercings, or the Lulu Lemon housewives pushing…
Big Bottoms & Buttermilk Biscuits. Any Questions?
At the start of spring, a gaggle of gays from San Francisco descend like fairies on the quaint countryside towns of Bodega Bay, Occidental, Sebastopol, Forestville, Duncan Mills, and…well, you get the point. We come…
Pearl Diving in DC
After a dinner with the Farmers Fishers & Bakers of Georgetown it seemed only appropriate to shift our focus away from the fruits of the land to the gems of the sea. The rumors had…
Love-Heart Cake Balls
I…like millions of people I’m sure, hate Valentines Day. I know that’s an intense way to describe a holiday meant to commemorate the love we share for our family, and friends, but “hate” is the…
Bobbi’s Infamous Apple Cake
According to my mother, going over to someone’s house empty-handed is a major infraction. One punishable by death!….or at the very least a smack on the tuchus and a lifetime of guilt. So this has…
And then there was Paris…
I’ve been dreaming of Paris for as long as I can remember. The most romantic city on earth, where people walk around with baguettes coming out of their ears and bricks of stinky cheeses in…