“I was just a kid when I found out how cruel the world could be faded pictures from forgotten times of endless misery. I lit a candle but I could not know why.” -Dillinger Four (from their song “Hand Made Hard Times Handed Back”) A few years back there was a kid I came to know through three second intervals in the school cafeteria. I [...]
Sometimes you crave one of those really sugary, super processed, chalky as hell protein bars. Sometimes you want something a little better for you. It is at those moments that I reach into my cupboard and look past the quick oats and protein powder. I have my sights set much further back in the pantry. It is here that I find my container of…quinoa?! Quinoa [...]
Misty Miller is a dusty voiced Londoner who has been making music since the age of eight. She recorded her first album at 15, releasing it in 2011. Earlier this year she released her debut EP Girlfriend. Her follow-up is the brand new single, “Anything For You”, which is the first one from her new EP. “Anything For You” is steeped in the kind of electric [...]
While I’ve eaten mostly vegan for the past six months or so, I still make exceptions for birthdays and celebrations for both my teammates and the kids in my class. If I were to refrain from sharing in the celebration I think my teammates would understand but the kids, that’s a different story. Case in point, Valentine’s Day. I received a ton of chocolate from [...]
Somehow, some way, J-Fur and I have to figure out how to fit a baby in this cramped apartment. In recent weeks we’ve combed painstakingly through our possessions trying to figure out what needs to go and what can stay. One of the first things we attacked is our 95 book shelves. Memories ensued, followed closely behind by tantrums, as I had to part with [...]
Poet Pablo Neruda masterfully blends love, fruit and slaughtering butterflies in his poem Every Day You Play. The poem’s essence can be summed up best by its closing line “I want to do with you what the spring does with the cherry trees.” In most of the world spring isn’t yet here. In Florida, I don’t think it ever left. Still, it would be premature [...]
For fourteen hours last Sunday (or at least my brain’s equivalent of fourteen hours) I heard the same red carpet interview over and over again. The main gist was an opening question about who was being worn. There was an answer which was followed by the reporters fake gushing. Then the follow-up focused on viewing the nails/jewelry/purse of the star in sight. I quickly bored [...]
Before hitting 2013 running, let’s take a moment to enjoy some of the finer food parts of 2012. Favorite Sandwiches: Beer Barbecued Chiken with Sprite Biscuits Vegan Fish Tacos BBQ Portobello and Mushroom Sandwich from the Chubby Vegetarian Veggie Ruebens with Kimchi Chicago Style Italian Seitan Monsieur Red Dog Braised Kale and Chickpea Sandwich from Serious Eats Calabacitas Burritos with Homemade Tortillas Lone Star Lentil [...]
There is this tale, nearly as old as my school, that everyone loves to tell. It is one that has so many different versions and interpretations, it is hard to tell which one actually happened. I think the closest to the truth goes something like this: It was the school’s 21st anniversary. For years they had been hosting a Christmas cookie exchange. Everybody bakes a [...]
