2022 Easter Eggs


2021 Easter Eggs

Better late than never, right?


Sculpture Garden


Laurie Anderson at The Hirshhorn


REACH Winter Lanterns, Kennedy Center DC.


Kennedy Center, DC.


An Ode To GoLYTELY

Colonoscopic Humor, circa 2017 There is no describing po-litely, My tail of flow with GoLYTELY: Two litres at night, Two more at first light, Never have I clenched so tightly.

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Crunchy Biscotti Recipe

The Semifreddis Bakery Cafe on Claremont Ave, Berkeley closed, leaving me without a close, reliable source for their excellent biscotti. And also leaving me with no choice but to attempt replicating their tasty treats at home. I tried half a dozen recipes that I found online, and they all came up short in one way or another. The most promising recipe I could find came from Madeleine Kamman’s The New Making of a Cook and, over the course of three years, I have tried literally a dozen variations on it.

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Gator Swamp tour, starring Allie, The Rescue Gator.


Best BBQ so far (sorry TX, MO, KY)

Ribs were total disappointment, but …sliced brisket was like butter; wings, second only to Momma’s Mustard Pickles in Louisville; and smoked turkey, sublime.