What I’m Reading

I just finished The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. That book is still sitting really heavy with me. I can’t tell you anything about the book. In fact, I barely even read one synopsis before...

Camping at Idyllwild

Hope everyone had a nice long weekend! Here’s a few pictures from our recent camping trip to Idylwild. The highlight of the experience was by far these creations our friend Alex brought along. You...

Product Talk

Hi There! I know it’s been over a month since I’ve shared anything on the blog, so I figured we might as well jump right in with some casual product talk. One of my resolutions this year is to be...

Beer Fest at Paramount Studios

A few months ago, Neil and I went to the worst beer festival ever. It was inside a club (in the middle of the day), all the booths were set up on the dance floor completely cramped together, the...

Catalina

That boyfriend of mine. Surprised me with a trip to Catalina for my birthday. From start to finish, he planned the perfect weekend getaway. Not to mention securing the most incredible waterfront...

Neil Flies A Plane

For Christmas this year, one of my presents to Neil was a flight lesson. When we arrived, Johann the instructor led us out to the plane, asked Neil a question or two about the wings…as in, why...

My Mom

I found these old photos of my mom while house/pet sitting a few weeks ago. Everyone always comments on how much my mom and I look alike, but when I saw these photos they immediately reminded me of...

Murphy Ranch Hike

After combing the archives of my favorite LA hiking resource, I knew we had to check out Murphy Ranch. Starting out in a fancy Santa Monica neighborhood, you walk towards a fire road with views of...

Articles I Read and Liked

Hijab For a Day: Non-Muslim women who try the headscarf What Happens at an Atheist Church Vaccinating Against McCarthyism Yes, I’m a Homemaker. I’m a guy. My wife works. We’ve got no kids. I’m a...

Resolution Check In

So, I made some resolutions here and I wanted to check in and let you know how it’s going… 1. Learn to sew – I decided to hold off a bit and buy myself a sewing machine for my birthday in March 2....

Whale (and dolphin) Watching

A couple weeks ago, Neil and I met Heather and her boyfriend Guillermo for a day of whale watching in my old stomping grounds of Newport Beach. We only saw a few little whale tails. The babies come...

Sunday in Big Sur

Since we were unable to see the sunset at Nepenthe, we decided to have breakfast at their cafe Sunday morning. Not only were the views incredible, but the food was really impressive for a casual...

Saturday in Big Sur

It was difficult crawling out from under a million blankets and being blasted with a space heater on Saturday morning, but it was Neil’s birthday! Lattes and pastries were consumed, the rain...

Big Sur – Our First Night and the Yurt

Neil happens to be one of those unlucky people with a birthday sandwiched between Christmas and New Years, so I’ve been trying to do something special for him the last few years. This year I...

Articles I Read and Liked

For your Sunday morning leisure… Here is What Happens When You Cast Lindsey Lohan in Your Movie What Happened to Downtime? The Extinction of Deep Thinking and Sacred Space Paul Salopek: Going For a...

Hello 2013, Pretty Excited About You

Last year I made a lot of resolutions (like, uh, 10) so I was a little scared to go back and see how I did. Turns out…dang, I did pretty good. Sure, I didn’t learn french (good example of an...

Christmas

These are from Christmas morning in San Diego with my family. During the Christmas/Holiday/Hanukkah season, we managed to spend quality time with all the wonderful people that make up both of our...

Happy New Year

Hope everyone enjoyed the holidays. It’s a new year and The French Toast is getting a little make-over because, you know what? This girl lacks patience and serious computer skills and trying to DIY...

Sunset

Holiday Gift Giving: Let’s Talk About Books!

When I was about 11, my mom married Jeff. You can go ahead and start hating me now because I had a truly wonderful step-child experience. What really set it apart was my new aunts and grandmother....

Making Latkes

I feel so blessed to take part in the latke making tradition with Neil’s family. This year was even more special because we had Neil’s brother and his boyfriend joining us, and we hosted everyone...

Articles I Read and Liked

The Ambition Myth: Debunking A Common Excuse for the Gender Wage Gap Is This Grade School a ‘Cult’? (And Do Parents Care?) Hey, Girls, ‘Modesty’ Is Bullshit It’s not about Angelina Jolie quitting...

A house and holiday madness

Just days ago I was being so annoying, talking about how I have almost all of my Christmas shopping done, I have a dress for this party in a couple weeks, I’m the holiday master and all that. Well,...

Holiday Gift Giving: Pinhole Press

Now, I will never do a gift guide on this blog or in life. I like to think of myself as a pretty decent gift giver and I don’t plan on handing out all my secrets. Besides, I think gift giving is a...

Articles I Read and Liked

It’s hard to describe the workload at my new job, but it seems like I’m doing a million things at once for an hour, and have nothing to do the next. This leaves me quite a bit of time to read...

Ahhh, Weekend

Wine has been poured, pizza will be made, and Homeland will be watched. We’re only, like, a hundred years behind on that show.

Update

A lot has happened in the last two months, which is mainly why I stopped getting my French Toast on. Shortly after Neil started his job (which is going swimmingly, btw), I found a new job as well....

A Little (and I do mean little) Thanksgiving Recap

So, even though I’m pretty much always taking pictures of food, I have none from Thanksgiving, food or otherwise. Took that gem of Neil while I drove to my Dad’s and he called his whole family in...

Hello Monday

Just a baby elephant butt to get your week started right. Your welcome.

Happy First Friday to Neil

Neil started a new job this week and I could not be more proud (and unbearable by making him take a “first day” picture when he really wanted to just leave). Today will be his first friday and...