A while back, I flew to DC for Uncle Pete’s 80th birthday. My daughter, who arrived with my dad hours before me, texted from the hotel: “You didn’t choose this place, did you?” “You’re going to hate it.” It was your standard American Mc-Hotel Chain™: a A while back, I flew to DC for Uncle … Read More »
Anyone who has spent any length of time mingling with high school faculty can tell you that every school has at least one: The stiff, socially-awkward-and-resistant-to-change teacher. He is usually a member of the math or science departments* who bears ink stains on every one of his shirt pockets, and rocks the same wardrobe/eyeglass style … Read More »
A week ago I had lunch with an old friend. Our meal turned into a two-and-a-half hour catch up on our work, creativity, our relationships, yoga… But our conversation around addiction was the highlight. There is not one person I know, whom, if they were truly honest, can claim to be addiction free. It’s a … Read More »
So I popped on last night’s NFL stream, hoping to catch a glimpse of the 2023 Person of the Year and what she was wearing, and wow: Did you see that goalie score, umm, a home run (?) against the Dolphins? I think it was that hot guy Taylor Swift is dating. This concludes my … Read More »
Fresh out of UW business school in 1993, I took my first “real” job in outside sales: pushing corporate long distance plans. Salary: minimum wage ($4.25/hr at the time) plus 4% sales commission. No expenses, including gas, which I paid myself. It was to be, naturally, the first step on my way up to the … Read More »
So there’s this man who appears to be his 80s who lives in a 1970s era raised ranch about a mile from my house. His second floor living room window is perpendicular to a three way stop I pass through on my drive to the studio. Every morning for about a decade during my morning … Read More »
And here I thought I need to be able to paint. Or to throw cute pottery or spend hours with a sketchbook sitting in a corner at the Louvre. To classify myself as A Creative, I mean. I am anything but one of those cool artist women who hangs macrame on my walls and wear … Read More »
Admittedly I’m late to the party (hello have you met me?), but between last night and this morning I binged White Lotus Season One in it’s entirety. I know people who are Meh about this show. I, however, consumed it like candy, simultaneously cringing and laughing out loud to the point of annoying both the dog … Read More »
There’s a photo I recently unearthed from a drawer that was taken approximately a week before the second most humiliating moment of my childhood. My parents – who to my astonishment were complete Seventies’ Snacks btw – and I, are pictured at SeaTac on our way to visit our deeply religious, God-fearing family. These visits … Read More »
Do you remember your first time? The first time someone looked to you? It was 2014; Twist Yoga was retreating in India. I had been a leader on projects before, but yoga? Nah. I was the non-creative business person. I intentionally put other teachers between the eyes of clients and me, told myself I … Read More »