

Salty-Savory-Sweet Spices and Teas: The World in a Bottle
Sometimes, the most briliant, fearless, and radically passionate of ideas surface while picnicking in a garden across from the Palais...


7 Under-the-Radar Experiences in Southern Ontario, Canada
We go to Ontario at least once a year to visit family and after the first few times in downtown Toronto, we've figured that we have more...


Cappuccino Snobs: The Cannon in Hamilton, Ontario
I'm back in Canada (eh) and while I've always had a tame time in Canada, their coffee never disappoints. We ended up in Hamilton, a town...


Sandals to Romp Out and Travel In This Summer
Summer has made its big arrival in the Sierras. And what that equates to are seemingly endless days of sunshine! Biophiliacs like me...


Believing More and Defeating the Defeatists
I'm in the thick of a struggle with a person very, very dear to me. And the struggle stems from a mismatch in attitudes. There is...


Climb Like a Girl: A First Attempt at Outdoor Rockclimbing
Today, the inevitable happened. Some things just won't let go of me, no matter how hard I try to shake them off. Rock climbing has been...


A Reiki Session in Reno
One of the greatest challenges of writing is that every once in a while, you are presented with a subject very difficult to put into...


Food with Thought: A Toast and Taste of Summer
At the invitation of Yelp's Community Manager in Reno, Michael Tragash, and generous complimentary tickets from the Atlantis, I found...


Breadwinner Series: Gourmet Grilled Cheese
A couple of weekends ago, I had the privlege of a rare private tour of local purveyor of kickass sourdough bread, Truckee Sourdough...


Postcards from Seattle
Our little Washington long weekend bookended in Seattle. With not much time to spare, we spent the little time we had there enjoying...







































