Lately, I find myself looking for fun gifts for tweens because I have a tween who gets invited to her tween friends’ birthday parties. This weekend before my tween’s latest birthday party event we headed to Wishbone, a store in San Francisco that sells all kinds of cute unnecessary items perfect for gifting. This is […]
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My Visit to Magnolia Bakery in Los Angeles
On a recent drive from San Diego to San Francisco, we stopped in Los Angeles for a potty break and I pleaded with my husband to make a detour to Magnolia Bakery. This is Magnolia Bakery in Los Angeles. I don’t know how much you know about Magnolia Bakery, so let me tell you just […]
Our Experience With Death, Love and Healing in Hawaii
We did not go to Hawaii for fun, we went to Hawaii to say goodbye to my brother-in-law Travis Wilson. He suffered an aortic rupture, which deprived his brain of oxygen for so long that even after the rupture was repaired, he was no longer Travis. Instead, all that was left was a body being […]
The Sky the Day My Brother-In-Law Died
The day my brother-in-law Travis Wilson died, the sky in Hawaii was overcast and it rained off and on. But the moment he died there was no rain falling from the sky. Instead, the sky was a gorgeous shade of blue dappled by diaphanous white clouds. It felt significant that the sky chose to be […]
Snapshots From Our Trip to Solvang, California
We planned a road trip from San Francisco to San Diego, CA and decided that Solvang, California – known as the Danish capital of America – would be one of the places where we stopped along the way. I used to go to Solvang with my mother when I was a child and I remember […]
Our Family Ornament Exchange
This year we decided to adopt a new tradition: a family ornament exchange. We did it secret Santa style and drew names out of a hat, but since there are only four of us participating, we didn’t really keep it a secret. I have to say that I was really proud of all of us […]
Tamal Memes Because ‘Tis the Season for Tamales
Hola Chulas y Chulos! How you doin’? Ready for my favorite time of the year? Now, you can call the season “wintertime” or “the holidays,” but those of us in the know call it peak tamal season. In honor of tamal season, my chancla and I put together some of our favorite memes about tamales […]
My First Tamalada as an Adult
Our friends invited us over to their house for a good old fashioned tamalada and it was so much fun. Just in case you don’t know what a tamalada is, it’s basically a tamal-making party. Not gonna lie, I haven’t really been to a tamalada since I was a child and most of us were […]
DIY Velveteen Rabbit Made by My Daughter
For years now, my youngest daughter has been going to see the yearly production of “The Velveteen Rabbit” put on by ODC in San Francisco. This year, inspired by the performance and instructions provided in the production’s program, she decided to make her very own velveteen rabbit. She’s 8 and made the whole thing without […]
Our Family Gratitude Tree Is Full
Every Thanksgiving we do some kind of gratitude activity. This year we made a gratitude tree. It wasn’t fancy or anything. I used empty toilet paper rolls to make the trunk and branches of the tree. Then we made leaves out of construction paper and each member of our family wrote things we are grateful […]