Aw, the serenity of autumn. Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back, I can finally pull my UGG hiking boots out of storage, and I can hike uphill without sweating through every gently thrifted article of clothing I own. Most importantly, it’s finally cool enough that I’m no longer terrified to turn on my oven. Soups, stews, …
Cornbread is one of those foods that somehow turns into a full-blown personality debate depending on where you’re standing in the country. From the Deep South to Kansas City to Texas and yes, even here where I live in Southern California—and everywhere in between that takes barbecue seriously—everyone has an opinion on what the best …
Aw, the serenity of autumn. Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back, I can finally pull my UGG hiking boots out of storage, and I can hike uphill without sweating through every gently thrifted article of clothing I own. Most importantly, it’s finally cool enough that I’m no longer terrified to turn on my oven. Soups, stews, …
Is there actually a better way to spend your birthday week than cold plunging into a freezing Eastern Sierra lake after a brutal uphill hike? This past late August, I decided to “celebrate” turning forty-six years young and still adventurous—even if a few of my body parts have begun submitting formal complaints—by camping in the …
This morning, as I sweated my way up Agnew Pass in the Eastern Sierra, dreaming about eventually throwing my overheated body into Gem Lake at nearly 9,500 feet, I kept muttering one very motivational thought under my breath: If Dolly Parton could spend fifty years walking around in five-inch heels, I could make it up …