1 cup blackberries6 short cakes1/2 cup mascarpone cheese1/4 cup sugar ( Or agave nectar)1 tsp vanilla1 tsp Meyer lemon zest Combine the mascarpone cheese, sugar, vanilla and zest.Slice each short cake in half, top with a dollop of the sweet cream and a few blackberries.
I tried to run Mt Baldy with friends the other weekend. I failed in so many ways. I did not reach the top of Mt San Antonio, more commonly known as Mt Baldy, at 10,006 feet. I also lost my friends before the massive hike/ run even began and ended up doing the whole thing solo. Even with …
This part of the mountain is very drastically different some times. We are so close to Joshua Tree National Park and when I run in this alpine forest I see everything from Yuccas, to Joshua Trees, to cacti, to wild larkspur and juniper trees. Today I ran a brand new trail that was …
It has been fourteen years since my first tattoo experience, a single band of horses galloping majestically around my right bicep. Except the guy who inked my tattoo in in the year 1999 apparently had no idea what a horse looked like. He drew on my right bicep what could only be described as a …
I hike and run in our national forest which sits just outside my door all the time. You would think I would be aware of the painful make you itch, sting and your skin ooze disgustingly for days plants. Yet every spring and summer I find myself drawn to poison oak and Stinging Nettle …