As a travel writer and outdoor adventurer, I have news for you, Pete, there are so many more incredible outdoor adventures to be had outside of our national park system here in California. Don’t get me wrong, Yosemite National Park has the awe-inspiring Tuolumne Meadows full of more mule deer than you will see grazing …
I just snowshoed up a mountain with my brand-new adventure dog! Thank God I have some homemade gluten-free Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake packed in my backpack! Snowshoeing is always so much harder than just regular hiking, throw in two to four feet of snow, breaking trail and struggling to the top of a mountain peak, …
Tonight I got to be the nutwalla. But first I had to squeeze my Butter Chicken Butte into my largest Kurti. It’s an Anglo-Indian Christmas miracle I didn’t have to cut the damn thing off of me afterward! That’s how tight a fit my favorite emerald blue Kurti is these days. When I purchased this …
America has a fascination with dogs. The typical American spent around $1,400 a year just on their dogs last year. It was estimated that in 2021 Americans spent over 109 billion on their Fido’s and Champs! As Americans, we buy two hundred-dollar dog beds. Living in a ski town, I see so many tourists putting …
If there is a blizzard raging outside your cabin then dear Lord I hope you have a hot pot of tamarind-infused pepper water simmering on your stovetop! Who needs cheap canned chili when you have pepper water? Well unless it’s Elk Chili with Adobe Peppers of course of course. But back to this savory rasam-like broth. …