Everything in life is harder when you injure your dominant hand. I never realized how aggressively I rely on my right thumb until I went full cartoon character and wiped out on the ice. Ah yes, the glamorous life of a snowshoe guide: hike, Jeep, snowshoe, fall on my ass, repeat. Bake Sourdough Rolls and …
One thing that six days of being on a liquid diet has taught me is that Bone Broth is life. Experiencing a colonoscopy is no joke. I knew there would be two days of a liquid diet, including one day of chugging basically lemon-flavored Pledge directly on the toilet, but I had no idea I …
Here in 2025, charcuterie is trending more than the 90s—again—because nothing screams “adulthood” like turning Lunchables into a personality. Seriously, whoever thought that flannel and cured meats would bring out the nostalgia? Everywhere I look, my friends and family have suddenly become charcuterie goddesses—women who can sculpt salami into roses, braid mozzarella like it’s hair …
Here in 2026, even the most health-conscious foodies (Hi, that’s me) are embracing clean comfort foods. Well, that is all fine and good after a hard day of “Work” snowshoeing twelve miles in one day as Big Bear Lake’s premier hiking guide, but I could use a beer right now. Or maybe a few Bloody …
It’s raining cats and dogs and squirrels here in Big Bear Lake—and I’m loving every glorious, soggy minute of it. What I’m not loving is the fact that I’m now over 48 hours into my colonoscopy fast, and my will to live is being held together by sheer spite and the promise of eventually shoving …