Living in southern California I eat a lot less ocean-caught fresh seafood than I should. When most people envision California, they probably envision palm trees, sandy beaches and Mickey Mouse. That is just a grain of sand of what California is really like. I live basically a mini road trip away from a delicious seafood …
A year ago I was sitting in the fanciest seafood restaurant we could find in Tsim Sha Tsui Hong Kong, the whitest person in the restaurant, okay actual the only white person in the restaurant, and wanting desperately to have just one napkin. How do you destroy a delicious crab without even one napkin? This …
This morning was supposed to be a relaxing a.m. full of deserted sandy beaches and California’s cloud studded blue skies. I was supposed to sit on the beach in my decrepit Tommy Bahamas beach chair and read my book as dolphins frolicked in the Pacific Ocean. I was going to eat one of my favorite …
Tonight my boyfriend lost his chipmunk in the crazy busy shopping district of Mong Kok Hong Kong. This was not like getting lost at the Beverly Center in Los Angeles. I couldn’t just meet him in front of Nordstrom. He told me to meet him in front of the McDonald’s after I stopped shopping for …
When trapped on a mountain on a warm Thanksgiving Eve what better way to waste a few hours than murder some lobsters? Yes, I’m the kind of person who has a few vodka tonics than sees what her kitten will do when face to face with a live Maine lobster. …