"My purpose here [in My Life on the Road] is to tempt you to explore this country. American travel seems to need an advocate. If I'm going to Australia or…
One of my biggest fears in life is being interviewed about American history by some secret talk show reporter (I know- first world fears). Like the fools unveiled on Letterman or…
April 2015 "The opposite of play is not work, it is depression." -Brian Sutton Smith That quote resonated from the podcast and cut through my work session like garbage trucks disturbing an early morning's…
February 2014 Why? Because it's beautiful? No. Why? In architecture school, the why was always waiting around the bend in the critique. We learned to think analytically, artistically and technically. We learned to…
January 2014 It's been a whirlwind year (aren't they all, really?), full of extreme ups and downs, so I dedicated time to sitting in my window seat, cuddled under a…
November 2013 Since bringing my little one home from the farm, I have made many, many, many a trek up and down a few flights of stairs en route from…
A behind-the-scenes tour of America's Test Kitchen, where constant experimentation in the kitchen leads to perfect recipes.
03.14.13 If ever there were proof of my nerd side, it would be Pi(e) Day, a quirky union of math and baking between layers of flaky pie crust. This year,…