I launched this blog in 2008. My mini-me.
Inspiration for the week (or longer)
August 13, 2016
This week, I rediscovered the pleasure in talking less and saying more. So instead of blathering on for hundreds of words, here are barely 300 words — plus a few […]
March 5, 2016
Last November, a 10-day vacation in Madrid made me a fan for life. The city was so welcoming and filled with surprises. The art, the cultural immersion — I was […]
Indian cooking spices up mother-daughter bonding
December 30, 2015
When my daughter and I take cooking classes together, the power struggle and bickering stops. Our generational divide closes as we surrender to the instructor and the magic of food. […]
Vegan dessert porn: 7 desserts made with my daughter at ICE
August 4, 2014
If you think “vegan” and “food porn” are incompatible concepts, these photos will change your mind. The pictures are from a vegan dessert baking workshop that I took with my […]
Gluten-free pasta-making class — photos & review
January 22, 2014
Now that gluten-free goodies are a booming multi-billion dollar industry, it’s no longer hard to find decent, wheat-free boxes of pasta at the supermarket. Even more exciting — it’s also […]
Art trend: Collage, from Picasso to Facebook, Twitter & more
July 2, 2013
I just saw an exhibition at the Katonah Museum of Art that explains how we’re each curators of our own lives on social media. But first, let’s make sure we’re […]
Five ways to build my brand as the journalARTist™
May 22, 2013
Was that really me the other night? Me, lugging a big drawing pad to a packed lecture hall at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism! I was there for an […]