Somewhere in Japan, penguins are making a stand. Not with signs, not with hashtags, but with the universal language of Nope. At Hakone-en Aquarium in Kanagawa, the zookeepers are facing the same reality we humans face at the grocery store: inflation is brutal. The price of fatty, delicious […]
There are certain days in life when you think, “Yes, today is the day I make a healthy choice.” You know. Drink more water, eat fewer chips, cut down on energy drinks that could probably power a lawn mower. But fate has a sense of humor. I decided […]
Here we are: the last lazy Saturday of August. That odd, in-between time when summer is slipping away but fall hasn’t quite strutted onto the stage with its pumpkin spice parade. I’m half-tempted to declare today a national holiday: The Cult of Staying In Pajamas While the World […]
Well, here we go again. Another day, another radioactive animal warning. The FDA has now cautioned us not to eat certain Great Value frozen shrimp at Walmart due to possible contamination with a radioactive isotope. Yes, radioactive shrimp. Not just spoiled, not just salmonella-laced, not just “smells like […]
What’s your go-to comfort food? Let’s talk about pizza. Not haute cuisine. Not microfoam cappuccinos or farm-to-table kale. Just good old-fashioned, cheesy, slightly greasy, possibly folded-in-half New York-style pizza. The real universal food or as I like to call it, “the one thing that unites my household, my […]
What do you think gets better with age? “What gets better with age?” you asked, all innocent and philosophical, like it wasn’t about to send me into a spiral of self-reflection and wine envy. The obvious answer, of course, is wine. Red wine, to be precise. That elegant, […]
You ever walk through soup? Not metaphorically. I mean real, breathable soup. That was me today on my way home. Dragging my legs like they were filled with lead and regret through the thickest, heaviest air this side of a pressure cooker. The kind of air that slaps […]
Today, I’m offering some life’s little news bites that oddly feel like therapy prompts. Summer’s here, the city’s sweaty, and even the news feels like it’s melting into metaphors. This week, while sipping my ever hot coffee (since I stubbornly don’t do iced coffee) and contemplating whether I’m […]
It’s Sunday afternoon and the world is… spinning. Or maybe it’s just the ceiling fan. Spinning slow, like it knows something I don’t. Each blade slicing the air with lazy indifference, casting shadowy little flickers on the wall like a low-budget film noir. It feels like I’m in […]
Which food, when you eat it, instantly transports you to childhood? The other day, I did something wild. At least, wild by grown-up, semi-caffeinated, city-living standards. I ordered spaghetti and meatballs. Not bucatini with veal ragu. Not handmade tagliatelle with a saffron foam. Just good ol’ spaghetti. Red […]
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