Yesterday Molly Mayhem (aka kitchenmayhem.blogspot.com) had her Birthday BBQ. Molly has been my friend for a couple of years and we first met when both skated for the Bay Area Derby Girls (we have both since retired from that league). Last year her and I celebrated her birthday by having a wonderful picnic on Angel [...]

What is Snakepit? Snakepit is a daily three-panel autobiographical comic done by Ben Snakepit (Austin, Tx based punk rocker). It is one of my favorite comics and one of the longest running autobiographical daily comics that I know of. Ben used to print them up in a quarterly zine but now they are published once [...]

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One step closer to it being summer; my favorite season. The above picture is one of the trees in my front yard. I’m not sure what type of tree it is but the petals remind me of French vanilla ice cream.
To celebrate today being the first day of spring I’m going to offer [...]

Seriously, I love donuts. I love donuts so much that I even have the limited edition Voodoo Doughnut tracksuit. Some of the best vegan donuts (at least on the West Coast) can be found at Seattle (Mighty-O), Las Vegas (Ronald’s), and Portland (Voodoo Doughnuts). It’s a shame that I don’t live close to any of [...]

I have always enjoyed St. Patrick’s Day; not just because of the green beer. My family on my Father’s side is Irish; so I grew up having wonderful family gatherings every St. Patrick’s Day. The cute little wall hanging pictured above was my Grandmothers’ and she was the one behind most of the cooking at [...]