midlife crisis

Literally, No Return Ticket

On July 24, 2013, I started this blog under the fun little metaphor “No Return Ticket.” In that first post, I confessed my desire to have a…

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I am Verklempt

Forgive me as I type this with my thumbs. This isn’t a post about food, but this blog wasn’t started about food really. It had started…

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Come, Take a Cooking Class with Me!

Whew. 2016 is wrapping up and it has been a wild year. I am not into New Year’s resolutions and making a big hoopla out of…

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Ruminating on my feisty, loud, potty-mouthed, opinionated, assertive, strong headed self

I started this blog when I quit my engineering day job in innovation to pursue a career in food studies. I usually this space with food-related stories. So, bear…

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Adobo Chicken

I made Adobo Chicken last night. Adobo Chicken is sort of an automatic thing. It is a go-to dish when I can’t think of what to do…

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About that Whole Stepping Off the Ladder Thing

Hello There.  Been a while since I wrote anything here. I’ve been in a funk and as this often ends up about levity and fun stuff…

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`Life-isms : Surf Lessons, Part IV

  ‘Endless Summer’ is simply of one of my favorite adventure tales. I love the idea of putting aside all responsibility, condensing my worldly possessions into…

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Life-isms : Surf Lessons, Part III

Tides. Surfers think a lot about tides. Tides are the result that amazing, predictable force of attraction between the earth and the moon that causes the…

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Life-isms : A Meeting with Dirt

Tuesday was my first day of class. Big day, right? Yeah, I am 38 years old. I should so be over the whole ‘back to school…

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