How To Repair Your Broken New Year’s Resolutions
Photo: Jo Naylor/flickr It’s been three weeks since so many of us crawled slowly out of bed on New Year’s Day, and made lists of things to accomplish in 2013. Powered by ruthless ambition,...
Category: foodandsociety
Eating at Tokyo’s Alice in Wonderland Cafe
When I was in Tokyo earlier this year, I went to an “Alice in Wonderland” themed cafe. For fans of cute, or Kwaii, the cafe doesn’t disappoint. Located in a basement of a shopping...
Giant Fake Cupcake, FTW!
Going through my iPhoto library, I found this picture of a giant fake cupcake. It’s from the Louis Vuitton window display last spring. It must be all the time playing “house” as a child,...
Fantastic ALIENS Baby Shower Cake!
I wanted to share this picture of the cake that my friends (known as “The Charlie’s”) made for their own baby shower cake. Because every single time I look at a picture of this cake, I think how awesome it is.
Exploring Food as Culture
Drinks at Haddingtons in Austin, Texas My husband and I have a modern mixed marriage. My husband cares a great deal about food, while I do not. Much to my surprise, I am one...
If you must eat animals, kill them with kindness
We’re quickly approaching “Turkey Day.” That’s shorthand for Thanksgiving, and it emphasizes the meat-centric-ness of the holiday. These days, the Pilgrims are mere Yankee window-dressing to the “Festival of Turkey.” Thanksgiving is just one...
Vehicular Easter eggs: Now that’s a smashing concept!
In America, love is a many-fendered thing. Like no other people on earth, Americans adore their autos, embrace them and identify with them. This love affair started with Ford’s first Model Ts and progressed...
The Time I took my Father to Structure House
For those who have asked, here is an article about the time I took my dad for an Intervention at Structure House in 2004. It originally appeared in an Austin, Texas print-only publication called...
Meet the SYMPLES
Austin’s recent population explosion very well may have been the result of a shipping error at J. Crew. Think about it. How else could so many young, well-groomed professionals have washed up here on...
