Moments: Ladybugs
KO and met in a park to do our usual yearly ritual of having tea and catching up, but social distance style because of the pandemic. I look down distracted by a dot or red on my black picnic blanket.… Continue Reading
My WFH Setup
Because we all want the sweet sweet bokeh and have a lot of time on our hands. I work in tech. As soon as the pandemic hit last year and we were all relegated to working from home with our… Continue Reading
Moments: Madame VP Pearls
Tonight I’m in the midst of watching S5E8 of The Expanse (because I feel lost during the week without hearing someone say Proto-molecule) when… I get a text from Hel with a question and a link. Our conversation goes as… Continue Reading
Cult of Carbs: Midnight French Bread
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a delicious carb could be found and all I wanted was a piece of bread. Haha ok, that didn’t rhyme at all, but that’s what happened on Christmas Eve… Continue Reading
Buy All The Things: Spice Jars
Before when I couldn’t sleep at night, I’d research and book the next destination that needed exploring, swapping dreams for dreams. Now, I re-jar and re-label my spice jars so it all looks uniform. These are the joys in the… Continue Reading
Cult of Carbs: Banana Bread
When life is bananas bake banana bread, part deux. The first time I made banana bread years ago, it just wasn’t moist and I couldn’t find the right consistency. Luckily during this quarantine time there’s a lot of time to… Continue Reading
Cult of Carbs: Homemade Pizza
I don’t know what it is about a pandemic that has us all craving carbs or just making them for that matter. Maybe it’s the dopamine? In any case I’ve had Jake’s Pizza in my Door Dash cart for maybe… Continue Reading
Quarantine Kitchen: Char Siu
Morning routine, wake up and do the social media Instagram checks. See @iamafoodblog‘s post for making char siu at home and then quickly glance over the recipe to see that I miraculously have all the ingredients. Woo! This never happens.… Continue Reading
The New Normal
Talking to myself is now a mood. It’s been two weeks since the shelter in place order was enacted for the county I live in, and longer since my employer has instituted work from home. Taking time to figure out… Continue Reading
Moments: We Live In Strange Times
If we were playing that drinking game, “Never did I ever…” and now someone were to say “live in a time of a global pandemic” we’d all have to drink. Despite having an extreme attraction to dystopian novels and movies,… Continue Reading