I cook many things.  I develop new recipes.  I pour over cookbooks.  I relish new flavors.  I revel in culinary victories.
My kitchen is my studio, my laboratory, my sanctuary.
While some women delight in buying a cute new handbag that just went on sale or those sassy shoes that just went on clearance, I celebrate (and [...]

I am totally, 100%, a bonifide Tia Chucha’s groupie.  If the place had a fan club, I’d run for president; I’d flood the inbox with gushing fan mail; I’d moon about it on my social network status–oh wait, I already do that one.  Well anyway, you get the idea, I just love the place.
Why do [...]

I love the
acoustics
here inside the
cathedral of my mind–
headphones on
swirling
twirling
floating
etherial
I love the
breeze
here inside my
symphony hall on four wheels–
windows down
rapping
tapping
bumping
strumming
Music,
I breathe you in
and I am intoxicated–
your rhythm beats
out of my chest
your melodies course
through my veins
your harmonies crackle
along the electricity of my nerves
I hear your lyrics and
my soul is moved to dance
I am wrenched
by your dissonance
I sigh
at your [...]

…and so should you if you are in the Southern California area!
Proceeds from this event will be used to continue funding the phenomenal programs offered at Tia Chucha’s Cafe Cultural including workshops in writing, art, poetry, music, cultural heritage and so much more.  Find out more about the vision and mission of Tia Chuhca’s.  Amazing [...]

You know the ones.  We all have them.  Those really outrageous dreams we have for our lives.  Not the ones that we throw every once of passion, blood, sweat, and tears into realizing.  The other dreams.
One of my other dreams is to be the lead singer in a swing or jazz band.  You know like Billie Holiday [...]

Being the smitten Over The Rhine fan that I am, I have found that most things in my life can be, either directly or indirectly, related to a song of this, my favorite band ever.  Basically, they have written the soundtrack for my soul.
I recently moved into a new space.  After wading through countless Craigslist [...]

I think the first time I fell head-over-heels in love is when I heard the exquisite music of Over The Rhine. They were playing at the school where I did my undergrad and apparently were regular performers at this venue. I went not at all knowing how my life would be changed in [...]