she found her dance once more! and there she found a piece of her soul was healed a piece of her self returned her dance was there—it was always there— in her heart, but she had lost it for a time for a time there in the dark she had trouble finding it behind the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

…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.  [...]

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 the department [...]