Cheesy Pennies

1. This movie* 2. Teaching a group of ten fourth and fifth graders to cook a multi-course Halloween feast in under three hours. In bot...

I wasn't looking for the fountain of youth, but I found it the other day at a nail salon* in a Studio City mini mall. The woman next t...

It was obviously some kind of illusion. A mirage. A repudiation of the effectiveness of progressive lenses in women who are clearly too yo...

Begin odd, but by now at least familiar, intro: "The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macaro...

My two favorite messages of the week from October so far: 1. "Smile at everybody." It's either catching, or incredibly annoy...

I know the silence has been a bit deafening. That is not to say that there has not been much blog-worthy activity. Fear not, I shall retu...

I recently listened to a fantastic episode of This American Life . If you're familiar with the show, you know there's usually a pr...