Makings of a good bday card...

T's birthday is coming up and as it is my custom to make him a card, I've been looking around for ideas and inspirations.  Here is ...

Withdrawal

Power outages are a fact of life in Kenya, but I can't say I've gotten any more used to them yet.  No power means, no TV, n...

Test Kitchen - Lemon Drizzle Cake

A former work colleague of T's was in town this week so we had him over for dinner this past Tuesday.  For dessert, I decided to tr...

Wishlist - YSL Coloring Book

As a kid I LOVED coloring.  I had buckets of crayons and kept my favorite ones in a separate ziplock bag that I took with me literally...

Through the Kitengela Looking Glass

I was going through pictures on my camera and came across photos from our trip to Kitengela that I meant to post about back in Ja...

Test Kitchen - Homemade Thin Mints

Having once been a Girl Scout for about 7 years, I have a love hate relationship with Girl Scout cookies that runs pretty deep.  I hated...

Wishlist - Kinetic Creatures

I saw these guys featured on my Pulse news feed the other day and instantly felt an intense desire to own one.  If you haven't alr...

A Day to Remember at Hallasan

On our second day in Jeju, we took the advice of Young Suk, our host at the guesthouse, and embarked upon the Yeongsil Trail up Hal...

Craft Lab - Kitenge Notebooks

After shopping for notebooks and finding our options in Kenya less than enticing, T and I had the idea to make our own notebooks using...

Fiesta of Fusion

Years before Korean tacos came into vogue in food trucks across America, my mother was serving them up for lunch at our home in Pittsburgh....

House of my mother's dreams

Despite Korea's staggering economic development and technological advancement, I'm often surprised and amused by how supersti...

Roadtrippin'

I spent a lot of my childhood being driven across country in a Toyota van.  I guess it all started when my father learned to drive ...

Test Kitchen: Salted Caramel and Pretzel Blondies

A lot of interesting new recipes keep popping up on my Pulse news feed.   This  being the latest.  Took a shot at it this afternoon an...

A Day to Remember at Bonte Museum

During our last week in Korea, we decided to take a trip to Jeju island with my parents for a couple days.  Located just south of t...

Homesick

There is a very special place in my heart for San Francisco.  I mean yeah, the weather isn't nearly as idyllic as the tourism pho...

High School Fantasy

A couple weeks ago, while on the subject of "cool artistic spaces", we learned about Kuona Trust from a friend who descri...

Test Kitchen: Orange Almond Cake

It's been awhile since I did any baking so when I saw this recipe on my Pulse news feed, I thought it was high time that I dove b...