Dear Maddie,This is the story of your first year. Before the age of one, you lived through a pandemic and underwent open heart surgery. You were born…Apr 12, 2021Apr 12, 2021
One year pandemic-versaryOne year ago was the last time I dined in a restaurant. It was the last weekend of life as we knew it. But we didn’t know it then.Mar 16, 2021Mar 16, 2021
Thanksgiving 20/20When I was growing up, Thanksgiving was hands-down my favorite holiday of the year. The table of food overfloweth and we got together with…Nov 30, 2020Nov 30, 2020
Printed nostalgiaEvery morning I pick up my print copy of The SF Chronicle, and I read the headlines while I’m waiting for the SF Muni bus. Onboard, in a…Sep 26, 2017Sep 26, 2017
Revisiting Kristi Yamaguchi & 90’s skatingBefore there was Netflix or YouTube or hundreds of cable TV channels, there was primetime Olympic figure skating. Fame and the public eye…Sep 4, 2017Sep 4, 2017
Learning languagesThere is a scene in the recent Wonder Woman movie in which the title character reveals that she speaks hundreds of languages. To prove it…Jul 9, 2017Jul 9, 2017
Published inMad FriscoMe and SnowWhen I moved from the East Coast to California, I mourned the loss of “surprise snow.” There would be no more waking up and pushing the…Jan 23, 2016Jan 23, 2016