A gorgeous spread of wine, cheese & fruit at Seth & Stella’s My friends and I have been indulging ourselves. We play poker, drink beer and eat doritos. We sit at our new favorite outdoor caf&#233, drink coffee and split a slice of chocolate cheesecake. We celebrate the middle of the week with wine, cheese […]

The boo-tiful Penelope is holding a Halloween costume contest — online. Submit illustrations and photos of your costume, real or imaginary. Winners get a pile o’ candy (yum) and a Penelope-illustrated mug (double yum). The deadline for submissions is October 18th, so don’t delay.

1. I wiped the maganda.org homepage clean, and it felt unbelievably good. I will be re-doing it sometime soon, or maybe I won’t. Maybe it will be weeks before I look at it again. That’s okay, too. It’s just a web site. 2. I am testing out Flickr and so far so good. I have […]

The days are zooming by. This morning, I stepped outside surprised that clouds hung low and a chill filled the air. I was still dressed for summer. I’m excited for autumn, for corduroy and denim and sweaters and tights. For cuddling and cocoa. For falling leaves. For turkey and stuffing and mashed potatoes. For the […]

I am glowing with pride right now, because I just discovered that not one but both of my brothers are winners in this year’s Communication Arts Interactive Annual. We may be missing the doctor and lawyer genes, but hot damn, our art gene makes up for it. Congratulations, Tom & Ricky. You inspire me. P.S. […]

I am trying to find a balance between work and play, between here and there, between the way things are and the way I want them to be. I am trying not to give myself unrealistic expectations, but at the same time I am trying to push myself to do/give/be more. I am trying to […]