We celebrated Halloween a day early at youth group last night, ducking through haunted hallways, parading in our costumes and carving jack-o-lanterns. There was a ballerina, a toilet, an elf, a Cat in the Hat, a 50’s couple and a blond afro wig that hopped from head to head. I felt ridiculously nostalgic and snapped […]

It’s snowing ashes outside, and a cloud of smoke is slowly rising behind the mountains. I watched the spectacle this morning on my way to work, which is just miles away from the fires. It’s almost pretty. Almost, until I remember that almost 1,000 houses have burned down and at least 13 people have died […]

A few weeks ago, Mom and I were walking to the movies on one of our perfect Girl Days. We get together once every few weeks to go shopping, see movies and eat out. The outings are sometimes as simple as a trip to Walmart and a cruise through the In-N-Out drive thru, but they’re […]

Our Saturday was half road trip, half field trip. Rama, Sidra and I drove a couple hundred miles to the San Diego Zoo. They played Connect Four, while I bopped my head to the Shins. We took turns dancing and making faces at people passing by on the freeway. At the zoo, we picked out […]

The other day, Ricky called me on my cellphone. I was in the candles aisle at Cost Plus when I answered it. “Can you deliver an In-N-Out hamburger to LAX?” “What?” He and his girlfriend, Brooke, were stopped over at the airport on their way to Mexico. Ricky may be a funny guy, but he […]

i have been so focused on jotting down good things that i forget to mention my crushes. just now, i discovered anoushka's drawings and i can't stop swooning and smiling. so simple, yet so charming.