Author Archives: Tanya

week off

By | December 26, 2011

It’s just a rule, ever since I was a kid, I’d get sick right around the holidays, last week of December. UNWAVERING rule. So earlier this weekend I had a fever, and then was feeling better, and I got to go to Christmas dinner with my darling boyfriend & some of his family and their [...]

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Remedios Varo – Indelible Fables @ Frey Norris

By | December 22, 2011

Through my previous stint as a contributing editor at SF Flavorpill, I’ve still been kept on the press mailing lists for a few local art galleries. While I can’t exactly offer the level of exposure that I could have before, I’m still happy to share the news about an upcoming remarkable exhibit of works by [...]

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Break time

By | November 12, 2011

Taking a break from a mass of dishes and cleaning I’ve been doing this morning, and still have to finish. Saturday afternoon lunch of bread made by a friend, Parmigiano-Reggiano, and baby spinach salad with fennel and figs. Accompanied by a cup of Glühwein. Enjoying it while watching Cheri. It’s a bit fluffy, but beautiful [...]

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When bread pudding calls, you answer

By | November 6, 2011

Yesterday afternoon I took my mom to tea and food at a recently opened flower shop & tea room, Rose Tea, in the Inner Sunset neighborhood here in town. We shared some sandwiches, lentil soup, cookies and jam, over hot cups of tea. The portions were huge and the tea selection is small but covers [...]

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your requisite “what am I doing here?” post

By | October 14, 2011

Fellow bloggers and readers: How did you come to develop your tone and theme in your blog? More importantly, do you feel a personal blog should have a particular theme, or should the blogger reserve the right to write about whatever they want? Is there an obligation for consistency in a personal blog? I feel [...]

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