Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Japan A (semi-) monthly round-up of things I'm reading, watching, and obsessing about. We’re doing our next #SweetsCrawl food tour next weekend in Sacramento. Northern California friends, join us there! You learn so much from traveling and working that you could not get in school. I love this trend for college-bound students who are able to take time off. I ...
Tips for Road Trips & Camping With Dogs
Summer is here, and I cannot wait to get outside. I'm planning two different camping trips this summer--our annual 4th of July friends trip, and a trip to Pinnacles National Park, America's newest national park in the rocky hills east of Monterey, California. On both trips, we'll be camping and driving up there with our dog. Posey is a seasoned traveler and we take her on a lot of ...
Join Us in Sacramento for Our Next #SweetsCrawl!
I'm very excited to announce the date of our next #SweetsCrawl reader meetup & local food tour! Mark your calendars and save this date: Saturday, June 11. This time, we'll be exploring Sacramento, our California State Capitol and a pretty darn exciting food city. Sacramento is the gateway to California's agricultural Central Valley and is surrounded by 1.5 million acres of farms, ranches, ...
15 Unusual Fruits to Try From Around the World
When I travel, I love to find new and uncommon foods from around the world. I always visit local markets and grocery stores to hunt unusual produce and regional ingredients. When I get home, I enjoy looking for those unique foods here in California. A few months back, I decided to plan a Bay Area meetup to share some of these interesting global foodie finds. I scoured local ethnic food ...
Crater Lake Take Three, We Weren’t Meant to Be
Not my photo, sadly. Source: Nathan Richey One It was 2011. I was in Southern Oregon with Kevin's dad and brother for a wildlife photography conference and road trip up the Oregon coast. I was most excited to visit Crater Lake National Park to see the deep blue volcanic lake rimmed with white snow. As we drove to the park from our hotel in Klamath Falls, the weather was beautiful, the sky ...
A Kid-Friendly Tea Party + Recipe for Matcha Green Tea Cookies
Since we returned from Japan, I've been talking tea with our friend, Doreen. She was curious about what you can do with matcha, the powdered green tea used in the traditional Japanese tea ceremony. We had brought her a chasen, the bamboo whisk used to prepare the tea, but she hadn't tried using it yet, so last weekend she invited us over for afternoon tea and a matcha tea-making demo. I ...
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