Last night, Bren’s improv group, Suddenly Dapper, performed their monthly show at the Falcon. It’s hard to describe, but it’s a vaudevillian type thing, with improv, music, spoken word and dancing. It was great! My friend Karen and I performed a ukulele duet, entitled “Have you ever been fronted”, about two girls who are best [...]

There are few things that say party more than guacamole. It comes together in minutes, and alongside a handful of tortilla chips and a cold beer, summer is complete. But oh, how often have you had BAD guacamole? Or even worse, the store-bought kind that’s so runny that it looks like bile? Blech! Make your [...]

A little while ago, I posted a request: for a donation of an old working computer to us, Studio Baba, because our older laptop (from 2000!) appeared to have kicked the proverbial bucket. I’ve literally been praying for another computer for months. Literally. It’s been so frustrating trying to get two person’s worth of stuff [...]

The story of my friend Mandi perhaps best conveys the power of bacon. A number of years ago, Mandi decided to eschew meat completely, and adopt a vegetarian lifestyle. If I remember correctly, she didn’t like the idea of eating anything with a face. Except for bacon. Sweet sweet bacon still occupied a place in [...]

You guys have had lassi right? At the Indian restaurants around me, they offer mango lassi and the plain sweet kind, but the prices astound me! I don’t think people realise how easy they are to make at home, and since it only costs about a dollar to make, why not? Don’t let those restaurants [...]

When I lived in New York, this was the time of year when a massive iced coffee from Dunkin’ Donuts became part of my wardrobe. Sob. Alas, here I waste away in LA, where this warm, breezy, sunshine-y weather just BEGS for a DD V-IC with H&H and 2 S’s (Dunkin Donuts Vanilla Iced Coffee [...]