For a few years I had a pie cart in San Francisco called Pie Fridays (piefridays.com). I used to bake 50 pies a week for it so I’ve definitely put in my ten thousand hours. The truth is, I hate most pies. The reason why people liked my pies so much was that I made […]
Read more »
A few weeks ago it was John Lennon’s birthday. He would have been 81 if he hadn’t been gunned down by a selfish little twerp that wanted to be famous. Lennon was a complex, sometimes assholic, damaged, misogynistic genius and I admit that he has always been my favorite Beatle. He didn’t have a functioning […]
Read more »
Welp, it’s spider season and I have four large spiders in my backyard. They each have their own quadrant where they have built gigantic webs stretching inconveniently through my yard’s thoroughfares. One spider has decided that connecting her web between the bouganvillea and the lid of our recycling bin is the perfect place to build […]
Read more »