Thank you, Vallarta! I have been voting with my dollars for some time. Not always perfectly, but I am always trying. We eat a lot of Mexican food at home, which means we purchase a lot of tortillas. It’s always difficult finding tortillas that aren’t made in Texas. I want[…]
Heading to downtown LA for a concert, we found a super-sweet vegan spot. Amble, my favorite Irish band, was coming to town. I was super-stoked, as was Mike. The concert was at the Belasco in downtown Los Angeles, so I searched for somewhere to eat beforehand. There were a couple[…]
Another chance to fight the fascists. After an hour or so of reviewing our sample ballots and making sure I understood everything, Mike and I filled out our choices for the candidates, propositions, and judges. Then we took our mail-in ballots to the library, where there’s a ballot box, and[…]
Getting to a restaurant in LA can be a struggle. I’m done with comments if I arrive with time to spare. It was like a breath of fresh air. Bigger than that, really. Mike and I had rushed from an appointment in Los Angeles to make a dinner reservation on time.[…]
Hiking Mt. Washburn was a personal test for me. Yellowstone National Park has always been a favorite place for us. Mike has been going there since 1992, and I have been going since 1998. We did our honeymoon there in 2005 and last year went back to celebrate our 20th[…]