Mom’s Infamous Expat Eggnog
My father was in the Foreign Service (pronounced with a knowing wink), and his job took us to a lot of very interesting places. Vientiane, Laos was our first posting. This was an extreme [...]
Smuggling grass from Mexico
"I got busted at the border for smuggling grass." It’s never good when your partner comes home, and his first words are “I got busted.” Especially when you’re flat on your back with the [...]
San Diego Wildfires–how you can help
Last winter saw a lot of welcome rain in drought-parched Southern California. The result was lots of lush, green growth in the spring, with gorgeous wildflowers and rejuvenated trees coming out of a years-long slumber. [...]
Grandma’s Marinara
Ingredients Onions Garlic Canned tomatoes Tomato paste--1 small can Italian seasoning (marjoram, basil, rosemary, thyme) Wine, red--1 bottle Red pepper flakes [...]
Coming home to Vientiane, Laos
Coming home to Vientiane, Laos, after an absence of more than 40 years.
Tweens in charge of Defense
Sources inside both the United States' Pentagon and the Russian Ministry of Defence today confirmed that two 12-year old #TwitterKind have been in charge of foreign and military policy for the past eleven months. Both [...]
The Onion abandoning satire
The Onion announced today that, effective immediately, it will cease publishing satirical news for the foreseeable future. Jane Fischer, Associate Editor in Chief, said in a telephone interview yesterday, "We just can not make up [...]
New York City with M et Mme Ghazi
This is a post that I actually wrote a year ago. In the madness of getting back from NY and dealing with a recalcitrant client, I lost track of it and thought that [...]
Our Gift from Laos
Most siblings get a few months head’s up about impending newcomers, but we’ve always done things a little differently in our family, so Sean just kind of popped in one day: ten days old and the cutest baby in the universe!
Saigon Reunification Party!
Saigon. Shiiiiit. I’m back in Saigon. There’s a personal history to Saigon that brings out the drama queen in me. I get here and I start channeling Sheen and Hopper in some really tripping [...]