falling cloudberries

is a wonderfully warm and dreamy cookbook

by Tessa Kiros

i made the italian baked tomato + bean recipe, and
my go-to lemon dill salmon & kale w/ quinoa for dinner.

these beans were labor intensive, but letting the
flavors marinate for extra long is so worth it!
i put the rest in a weck jar and now i can

be happy for the rest of the week.

she is one strange strange cat.

after catsitting, i wandered around looking

for lululemon and instead,

walked into an Easter parade/fair:

walking along streets of giant bunnies and funnel cake,

i got a free copy of the SF Chronicle + a pin!

then i sat in the sun waiting for my henna

to dry and read about tiny-home "dignity villages"

for the homeless, and our obsession with donuts~

i think this is the first time i have ever
owned/read a newspaper. i liked it/need to do this more.  

what a good day; san francisco

is always full of pleasant and strange surprises.

~*~*~catsitting in the city~*~*~

i read thea's gourmet cookbooks, admired her closet

& watched Salem run around the apartment,

wildly.

golden gate breezes &

 crème brûlée

seine

strawberry donuts, italian cafes

& the cliff house

alas, we threw our rainbow party. 

at one point, i just sat back and felt this

extreme happiness seeping inside me as i thought of how

lucky i am to have stumbled upon this eclectic 
collection  of wonderful, genuine, and kind people to

work and play with. we played the most

insane/animated/epic charades circle game
i have ever partook in.

the only non-work person there said to cami:
"you work with all these people? wow, they are
all SO nice."

this is the recovery brunch marie and i ate:

"you're fancy. can we play together

again next time i come back?"
~
moments of intense open-ended learning,
nurtured curiosity, and human connection
make my day.

rainbowin' it up for tomorrow night
:D

i'm healthy

in the spirit of pi day,

i baked an apple biskvit (ukrainian sponge cake)!

i strayed from the recipe and added a bunch of
my own ingredients i thought would taste good...

and the sponge part didn't quite follow through,

but at least it tastes pretty edible.

i'm also trying to eat alot of fermented food,

so today i added kimchi and more kombucha to my diet,

and my stomach pain went away;
hooray for zymology!

i miss mops & fancy malls

 i ordered this book & spent all night looking at it

and post-it noting the places i have been.

 at work, we ordered a typewriter off ebay

(some keys are missing) for our old-fashioned
typography studio project, so i created a
local + international travel to do list:

the high highs played in the city!

while we waited for them to come on, thea and i 
sipped wine on a bench, against red velvet curtains.

it was the most mellow and magical

concert i've ever experienced.
huge props to whoever designed and operated
the lighting + halo-y glowing visual effects. 

~*~*~*~amazing~*~*~*~

cold rain would sporadically sprinkle

alongside the heat of the sun,

causing a very odd but refreshing sensation. 

cactus.

palms.

midcentury modern.

palm springs art museum

a beautifully designed building

intentionally curated with 3.5 levels of place-based

historical/local, Modern, and contemporary works.

tahquitz canyon

desert song

a very very last minute and amazing desert road trip.

due to recent heavy rainfall,

blooming wildflowers were everywhere!