Walking the Talk
I’ve become a human pinball on the nine-block stretch of Roosevelt Avenue between my apartment and the express E stop. No matter how I walk, slower, faster, on the right, on the left, I end […]
Author: Krista
Fall Lineup
Within the first five minutes of the premiere of American Horror Story, there was barfing in a trash can. Two-headed women will do that. In the second episode of the new season of Walking Dead […]
Bedding
The prospect of getting to sleep in a bed my last might before getting to sleep in a number of Bay Area beds was exciting enough to motivate me to open the 38-pound box, pull […]
Grime
I’ve now been a homeowner for two full weeks, not so long, but long enough to shift from sandals to boots. (I originally wrote this yesterday and now it is sunny and humid again and […]
Creases
Though I'm semi-furiously packing and cleaning (only two days left in this apartment) it's easy to get distracted by nonsense like old business cards, books you forgot you had, deciding whether or not to keep […]
Doubles
Doubles are (is?) a Trinidadian/Tobagoan curried chickpea sandwich in a flatbread. I've never actually had one, which is slightly embarrassing as a supposed food person. Yesterday night, I sat (after a young woman gave up […]
Packing It In
The thing about moving three times in two years is that you get to refine your paring down. There's still a lot of under-worn socks, underwear, blouses, and shoes to be purged. Maybe even books. […]
Summer Shoes
It's still summer, it's still over 90 degrees and I still have summer feet a.k.a. heels ripped to shreds. The above grossness is the aftermath of trying for the third time to wear the […]
Caught Underaware
Adult diapers are having a moment. I was sort of amazed to see this ad in my Cooking Light over the weekend, and made the mental note to somehow mention it somewhere when I started […]
Who’s Laughing Now?
In an impromptu meeting with one other person my boss threw out Gap and Uniqlo when naming two apparel retailers. When he did it again later he said Gap and Lane Bryant, which made me […]