Recipe Sunday: Chipotle Apple, Onion and Fruit Galette

I’ve been fighting off a cold, frantically cleaning for a week-long apartment guest – and dealing with a new freelance job that’s made me start to question my life choices.

So, playing in the kitchen hasn’t been much of an option. But when my husband bought me a beautiful bag of apples, I realized that a galette might make me feel a whole lot better. And it did. Continue reading →

Rightwing Think Tank is Very Afraid of Imaginary Liberalism

Political partisans tend to fall into the trap of mischaracterizing their opponents. This generally manifests itself as low-level innocuous stuff. Coastal liberals may think southerners are all gun-toting, bible thumpers or midwestern conservatives may think of city dwellers as metrosexual peaceniks. Most established, politically connected organizations would try to avoid getting tripped up by these common stereotypes. But most organizations are not the Heritage Foundation! Continue reading →

Waze Has Made All Radar Detectors Obsolete

Even casual motorists are always on the look out for the 5-0, not wanting to get pulled over. But for road warriors the speed trap is less of a statistical likelihood and more of an absolute certainty. You don’t want to get a huge ticket (with hefty fees on top of the fine) just for accidentally going 5MPH over while passing that hyper-miling Prius that refuses to budge off 63MPH.

For years I held onto the greatest radar detector ever made, the Valentine One. But the Google owned Waze smartphone app has finally convinced me to put away the V1 and sign onto the future. Continue reading →