i only stayed 2/11 of my weekends in sf, and went home the rest. there’s an endless bounty of new restaurants to try and murals to see, but it’s not as exciting as if the city was completely new to me. still, i felt compelled to invite some people to visit me, since when else […]
Sparkling Lemon Cherry Soda
my last day at my internship was last wednesday. i didn’t want to go in on tuesday and i wanted to just be done and have a break before i go back down to socal for school. and then wednesday came, and i was a mess. i cried when i read the cards that my […]
Summer Fruit and Tofu Coconut Forbidden Rice
it all started with joseph william morgan. who sounds like an average white male, but is really the combined alter ego of two musicians previously best known for divided by friday. the duo currently churns out epic orchestral soundtrack pieces, even though their past lives revolved around the pop punk/emo persuasion. unexpected and weird (though […]
Double Coconut Pancakes with Pineapple Orange Salad
there are lots of songs about not giving up. “i won’t give up.” “don’t give up on us.” “never give up.” and i think they’re alllllllll applicable here. these double coconut pancakes with pineapple orange salad took 5 tries. maybe i was too cocky. they’re just pancakes, and i’ve made pancakes before! i wasn’t a huge fan of the […]
Nutty Mango and Napa Cabbage Slaw
i like transparency. i’m a nosy person, and want to know details so i can plan accordingly. so i appreciate context around the grade breakdowns for my classes (there was one prof who only gave my class a syllabus after massive prodding, which ended up being completely inaccurate), the minutiae of my friends’ lives, the […]
Milk Chocolate Chunk Scones with Strawberry Whipped Cream
happy 4th blogiversary to dng! let’s talk a bit about my blogging journey. i didn’t start posting pictures regularly until 2 years in. i was in denial that pictures mattered in creating blog gold, and thought i could scrape by on my charming wit. hah. everything i post now has pictures, though my photography is […]
