Alright! Here we go with part 2! If you need to catch up, check out Domestic Warrior: Retail Project Part 1, Nordstrom BP Shoes After BP Shoes, Pam and I made a bee line straight for Salon Shoes… Salon Shoes Grade: A+ We browsed for less than two minutes when a very attentive salesperson, Andres B, found […]
Retail Project Part 1, Nordstrom BP Shoes
I’ve been dying to do this project for what seems like ages – and last Sunday, Pam and I were finally able to embark on our adventure. As you all know, I’ve been fascinated with American consumerism for quite some time – I’m always trying to dig into why it’s so ingrained in our culture […]
I Solemnly Swear I Am Up To No Good
I dropped off the face of the planet for a little bit because… CJ took me on the BEST DATE EVER. It was a two-day date! He got us passes to watch all eight Harry Potter films in order at a theater. Thornton Place Theater up at Northgate turned it into a pretty awesome event […]
Hope: Turning Shit Into Gold
This photo hangs in a coffee shop near where I work. The quality of the image is lacking – the lights and the glare were really hard to work with – but you can still get the general gist of what’s going on. There’s one woman in the photo and thirteen men. Of the thirteen […]
Halloween Nostalgia – Heidelberg Style
Mmmm…October. The month for eating way too much candy. It’s the prequel to the season of eating as it really just helps us get in gluttonous shape for Thanksgiving, whichever December religious holiday eating one prescribes to, and a fancy NYE celebratory feast. Yep…time to warm up to eating. Thinking of all the candy I’m going to […]
Easy Recipe: Cinnamon-Orange Almond Tea Latte
First World Tea Problems As someone who is newly vegan and caffeine-lite, I’m still trying to hard to form new habits. One of my favorite habits was enjoying a nice cup of coffee at one of our many brilliant Seattle coffee shops, or savoring the gourmet concoctions CJ would make for me on a Saturday […]
Music is a Time Machine
As I was walking home from work today, listening to a random Google radio station, one of the songs from Carol King’s album, Tapestry, came through the rotation and I was immediately transported back in time about twenty-five years to one of many long roadtrips my mom and I used to make. It was just the […]
Goodbye, Java? Hello, Chai?
I Love Coffee In this regard, I’m the perfect Seattleite. I love the smell, the flavor, the ritual. I love all the little local coffee roasters and shops in Seattle. I refuse to go to Starbucks while I’m in town, but the second I travel out of state I gravitate towards the green glowing beacon […]
The Vagina Aisle
I went to Rite Aid today hoping to find some cold medicine that would help clear my head. Instead, I left super irritated (and without my cold meds) because I was reminded how much I hate the phrase “feminine hygiene”. What “Feminine Hygiene” Should Mean When I wander into an aisle labeled “feminine hygiene” I should expect […]
My World is Being Rocked by a Lady
By a lady fantasy writer! I cannot even begin to express the euphoria I feel when I discover a new author, book, or series that can pull me out of my life and take me on an amazing adventure. Even though I devour books like french toast (I like french toast, ok?), it’s rare to find a book […]
