Que Viva La Frida!

A friend emailed me the other day about a Frida Kahlo-inspired class taking place at the Mesa Art Center in January. I rounded up some girlfriends, headed out for Mexican food and off to the center we went to play with watercolors, stamps, construction paper and...

Notes in the Margin

— Nico isn’t mine. He is adorable though, isn’t he? I love taking photos of dogs and dream of the day when I have one of my own. My current home (tiny) and schedule (stupidly busy, minus all that sleeping) isn’t keen to good dog ownership at...

Feliz, Indeed

Back from my quick trip across the border to bring in the New Year with a spicy Mexican kick. Alma, one of my grad-school friends grew up in Yuma, Arizona. She has family living on both sides of the border who were having a fiesta to ring in 2008. I’ve travelled...

Fresh Start

This sweet boy is one of the many babies born in 2007 who I fell head over heels for. Roscoe William lives in LA and is one of many I hope will one day call me “auntie.” His mother and I have been close since we were girls. His father is a new friend, who...