Something green and gooey in the fridge is usually a bad sign. I say that with solemn deference to my mother’s yum…
Month: June 2010
Foodie Underground: Social Media Savvy, Healthy Fast Food?
Twitter changed how foodies found out about the latest and greatest taco truck, leading to an influx of underground culi…
Scenes from the Spill #6
“Oil pools along Barataria Bay in Louisiana on June 8.” via Newsweek Photograph: Charlie Riedel / AP Editor&…
We Aren’t the World
I am in Geneva, Switzerland as an advisor to the United Nations campaign Safe Planet, a program under the umbrella of th…
The Wear-a-Thon Continues with the Bright Young Things
Eliza Starbuck and Sheena Matheiken Over the past year we got to hear a lot about Sheena Matheiken and The Uniform Proje…
RIP Ridiculous Real Estate: $75M Ode to Excess Selling ‘As-Is’
It was supposed to be “a monument to unparalleled success”, but what this absurd 90,000-square-foot Florida …
Infuse Your Life with Lemon Verbena: DIY Tea
I’ve discovered the ultimate plant for green health: lemon verbena. The leaves from this plant make some absolutel…
Weleda’s Dry Skin Food for Thought
It was that time of the year again – dermatologist time – when I head off to UCLA to visit Dr. Joan Wu. I ad…