This summer, as I was on a sabbatical in Santa Cruz, I was also secretly building a geolocative mobile application. Last night, the application went live in the iPhone store and now I can tell you all about Galvanize, the way to hide and find real gifts with your friends. (Our Twitter and Tumblr) Please [...]

On Saturday morning, I walked the familiar stands of the Charlottesville Farmers’ Market; the squash, peppers, and eggplants of Waterpenny Farms were shining, as were their beautiful tomatoes, near heirloom Virginia apples, as that season is in full swing. Walking beyond the market, I found Surryano ham (a version of Serrano ham made in Surry, [...]

On Sunday morning, a few Sundays ago, Keryn and Mike were the perfects hosts, indulging us with Mike’s wonderful pancakes and letting us sleep very late (that’s Kate’s butter, of course). Note: This is the third in a series of three posts about Maine. You might start with the first or second post. Keryn likes [...]

There are always so many possibilities in Maine. I had Keryn hold up her quick list of things we could do during the weekend, and it promised as much potential fun as the lighthearted additional lettering on this street sign in Camden. For breakfast, we went to Home Kitchen Cafe in Rockland, making sure to [...]

A few weeks ago, my friend Fil and I drove from Brooklyn to Maine, taking an unplanned detour through New Hampshire, where we came upon this farm, and this roadside restaurant, which led to a tasting of grape nut ice cream, and a bucket of native (in this area of the U.S., “native” is used [...]