First Person Singular by Wendy Braitman

Purchase Power

I’m waiting for a box to arrive with my new Adidas “track pants.” And it makes me smile just thinking about it. Sometimes, shopping works.

UPDATE: the Adidas track pants arrived and I hate them.

Photo by Sarah Illenberger

The Commute

I grew up in NYC with a father who took the subway to Manhattan every morning. One of the benefits of being a Career Coach is that I get to work from home and avoid L.A. traffic. How do you make your way to the job?

The Commute by Christoph Niemann

End of Week Zen

Good advice by Mr. Bingo

Self Reflection

I’m a mirror avoider. How about you?

Visual by Jean Jullien

What’s Your Beach Read?

The New Yorker cartoon by Ellis Rosen

The Case Against Marriage

What you lose when you gain a spouse. Read all about it in the current edition of The Atlantic.

Illustration by Rose Wong

We Are the Champions

I believe!

Working It

Chart by Matt Shirley

Celebrating a Diverse USA

This bolognese lasagne is from the instagram page of Linda Miller Nicholson. And here’s her caption for it:

“My favorite thing about the #USA is the diversity contained within her borders. A country founded by immigrants that has always been welcoming to the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free. This year I celebrate the Native Americans whose land I grew the herbs in this dish on, the Mexicans, who provided much of the produce contained herein & who are the literal breaking backbone of this country whether you care to admit it or not, the Italians, who inspired this Bolognese lasagne, the Koreans, who taught me a secret ingredient in sauce never hurt anyone (yes, there’s kimchi in the Bolognese, sue me!), & the many cultures who represent the stars & stripes on top, whether in our military over the years helping to right injustices the world over, or on our melting pot of turf, sharing stories & recipes from homelands that converged to form the barrios of our major cities & the fabric of our agricultural lands.”

Summer Bounty

We have an eternal growing season in Southern California, but really good tomatoes only start making their appearance in summer. For the last month, I’ve been sampling the cherry tomatoes from vendors at the Hollywood Farmer’s Market. Mostly, they were mealy and mediocre. That is, until Sunday. And oh yes, the wait was worth it.

Watercolor by Wendy MacNaughton from Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat