Electrolicious

Here’s an embarrassing admission: every once in a great while I get a craving for this enormous crappy salad they make at Olive Garden. Despite being called “Garden-Fresh Salad,” the iceberg lettuce was likely grown hydroponically in a warehouse, and it sure as hell ain’t fresh (or nutritious). I have no idea why I occasionally [...]

But I’m obsessed with this fragrance. I can’t stop sniffing myself!

And that was all I needed. God bless Sunday brunch at Healthy Hedon!

Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of the same questions on my Mr. Bento lunch pictures. As longtime readers and friends know, there’s nothing I hate more than answer the same questions over and over again, so here’s a FAQ all about my dang silly lunches.

In February I started going to NIA classes once a week. NIA immediately hooked me (read about my first class here), and I’ve continued to attend classes Friday mornings ever since.
Between musical theater in high school, noodling around to Phish in college, and raving through my 20s, dancing with people is the thread that’s held [...]

Oh no! Only a week left to buy me birthday presents. A whore’s work is never done, folks. I’ll keep pimping it until you make me stop.

Five years ago I heard a beautiful piece of music on Radio Nova. This was before they were doing song titles on their live stream, and since the radio station is based in Paris, I couldn’t exactly call and ask them what they’d just played. The song was an instrumental soundtrack piece, with this haunting [...]

Meet Mr. Bento!, originally uploaded by .Ariel.
Those of you who were around during Dre and my month-long cleanse a few years ago may not be surprised by this. The rest of you may think I’m a freak (or, at least, more so than you usually do). But I’m currently obsessed with a Japanese lunchbox [...]

Come hear me tell a story! Monday I’ll be sharing a story as part of A Guide To Visitors‘ “Home for the Holidays” storytelling series. If you like reading my stories on Electrolicious, you’ll loooove hearing them in person.
WHEN: Monday November 21, 6:30 doors, 7:30 show
WHERE: Jewelbox Theater at the Rendezvous, 2320 2nd Ave, Seattle
COST: [...]

Walk The Line
It bore many similarities to Ray: a dead brother, burgeoning fame and drug abuse, Oscar courting by the actors. That said, I enjoyed it. Joaquin Phoenix is pretty remarkable, and I love that both he and Reece sang their own songs. (more info)
Brokeback Mountain
Not nearly as prurient as I had hoped for, but [...]