Back during COVID, I did what a lot of us did... spent a lot of time navel-gazing and cooking. One of the things I wanted to get back to was cooking the food I grew up eating. Growing up, we sat at the table every night and had dinner together. I don’t remember what we talked about, but I remember the feeling. The routine. The intentional time together as a family. It meant something. And it’s one of the things I miss most from my childhood. So I started cooking traditional F

I’ve been missing my friend Kimi Serrano in California. We talk on the phone as often as we can because she’s one of the few people who refuses to go back and forth on text. And honestly, I respect that. Some conversations deserve voice. Tone. Presence. We’ve known each other for over 25 years. That means she’s seen every version of me, from my mid-20s to now. She knows my flaws, my strengths, my stubbornness, and my growth. And she’s still here. That means something. We’ve

I was having a conversation with my friend Kimi from California. We were talking about our friend who passed away unexpectedly in 2020