Yesterday around noon I found myself walking north on 18th Street on my way home.  The day hadn’t gotten dark or breezy yet, and so people were everywhere, draped over all available Rittenhouse Square real estate and occupying every outdoor table at Devon and Rouge.  As I approached those two restaurants, a thought flashed through […]

One of my favorite things about flying in and out of Portland during the daylight hours is the amazing views you get of the Cascade Mountains. When my parents were first looking for a place to live that wasn’t Southern California, my mom had a dream about living someplace with a view of a […]

After spending the last week looking at every object that crossed my path with the thought, “Is this something worth keeping or can I live without it?” I’m finding that I can’t shake that view.  Since returning home I’ve already filled two grocery bags with books I don’t feel the urge to keep anymore (I […]

I am back in Philadelphia, it’s my 28th birthday and I’m going to see Waitress tonight.  These are good things.
Yesterday was a very long day of travel, including a four hour flight next to a vomiting (four barf bags passed through his hands) seven year old, an already-long 3 hour layover in Detroit stretching into […]

1. Any Day Woman - Bonnie Raitt (Bonnie Raitt)
2. I Like It - Dixie Chicks (Taking the Long Way)
3. Some Days You Gotta Dance - Dixie Chicks (Fly)
4. Little Comfort - Beth Amsel (A Thousand Miles)
5. A Higher Place - Tom Petty (Wildflowers)
6. Not a Pretty Girl - Ani DiFranco (Live at Falcom Ridge 99)
7. […]

Something happened today that firmly confirmed that I’m more Philadelphian than Portlander.  I was driving down West Burnside, the street that marks the divide between the north and south sides of the city.  I had just sold a bunch of books at Powell’s and was feeling pretty good about it.  Heading back to the east […]

I’m in Portland, OR right now, on the week off between the end of the spring semester and the start of my summer class.  However, it isn’t really a vacation.  I’m here to go through the stuff that’s mine in my parents’ house and do something with it.  For the last two days I’ve been […]

Scott sent an email out to the group of us who work on Fork You today, with a link to an article in the Spokesman Review, the Spokane, WA newspaper.  The article was titled “Video bloggers serve offbeat food TV” and features Fork You fairly prominantly, which is pretty darn cool.
For an appetizer along those […]

From the airplane yesterday, as I flew into Portland. I sometimes forget when I’m away why people live here, but then I remember. It’s because it is beautiful here. As we were flying over Eastern Oregon, the low foothills looked like crushed velvet, as the green of new growth started to peek […]

My sister was in town and stopped by to be a special Fork You guest, as well as write out brand new theme song. I promise you’ll be entertained by this one, and learn how to make some really spectacular roasted root vegetables.