by Amy | May 30, 2016 | My Family, Yummy
Until recently, I would have told you that my most unusual job experience was working as a street vendor on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, selling tie-dyed t-shirts from a shop called The Wizard of Odd that said things like, “When the going gets tough, the tough...
by Amy | Mar 9, 2016 | My Family, Yummy
We visited friends who have a lemon tree growing in their backyard. Our 5-year-old, Viv, was given a paper grocery bag and the instruction to “just pick a few.” So naturally, we came home with 34 lemons. It was very important to me not to waste these...
by Amy | Jan 24, 2015 | My Family, Parenthood
Why do we enroll our little kids in extracurricular activities? I mean, seriously, why? My daughter’s only four, so it’s not about padding her college applications. And there’s certainly no pressure coming from my kid, who’d be just as happy digging in the dirt all...