Living in Southern California I’ve had to give up on the idea of autumn as I experienced it back East: the echo of birds racing through a quickly denuding forest, the shush of crackly leaves up to your ankles, the…
Yearly Archives: 2013
Stout Bread
Posted in Baking Tagged with: autumn, baking, beer, bread, fall, food, grains, stout bread, whole wheat
Brilliant Nature
It’s still a wild world we live in, despite organized cubbies and vacuumed floors. Sometimes you just have to look a little closer. Recently we’ve been infested with fruit flies. It feels like the Third World without the mud streets…
Driving DNA
Something resides deep in the coils and twists of DNA that compels one to mechanical motion. It’s not enough to run, to swing like our primate forebears, to feel the brush of leaves on our limbs. This tickle of…
The Real Banksy
I know he’s supposed to be anonymous but I think I’ve found out who Banksy is. His ability to work fast, unnoticed, and steal our hearts and minds, is legendary. How can these works of art be done right under…
Let’s Talk Compromise
I’ve learned many things in becoming a parent and one of the biggest is that I’m stubborn and argumentative. How do you argue with a one-year old? How do you argue with a five-year old? Is it worth it? Answers: …
Posted in Parenting, Uncategorized Tagged with: democrats, government, parenting, politics, republicans, shutdown, temper tantrums, toddlers
Fall Fashion is Here!
Earlier than Paris, earlier than Milan, earlier than New York, is the San Diego Fall Fashion Reveal on October 8. This year we’re happy to present the new theme: Exotic Riviera. Let’s set the scene: the engine of a glossy…
Posted in Events, Parenting, San Diego Tagged with: Chriscraft, clothing, fashion, Mediterranean, number two, riviera, sunglasses
Soccer Kids, Soccer Parents
It was inevitable that we sign up Child Harbat for soccer. She needed to get out of the house and exercise and I like the excuse to go to the park on Saturday morning and make fun of other parents. …
Everyone is a Character
When I walk down the street and pass by people my first instinct is to put them into narrow and tidy categories: hipster, corporate jerk, skater burnout, sorority girl. But the problem is, nobody is that simple. When someone sees…
Yoda and Coffee Go Together Like…
Just you wait to see how they go together. Patience. Let’s start with The Boy, aka Number Two, riding his bicycle around with a rubber Yoda hanging out of his mouth. Why does he do this? Perhaps he’s teething except…
Posted in Parenting Tagged with: coffee, coffee grounds, mark helprin, number two, teething, troll, yoda
Your Health Doesn’t Matter
Here follows a hopefully rare but sizzling post on the things that start out as important issues, get pushed up to the level of political debate, then filter back down to the masses. Imagine Americans sewing together a beautiful quilt…
Posted in Uncategorized, Writing Tagged with: affordable care act, congress, health, healthcare, obamacare, politicians, sickening
