After 18 years of living in San Francisco, I was seriously starting to consider moving. I loved the life I had built there, but taking the next step — like buying my own house with a yard — felt out of reach for me. However, I was afraid I would regret leaving the place I
I always thought I’d be settled somewhere for good by age 55, with a comfortable home, established garden, and chest freezer in the garage. But after growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, raising my kids in Seattle, and becoming an empty nester, I realized I had no idea where I wanted to settle
This put my homemade turkey sandwiches, which I considered solid, to shame. Oil, vinegar, oregano, and salt gave an otherwise simple sandwich an incredibly flavorful twist, and it paired beautifully with the soft, crusty-at-the-edges bread. It felt like a hybrid turkey-and-Italian sandwich. The turkey was surprisingly moist, as was the cheese — which made sense
My 16-year-old self had it all figured out: I wanted to live in a van and travel the US. Time did what time does, though, and practical lessons from older relatives slowly pushed those dreams to the back of my mind. Instead of saving for a Volkswagen bus, I saved for my first home, because
As the weather gets colder, the fuzzy socks and heated blankets start to come out … and another way to exude warmth is by adding a spicy scent to your fragrance collection. “In the fall, we often look for warm, sensual, resinous smells, like rich vanillas and spices,” Haugen said. For a resinous and spicy
After a tiring seven-hour flight from Boston to Frankfurt, a three-hour drive from the airport, and six flights of stairs to our apartment, we arrived in Düsseldorf and quickly learned air conditioning isn’t really a thing in Germany. The large tilt-and-turn windows in our place didn’t have screens, only metal rolling shutters. This meant we
