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πŸ’˜Valentine’s Day Photo DumpπŸ’˜

Though Valentine’s Day is a bit, you know, trite, I am of the philosophy of the 1994 Built to Spill album “There’s Nothing Wrong With Love.” So some of the red happenings of Love’s official holiday. Red Velvet cupcake again, because it is mind-blowing Sugar cookies mostly for the kids. Read more…


Happy 53rd Anniversary Mom & Dad πŸ’

No longer having the ability to bake fresh cakes for my loved ones, I needed a very high quality replacement to celebrate my parents’ anniversary… and I found one. Peach & Pine‘s baker creates absolutely gorgeous cakes. I was so excited what she could do for this very special anniversary. Read more…


Mom & Dad’s Anniversary Cookies

A special batch of chocolate chip cookies for my parents’ 52nd anniversary! Sure I wanted to make something more involved, but my mom just loves my cookies. It’s been a rough couple of years for my parents and I wanted to sweeten a their day. Something about this recipe: It Read more…


Lady Sunbeam, Nostalgia 🫧🫧

I had this vision of a vintage commercial for this vintage set of Lady Sunbeam hot rollers I scored from the Rochester Goodwill Bins. But it was better in my mind. Still here is some related content for archival purposes. Little me in curlers…


V.V. Holidaze:
πŸŽ„ And Somehow It’s That Time Again…

Another jam-packed year proceeds to its 12th month… December… 2021. Along with the usual confusion of “How is it December already?!” my beloved holiday decorations welcome the wonder, twinkling with a love and appreciation of those who blessed my year and reflecting an enduring hope for continued adventure in the Read more…


Only Time

My latest photography love is taking pictures that could be from a different time, a time that leaves all of the worst of the now in its own frame, blurred by an airbrushed filter, adds bunny ears and whiskers and then deletes it with harsh alert tone that jars you Read more…


Abandoned Trolley Cars 🚎
Red Hook, Brooklyn

Back in 2009 I visited the trolley cars that were withering away behind the Fairway in Brooklyn’s Red Hook. Though I took a few photos of them at the time, I assumed they’d be long gone as Brooklyn’s waterfronts continue to transform. But on a recent ferry ride, I saw Read more…


Passing Time
[January 2021 Archive]

Time is marked so awkwardly now; it’s disorientating. Without its usual structures, a day is still frame. A painting made in a day. Packed in words. Empire. Holy cannoli Keep it safe. Roadside attractions. Bus view of Bayley Seton. Those clouds though. Outfit of the day. Pantone 292. Homemade Chana Read more…


Vegan Treasures of Staten Island
Made in Sicily in Grant City

The Sicilian chick pea fritter Panelle is “accidentally” vegan. But Staten Island’s only Sicilian eatery, Made in Sicily in Grant City, has got ’em nice and piping hot so you don’t need to get oil all over your stove like I did last I made it. They’ve also got lots Read more…


Scenes from a Quarantine, Part 14

As we enter 2021 still within this health crisis, still within political insanity, the Scenes continue! Freshly testing out of a quarantine, to follow are Scenes from several quarantines past, in-between negative Covid tests… the ones before seeing my family for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, as well as after my Read more…


Copiague Bakery
If Jiffy Cake was Vegan

The vegan options at Copiague Bakery are the kind of vegan options I love. Unpretentious and unlikely vegan options that seem available quite randomly. I arrived thinking I’d get a simple cupcake and be on my way… but their sweets grabbed me by the hand in a stroll down memory Read more…


π•Ύπ–Šπ–Žπ–™π–†π–“ Made Me Do It 😈
Bushwick’s π•Ύπ–Šπ–Žπ–™π–†π–“ Rising & The Satantic Panic

I don’t know how it is possible after years and years of blogging that I don’t have more π•Ύπ–Šπ–Žπ–™π–†π–“ puns on here! In fact the only one I could find was a two-sentence post that was referencing The White Stripes album… in 2007. So now, a post totally dedicated to Read more…


V.V. Nostalgic Classic
Vegan Charleston Chew, Attempt 1 🍫

The next V.V. Nostalgic Classic would be the Charleston Chew, a childhood favorite deep-seeded in my memory–like all of my V.V. Nostalgic Classics (new tag!) Like those other treats, the texture and taste has remained vivid for decades. But more importantly, the associations and related details also pour back. I Read more…


Scenes from a Quarantine, Part 10

Despite the continuing of restrictions, I try to get out often and stay busy–but safely. And since my car is not mine anymore, I have been sampling all kinds of mass transit. My favorite: The Ferry. My bike, here, at the Brooklyn Army Terminal when I missed a ferry. And Read more…


My Rat Pack

This classic photo of the Rat Pack captures cool, captures camaraderie and friendship. Because Fun is not just… fun… it’s the meeting of humor and intellect, the application of both to arouse a collective spirit; synergy. A release I need more than ever in confinement. Finding people to laugh with Read more…


Best of Vegan Victuals πŸ†
Nostalgic Eats

Nostalgic eats are a huge motivator for my baking conquests. Having been vegan for so very long, I am retroactively fulfilling all of the collected cravings from all those vegan years. Because back in the day I didn’t have the skills, the ingredients, the guides… I want to acknowledge the Read more…


Vegan Scooter Pies, Not Vegan Moon Pies

A long time ago when the Earth was green, I tried to veganize one of my most favorite childhood snacks… The Scooter Pie. Oh but I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now, to quote my favorite Dylan song. And I really got a handle on making Read more…


Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Irish Soda Bread ☘️

Growing up, St. Patrick’s Day was another reason to celebrate with a bakery cake. My mother dressed me and my siblings up celebrate our Irish heritage with dorkish results. Here is me and my brother dressed to the nines one such St. Patrick’s Day. Today I still like to honor Read more…


Coooooookies (Picture Purge)

I can’t stop making chocolate chip cookies. I think because every time I make them, they’re different. My theory is that I am harnessing the rich and varied content of my heart and soul, subtly imparting their variables upon the recipe. So here are a couple of renditions. I know Read more…


My Twenty Valentines πŸ’–

Happy Love Day! And with it, one of my favorite forms of affection: cupcakes. Little ones for my students and a few big ones for my work loves. Here are the day’s red ❀️ highlights. Cupcakes just out of the oven are magical. Like a starry night This buttercream was Read more…


2020 Photo Purge

How are we well into February already?! New Years seems like last week! Must time pass so swiftly? It has been a very busy 2020 thus far. Here are some outtakes. Freshly milked cashew milk from a colleague? Yes, ma’am! ICYMI, there is now a Saturn emoji on the iPhone. Read more…


Vegan Little Debbie Zebra Cakes πŸ¦“

Though I was more a Yankee Doodle dandy, Drake’s being my choice in snack cakes as a child, Little Debbie holds a special place in my heart for her hexagonal twin cakes. The waxy white chocolate giving way to creme-filled yellow layers—pure nostalgia. And now, a vegan version here, from Read more…


✈️ TWA Hotel, My New Happy Place

The TWA Hotel, the midcentury modern marvel at JFK airport, is an amazing place to pass away a day. Especially when it is raining all day. Especially with a fish eye lens on a new camera. The sublime attention to detail is downright transportive. From every angle, I wanted to Read more…


Dreamland Roller Rink πŸ¦„

Dreamland Roller Rink is a pop-up roller skating rink in Brooklyn that hosts some pretty amazing themed nights. But my silly heart skipped a beat when I saw that there would be a 90’s Grunge vs. 80’s Hair Metal Night… when my fellow hair metal kid/90’s young adult side kick Read more…


Ten Things To Do Instead of Shopping:
#2. Bust a Move

Finding time to get moving is an important part of maintaining health, yeah duh. But too often I am emotionally spent by work and stuck to my couch, decompressing from the days’ battles come evening. Since my summer, my activity level has dropped drastically. With motivation depleted, I haven’t had Read more…


Write You’re Wrong

I used to publish a zine. Think of it like a social media post, pages long, you can hold, turn the pages, way more than 280 characters. (I had to look up how many characters Twitter allowed.) In a hunt inside my external hard drive for the songs of an Read more…