Hanging out

Last week, J received a text message from Tristan, a fellow musician who he had met at their old rehearsal studio in Santa Monica. J had somewhat befriended him and his band, Native June, and hung out with them a couple of times at the studio. We also went to see them play...

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I am going pink!

As you may have noticed, Ive got myself this cute pink and flowery theme to bring attention to the Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It seems like everybody knows someone who is, or was, directly, or indirectly, affected by cancer. My Grandma died of breast cancer in 1982. I was not even 6 years old and didn’t understand what...

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Friendship

I really can’t complain. Even though I consider myself a really private and profound person – someone who would only surround herself with a handful of deep relationships – I am still surprised sometimes by how many meaningful friendships I have and with how many people I keep in touch....

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“Mit-ness”

J and I love to create words, especially when they represent a mix of German and English.”Mit-ness”  is one of those word… “mit” means “with, together with” in German and Jon coined the phrase “mitness” when my parents were here this summer. He sent me a text message one day saying ” mitness is...

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