I can remember discovering the Grocery Outlet when I first arrived to California in 2009. Being as “cash sensitive” as I was, it was always exciting to find a premium product at a deeply reduced price. If one were to really drill down, there’s probably a lot of psychology that could correlate one’s interest in…
Category: Gratitudes
02/23/2021: seasonal warmth
There’s no reason to believe that winter’s over, especially when we see what’s going on with the extreme weather in Texas. Soon enough, Northern Californians will be back in our layers and condensation will be back on the windows. For these few days, though, there’s been a touch of spring–and even summer–to remind us of…
02/22/2021: imissmybar.com
Throughout the pandemic, people have been finding such creative and inspirational ways to bring our old lives into our current reality. Yet another beautiful example is imissmybar.com, a simple single-page website that allows the visitor to create their own mix of noise. More specifically, the ambiance of a bar. Seven sliders control the volume of…
02/19/2021: constant curiosity
Levi and Naomi will be 3 in a couple months and they are both entering into the Why phase, where almost everything out of their mouths is a question, and almost every question is a variation of “why“. Inverted statements of observation become interrogatives like “Daddy, you’re making oatmeal, Daddy?” and “Why are you making…
02/18/2021: old tools
While tools are inherently useful, they vary in their quality and character. Most older tools seem to be of higher quality and greater character and some really old tools seem to transcend the plane of great character into the realm of extraordinary wonder. Only a few things I’ve picked up along the way have this…