Our dear friend, Anna, who had been the maid of honor in our wedding, stopped by tonight with dinner. Her son, Elijah, talked to Titus for a bit, impressively used […]

Okay, I’ll admit it: Last year I kinda screwed up Mother’s Day for my wife. To make a long story short, we were in Virginia where I was graduating with […]

It hasn’t taken long, just a couple of short weeks and some odd days, for Sonja and I to see how different our lives are now with two children. We […]

“You can make your famous tacos.” My wife’s text message concluded, informing me that she had invited friends to dinner and that I was cooking. It is true that I […]

Reverie means “daydream” in French. I know this because last summer, a very good friend of mine and I visited their Diamond Mountain winery. It’s a beautiful place, and aptly […]

We’ve been at home and by ourselves, just Sonja, I, and our two young children, for only a few days. Titus is 20 months old, a brilliant little toddler, while […]

I’ll be damned if I can get through a wedding ceremony without the lisping bishop from The Princess Bride arriving in my head at at least one inopportune time. After that, I’ll […]

My father turned 70 years old today, and tonight I took him — as well as my mom, my wife, and our son, out for dinner. He ordered a terrific […]

After a week in the Napa Valley, wherein I had visited more than twenty wineries, taken and passed my level one exams, and shared seemingly countless excellent dinners with friends […]

Only a few times in my life has my birthday fallen upon Easter, and today as I turn 36 on Easter Sunday, I took a moment to reflect back upon […]