While I have always been a fan of gazpacho, this version is one of my all-time favorite foods. For me, it is the food that speaks summer. I love summer. I eat salmorejo all summer long. The tomatoes a...Read More
Thousands of successful designers have passed through the doors of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, more fondly known by its initials FIT. My mom is one of them. She began life as an aspi...Read More
I’m not usually one for Throw Back Thursdays, but my mom sent me some photos. I just had to share. It seems I’ve always been a radical. Yes, that’s me and my 4-H club, the Sunflower Girls, on ...Read More
Akiko’s advice to her 18 year old self: Stop talking! Listen and observe. Contact me in the comments or contact sections below to learn more about Akiko and her architectural woodwork and fine p...Read More
We did it! Our class of 8 successfully graduated from the MNN (Manhattan Neighborhood Network) Producers class. We are now armed, dangerous and ready to take over public access cable TV. I have never ...Read More
I was speaking with my cashier at the market the other day and she asked me how to prepare an artichoke. I told her and then realized that someone, somewhere had shown me what to do. I agree. It is no...Read More
I’m wandering innocently enough through Central Park and what do to my wondering eyes should appear but a woman in a full on peach brocade dress and wig circa 18th century. I immediately pull out ...Read More
I don’t know anyone from Pine Bluff, Arkansas or from Lima, Ohio or even from San Bernadino, California. Do you? Even so, people move all over the country and now they take their crazy area codes—...Read More
Lydia’s advice to her 18 year old self: Be brave. Be bolder in making decisions. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes or of what other people think of you. Just be yourself....Read More
What is your personal commemoration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence? Share with me in the comments section! Talk Real Now will be back with Wednesday Women tomorrow. Enjoy your holid...Read More