Inspired by WOWilkinson‘s post to make my own ten lists of top 3s. Things to do at the beach• paddle board• boogie board• read Things to bake• chocolate chip cookies• LAUSD coffee cake• berry cobbler Taco spots• Guerrilla tacos• La Taqueria Brand• Sonoratown Sitcoms• The Golden Girls• Parks and Rec…

Writing about traveling yesterday reminded me of traveling with my brother… Years ago, in the mid-2000s, my brother generously took me on a trip to Barcelona. For some reason that I can’t remember now, we had to take separate flights both into and out of Spain. Since we didn’t have…

I came across this fantastic resource from educator @MarcusLuther6 while scrolling on X last night. (Whenever I think I should just delete the app, something like this will pop up and I’ll stay on it another day.) I thought I’d give this idea a go for today’s slice. Pre-flight, the…

Snacks? One of the best parts of living in Southern California is the complex tapestry of cultures and ethnicities that we get to interact with daily. At the first school I worked at there were Spanish-speaking teachers from Cuba, Spain, Mexico, and El Salvador. I loved listening to their conversations…

When my youngest sister was a first-year med student, she said to me, “We’re all going to die of cancer.” Well, that was a dire prediction and maybe a bit dramatic, I thought at the time. But in just this last year, cancer has affected so many people in my…

One of the biggest regrets I’ve had in life is not taking Spanish as a foreign language. When it came time to choose a foreign language to study in high school, I chose French. My stepmom suggested I study Mandarin or Spanish, but I refused. Mandarin would be too difficult.…

“Did you know that boba is from Taiwan?” my husband asked, looking up from his phone where he was most likely reading something about Taiwan in preparation for our trip that we took this summer. I looked at him incredulously. “Yeah, I do know. You know, since those are my…