180° South

I just finished watching the documentary 180° South and it was absolutely exceptional. The mountains, ocean, voyage, surfing, and climbing were beautifully shot, but it’s the reflections of the people involved and the power of their connection to the land…

THE DESERT: A Love Story In Three Acts [Act 1]

PROLOGUE This love story begins with a very full bladder. So full, in fact, that while shooting across Interstate 10 at unconscionable speeds, I began to alternate between crying and hallucinating. Earlier I’d shrugged off the sign somewhere after Phoenix…

Of Cats And Mindfulness

Cats don’t know how to use paper towels. This may seem obvious to you, I know, but to be fair, humans don’t know how to use them, either. Thing is, the odds are really stacked in our favor here, what…

RECIPE: Bushwick Chopped Salad

When I lived in New York, a lot of weird things happened. This is neither surprising, nor shocking, but what is both of those things is the fact that most of the weird things that happened to me involved being…