2023 unfolded with so much promise. In January, amid the budding anticipation, the year kicked off with excitement and wedding planning, followed by a move in February to our new... Read More

Another new beginning, new flat, new city, Newport Beach. Feel the fresh sea breeze on my cheeks; down here, the bird’s chorus takes a new melody; yet, it seems Daly... Read More

I want to post my dad’s obituary that I drafted and published here. It is also officially published on legacy.com.   In Loving Memory of Jeff Schreiber: Passionate Bay Area... Read More

May 2, 2023 Stagnant, yet on the cusp of change, Extraordinary or collapse in range, When to surrender, I can’t gauge, Life’s uncertainties, I can’t rearrange.   Dad’s in the... Read More

As Faith Hill puts it, “Just breeeeeathe.” It’s vital to let your skin breathe every so often, but before the pandemic, my skin did anything but. I heard it’s healthy... Read More

I began the year a little broken. 2021 wasn’t kind to me. I was laid off, lost one of the loves of my life, (my dog, Joey), and went through... Read More

It’s been a wild year, to say the least.  2021 is not a year I’ll look back on with undiluted pleasure and it took a whole year just to recover... Read More

“A spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down.” I’m going to use this phrase as an analogy for my year in review of 2021. The “medicine” is the... Read More

“The English language is like London: proudly barbaric yet deeply civilised, too, common yet royal, vulgar yet processional, sacred yet profane.”- Stephen Fry, poet. There’s a reason why the city... Read More

When it comes to addiction, the first step is to admit you have an addiction. Hello, my name is Alexis and I’m a lip balm addict. For a while now,... Read More