Hello.

A few basics about the human you see in the photograph adjacent to this very text:

-I’ve been writing about + photographing + oversharing details of my life, beverages, cakes, kid, wife, dogs (RIP S+Z), and sandwiches, for many years.

-My immediate family consists of: my best friend+partner of 25+ years, AK, & our 7+ yr old kiddo, MK.

-Originated in the midwest: (waving enthusiastically) “Hello, Cincinnati!”

-Post-college, we took a three year jaunt to Sheboygan, WI for work, and bought an 1890s farmhouse a few blocks from Lake Michigan. It was cold. It was beautiful. We learned a lot about who we are during those whiplash-inducing four seasons.

-After a handful of true-north winters it was on to the fine city of San Francisco, where we’ve spent the past 16 years. I’m not sure I want to permanently lay my head on a pillow in any other town than this one, doom-loop narrative be very damned, thank you. This city is magic, full stop. If you disagree, no worries, you don’t have to visit OR live here! Ever! Wherever you live is probably wonderful as well, and I am genuinely happy for your love of it!

-If we meet in the wild, I will probably: point out a hawk that’s flying by, ask if you want a bite of the brownies I made, and may offer to take your family’s photo. I understand we just met, and no, we don’t know each other. But, at heart, I am a potentialist, and I don’t want anyone to miss out on the good stuff, if I can help it.