A Chronicle of Two Creatives

Lifestyle

Pizza So Good It’s Illegal

“Doing cool stuff illegally is definitely part of my history.” That’s what Zack Roach tells me in his back yard, on a Monday evening. Pittsburgh’s humid summer is in full swing, and we’re sitting in backyard chairs from a mismatched,

Biking on the Great Allegheny Passage Bike Trail

Ego Check

These past few months have been quite an emotional and existential journey. I’ve been struggling with a mystery illness that’s left me exhausted, foggy, tingly, achey, and weak. As much as it’s been difficult physically, it’s been even more challenging

Career Coach

Soul on Fire: The Time I Hired a Career Coach

“Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.”   For the majority of my 26 years, I’ve had a goal. In elementary school and middle school, I focused on kicking ass in English, Math, History and

Crate Cooking School’s Sushi Class

Skewer shrimp so they don’t curl when you boil them. Use the bamboo sushi mat to shape, not roll. The difference between maki, nigiri, and sashimi. Rice cookers are amazing. We both look cute in aprons.   When I bought

Maura in London

“Resolutions”

I remember my New Year’s resolution for 2016. “Say yes.” It was one of the first years in my memory when I made a decision (voluntarily or involuntarily) to set an intention for the days and weeks ahead that didn’t

What’s Whitsett?

In what now seems like the perfect expression of their personalities and relationship, Dave and Maura met analog-style. Sans dating apps. IRL. A classic rom-com meet-cute. Maura: I had been riding quite a bit that summer and was slowing working