Malinda Lo

As much as I love a delicious gourmet meal full of fancy-sounding cooking techniques and sauces, I also love simple food. I’ve written before about my obsession with finding the perfect pizza. Lately, Amy and I have been experimenting with tossing the dough and I think we are verging on a perfect home-made version! However, ... More→

Before I get to this week’s somewhat bizarre collection of photos, I have a couple of things to share. First, I have a nifty new header image on my website (and on my Twitter page) courtesy of Saundra Mitchell. In addition to being the author of Shadowed Summer, which I highly recommend, she is also ... More→

Last month I went to dinner at the Buckeye Roadhouse with some friends. This is kind of an institution in Marin, just off the 101 north of the Golden Gate Bridge, with a bar that’s always packed and — my favorite! — free valet parking. From the sound of its name, you might think the ... More→

A couple of weeks ago, Amy and I went to a women’s professional soccer game in San Jose. In case you are not a follower of professional women’s soccer, here’s a brief primer: The Women’s Professional Soccer League just launched this year, after the failure of the Women’s United Soccer Association back in 2004. WPS ... More→

A couple of weeks ago I found out that there is an actual historic working blacksmith’s forge located in Fremont, CA, about an hour and a half south of where I live. Coincidentally, the book I’m currently writing has a smithy in it, so I couldn’t pass up this opportunity to see some real blacksmithing ... More→

I’ve got one more batch of photos from my trip up to Mendocino County, this time revealing my unending fascination with old stuff. If you’ve been to the town of Mendocino, you’ll know that it’s basically all tourists all the time. It also was the town featured in Murder, She Wrote back in the ’80s, ... More→