Life

Home is Los Angeles, with my partner Kristin and our two pets. I grew up in Dallas, went to school in Durham, NC, and in adulthood lived in Oakland and Atlanta before moving to LA to be closer to friends.

An incredible candid of Kristin and me at Dyke Day LA 2024.

Squid and Brie

Squid got his name because he's a clingy boy who loves cuddles. Brioche, or Brie, was supposedly found in France (hence her French names), and she loves to lie out in the sun until she's a Toasted Brioche Bun.

I am obsessed with them in an annoying way!

Squid, a gray cat with yellow eyes, curled up by a striped curtain — Squid

Brie, a small tan dog with big ears, one blue eye and her tongue out — Brie

Friendsday Wednesday

We host/attend Friendsday Wednesday, which sometimes has an activity but is mostly just a reason to gather in someone's living room (or perhaps the beach?!) for a few hours after work.

Hot tip: if you want to give 30-somethings a low-stress activity that they'll end up doing for hours, I cannot recommend Shrinky Dinks (TM) enough.

A Polaroid of seven friends standing arm in arm on the sand at golden hour — A Friendsday Wednesday at the beach. I really love my Polaroid.

Pismo

My sister, brother-in-law, and nieces live in Pismo, three hours up the coast. I go up to see them as often as I can, for the family, the hugs, the laughs, but also the incredible views.

Golden-hour light on rolling green hills and red-roofed houses, seen over a row of trees — The view near my sister's place. If I were a better photographer you'd be drooling!

Sunset over the ocean, with elephant seals piled on the beach below a wooden fence — Elephant seal pup season near Pismo. I will say, this was a better visual experience than an auditory one.

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