My Life is Better with Less Clutter
May 26, 2023
I was not born with the “neat and tidy” gene. In fact, everything about me wants to be messy. My mom and dad had to deal with it while I was growing up. My dad tried some rather drastic measures to help me address my shortcomings. One time, after asking me for the 234th time […]
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Halloween, Closed Drawers, and Empty Nests
November 2, 2021
Halloween is a big deal in our neighborhood. Our area is one of the few places in Malibu where streets are lined with houses arranged on traditional blocks, on a semi-traditional street grid. Malibu is dotted with large houses and properties spaced far apart, many of which are second homes that are dark at Halloween, […]
Costco / Empty Nest / Halloween / Halloween Tree / Malibu / Marie Kondo / principalchef.com