Last week I dubbed myself a “crusty old bake sailor” because of my new found love of bake sales. This week end I’m sailing the bake sale seas once more, this time to raise money for Chicago’s fabulous WildClaw Theater. You may remember that in October I was a judge for their awesome old time [...]

As a vegetarian, and an Italian-American I’m not exactly fond of Thanksgiving in its historical context. There are, however, a few undeniably awesome things about this holiday: eating until you fall asleep, not going to work, and Black Friday sales. This year I’m giving you three more reasons to get pumped for Thanksgiving — my [...]

You guys may remember that a few posts ago I mentioned that my beloved Melisser and her crew of baking bandits were well on their way to opening San Francisco’s first vegan bakery, Sugar Beat Sweets . Well D-Day is coming, and the “d” stands for “delicious.” Meanwhile, Sugar Beat Sweets has teamed up with [...]

I know “freshly baked” is a Johnny Cupcakes expression – but the shirts I was wearing in these pictures were so new they were literally still hot. Shoot, I have a journalism degree, maybe my shirts are just hot off the presses. Anyway you describe it, I have brand-new blue and orange and red and [...]

Check it out, dude, I’m a tote bag! Not only that – but I’m a tote bag with a built-in craft project! How amazing is that? Some of you might remember when Bonnie of Model Citizen did her Bake and Destroy Tiger Lady t-shirt – heck, some of you might even own one! Well Sublime [...]

Walk among us. Be one of the beautiful people. Join the army. Other peer pressure slogans.  Bake and Destroy shirts are back – and I’m having a pre-heating sale (thanks for the idea, Andy!) to get the ball rolling! Click “The Shop” above to pre-order yours for a few bucks cheaper than they’ll be in [...]

I am no longer a supporter or fan of The Bleeding Heart Bakery. That’s all I have to say about that.

Remnants – 21 Undeniable Accounts of Life as We Know It – available now. Check out Chris reading the intro here. Update: the party has been moved to Wed., August 5th!

So, if you’re not too busy trying to win a Bake and Destroy Tiger Lady t-shirt by Model Citizen over at Good Girls and Geeks. perhaps you’d like to try your luck winning one of these here logo hemp tote bags from me! Of course, if you’re not the gambling type, you can always pick [...]

The new Bake and Destroy Tiger Lady shirts from Model Citizen have dropped and you can win one of your very own over on Bonnie’s blog, Good Girls and Geeks! I’m so excited about this collaboration- I’m in a state of total girlfriend bliss right now. I think you should all make shirts of me [...]