Feb 28, 2018 | A Day In My Life
I live in Ohio’s Amish Country. For me, that is strange to say. I am an NYC chocolatier who left my fast-paced life behind to help my grandmother with her Amish candy shop after my grandfather died. Losing Daadi was terrible for everyone, but I can see that it was...
Feb 27, 2018 | A Day In My Life
Can eating hummus kill someone? The short answer: it can. Hi! I’m Lucy Berberian, a recovering Philadelphia lawyer. After my job threw me a curveball, I returned home to my family’s Mediterranean restaurant, Kebab Kitchen, at the Jersey Shore. A hummus bar is the...
Feb 26, 2018 | A Day In My Life
My cat, reading, sketching, and baking are my favorite things in the world. Not necessarily in that exact order. Most mornings, I feed my cat, Peaches, wrap up something I baked, and dive into Washington, DC bound traffic. By day, I manage the Color Me Read bookstore...
Feb 25, 2018 | A Day In My Life
Two days earlier, Josie had been leading a busy, moderately happy life in 2018. She was fixing up a neglected Victorian and Googling the house’s past, which had included a double-murder at an infamous house party in 1929. Now, somehow, she’d been transported back in...
Feb 24, 2018 | A Day In My Life
If you asked me to list my greatest strengths, I’d immediately count them off like so: my persistent drive for justice and my terrier-like determination to get to the truth; my passion for helping the underdog no matter what their creed, culture or abilities; and my...
Feb 22, 2018 | A Day In My Life
I’ve had worse days, but not in a while. I lived my entire life in the Highlands of Scotland until one very ugly episode forced me to re-evaluate everything I thought I knew. To make a long story short, I moved to Wales at the suggestion of my Aunt Margot, who just...