I love putting words together and I’ve worked as a freelance writer covering art, sustainability, food, and travel for Make, Craft, Flavorpill, JetBlue, NatGeo, and more.
Featured articles
Art Parks: 10 Places to Enjoy Public Art in the Outdoors
Trust for Public Land
Grow Your Own Way: Urban Homesteaders Reinvent the Family Farm
Common Ground
Om at Home: Greening the Way You Live
Common Ground
Art Cakes at SFMOMA
National Geographic Traveler
Culture & lifestyle
Innovation at the Asian Art Museum with Director Jay Xu
Princeton Alumni Weekly
Revered and Reviled: Eye-catching edifices in the East Bay
The Monthly
B. Spoke Tailor: Nan Eastep tailors clothes for urban cyclers
Craft Magazine
Living Walls: The glass murals of Rufus Butler Seder
Make: Magazine
A Life in Letters: Keeping the art of handset type alive
Oakland Magazine
Art and Commerce Collide: A new art walk on Oakland's 40th Street Corridor
Oakland Magazine
Doing Da Vinci: Testing the inventions of the greatest maker of all time
Make: Magazine
Art Delivered to Your Doorstep: Artists selling art by subscription
The Monthly
In the Living Library, Everyone's an Open Book
Common Ground
Sustainable living
Spring Greening: The dirt on East Bay garden stores
The Monthly
Treespotting in Detroit: Transforming the ghetto palm into lumber
Make: Magazine
Farmsreach Pairs Farmers and Local Food Producers Online
Sustainable Industries
Eco-Graffiti: Ditching spray paint for eco-friendly materials
Common Ground
Food
Good Eats and Good Will at Mission Street Food
Common Ground
A Moveable Feast: Underground dining with Chef Leif Hedendal
Common Ground
Sweet Spots: Organic treats around town
Common Ground
Restaurant Eloise: A garden of earthly delights
Common Ground
At Piccino, Small Is Beautiful
Common Ground
Just Desserts at Mission Pie
Common Ground
OPEN Restaurant: Chez Panisse chefs turn dining into theater
Common Ground
Contributing writer
City Editor, Jet Blue
I covered dining, shopping, hotels, culture, and insider interviews for JetBlue's SF city guide. Managed editorial calendar. Wrote 2-3 posts per day. Food and venue photography. Social media.
Arts writer, Flavorpill
I crafted snappy, 100-word write-ups of Bay Area cultural events for Flavorpill's weekly calendar. Developed relationships with local gallerists and artists.
Arts writer, The Monthly
Wrote arts reviews for East Bay monthly as well as longer feature pieces on arts and lifestyle topics.
Travel writer, MondoWindow
Wrote travel highlights for SXSW launch of MondoWindow, an inflight, location-aware travel site for WiFi-enabled planes.
Video stories
I wanted to expand my storytelling toolkit so I pitched local interest video stories to the neighborhood monthly, all of which I shot and produced.
Book editing
Running through Fire
Publisher: Mercury House.
I copyedited this Holocaust memoir by Zosia Goldberg, a strong, spirited Jewish woman born in Poland who managed to escape the death camps by passing as a Gentile. The book was published by Mercury House, a small literary publisher in San Francisco.
Moon Metro Paris
Publisher: Avalon Travel.
I've spent time in Paris both studying and working, so I jumped at the chance to fact check and copyedit this pocket guide to the City of Lights. Fun, but also a whirlwind of hard work and a relentless quest to make sure every phone number, address and street map were correct.
Blog
Tiny Windows
Photography has always been an interest and I created this blog as a way to cover photo shows, books, artist projects, and found photography.