Earlier this year, through a series of events that involved a predawn drive deep into the Mojave Desert, I came into a windfall of Mid-Century Modern furniture. I loaded up a U-Haul trailer with what I considered to be high-quality designs: a Danish Modern dining set; a long, teak credenza; and, the fun surprise of the haul, a Packard Bell Stereophonic HiFi console. It wasn’t until I got these pieces home and, with some awkwardness, attempted to bring them into harmony with my existing belongings, that I began to wonder why I was so into this stuff. Why was it my default position—and that of most people who geek out over furniture—to call anything Eames-era “quality”?

Published by The Wirecutter on October 19, 2012. Read the full article.

Print articles:
BOOK 9   Artist Interview: Libby Black (fall 2012)
BOOK 7   Artist Interview: Winnie Truong (spring 2012)
BOOK 4   Artist Interview: Zhou Fan (fall 2010)
BOOK 4   Artist Interview: Karen Sargsyan (fall 2010)
BOOK 2   Artist Interview: Tom Huck (fall 2009)
BOOK 2   Artist Interview: Jose Lerma (fall 2009)
BOOK 1   Artist Profile: David Jien (summer 2009)
ISSUE Y  Artist Interview: David Hevel (spring 2009)
ISSUE Y  Artist Interview: Craig Kucia (spring 2009)
ISSUE X  GalleryReview: Simon Willems at Mark Moore (fall 2008)
ISSUE X  Artist Interview: Oliver Hibert (fall 2008)

Online articles:
JULY 08 Profile of Andrea Galvani
MAY 08  Profile of Tim Brmalette
APR 08  Review of Kara Walker at Hammer Museum

Technology can be awkward to write about. Also, to read about. The jargon is clumsy: download, reboot, global positioning device. It’s embarrassing, really. So I understand an author’s impulse to avoid littering pages of otherwise lyrical prose with the bleep-boop-beep of tech speak. For this reason, authors often forgo current technologies when they want their characters to communicate with one another, or to reveal important, plot-forwarding information. I get it. What could be less romantic than a text message?

Published by The Millions on August 8, 2012. Read the full article.

Last night I told Cheryl Strayed that I wanted to curl up in her lap and talk about life. What I meant was that I am a fan of her writing. I had planned to enter the interview with a posture of professionalism, but very early on it became evident that in this instance the line between journalist and fangirl was as translucent as a watercolor brushstroke. She has that effect on people.

Published by L.A. Weekly on July 30, 2012. Read the full article.

Print articles:
SUMMER 2012  Cirque du Soleil’s “Iris”: These Tricks Don’t Need CGI
SUMMER 2012  Marathons: Life Is Not a Sprint

DEC 2010    Taylor De Cordoba Serves Up Cultural Trifecta to Los Angeles
DEC 2010    Culture Collision: The Author, The Techie and The Musician Talk Art
AUG 2010    Art, Russia and Rock ‘n’ Roll: Five Questions for Carson Ellis
JUNE 2010  New York’s Anonymous MuseumNerd Opens Up
JUNE 2010  Where Do Writers Write?

AUG 2010  Southern California Surf Style

Find the full archive of my writing for Daily Serving, from 2008- 2010, HERE.