Swiping While Black
The woes of online dating as a person of color
I’m a shy dater, and a picky one. At least those are the excuses I like to wield for my lack of romantic history — … Continue reading
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Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex
But didn’t ask a sex coach like Jane Steckbeck
Popular culture is flooded with the mating call of sex, and yet very few people speak openly and directly and maturely about how sex is … Continue reading
I Married A White Supremacist
How my husband went down the rabbit hole of Neo-Nazism
When I woke up that Wednesday, flicked on my phone and read the local news raging like a California brushfire across my Facebook feed, my … Continue reading
It’s About Time
Digging our fingers in garden dirt distracts us momentarily from the grim prospects of global warming.
Although spring does not begin officially until Equinox in March, Eugeneans might well pronounce that spring begins on Lunar New Year, Feb. 16, this year. … Continue reading
Polynesian Paradise
LovaKava is an alternative tea bar dedicated to that calming root
Why would you drink a dirt-flavored tea made from powdered Polynesian plant roots? Because it feels amazing. The kava root, visually reminiscent of the weeds … Continue reading
Emotionally Fattening
Beating the winter blues at Party Downtown
Winter descends on the Willamette Valley like a moldy blanket. Even though I grew up around here, this weather can bring me down. The evening … Continue reading
A New Taste of India
Curry Bowl offers rotating lunch buffet
If you are still mourning the loss of Taste of India, Curry Bowl will help you move right along through your grieving process. The buffet … Continue reading
Meat Isn’t Just Murder
Eugene Meat Collective teaches the ancient process of food preparation from butchery to sausage making
That hamburger you’re biting into: An animal died for that. It was killed and bled out and cut up and ground down into a ropy … Continue reading
Home Sweet Home
Halsey has a taste of home in Country Bakery
In a modular home in Halsey, Oregon, Loretta Birky stands behind a kitchen counter where a board sits over a stovetop that now holds a … Continue reading
Local Love
Only locally sourced ingredients make up the treats at Springfield's 100 Mile Bakery
When searching for a tasty treat during these seemingly endless cold months, put on your scarf, brace the brisk air and head over to downtown … Continue reading