Right now, it’s that perfect sweet spot between autumn and winter when I don’t quite have to turn on my SAD lamp just yet. The days are still warm, but the nights are just cool enough for me to enjoy sipping on my Trader Joe’s […]
Stacey Nguyen
Review: “Daisy Jones and The Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I loved loved LOVED Daisy Jones and The Six. I’d always see copies of it floating around at the library for years and wondered what the big deal was about. Well, after reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, I was curious to see what […]
Review: “Crying in H Mart” by Michelle Zauner and “Fragments of Horror” by Junji Ito
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner Crying in H Mart might just be one of my favorite reads from 2022. I’ve never listened to Japanese Breakfast/Jbrekkie, AKA Michelle Zauner, the author of Crying in H Mart, but her memoir has definitely been hyped up […]
Visited a park by my childhood home
This past weekend, I visited Penitencia Creek Park, a quiet, family-friendly park by my childhood home in San Jose. It was a calm Sunday morning, just at the cusp of sunrise. I came hoping to see ducks trodding along the beaten paths and perhaps to […]
Getting ready to hibernate with my autumn essentials: My favorite at-home autumn activities
Just like Taylor Swift and pumpkin spice lattes, my powers activate during autumn. ‘Tis the damn season for coziness and cuffing and calm. It’s when all of my grandma hobbies are en vogue: curling up with a good book, knitting blankets with the most basic […]
I’m decluttering my plant collection
I am, once again, committing to a plant declutter. No, really, I’m going to minimize my collection and stop bringing in plants. I know that this is a refrain I’ve been singing over and over again, but it feels more definitive this time around No. […]
How to plan a staycation
I turned 28 this past week and decided to take time off of work for myself. With the heat wave (and maybe the dread of approaching my third decade of life), I didn’t particularly want to spend too much time away from home. And, now […]
Picking up Dollar Tree autumn decorations
Mentally, it’s fall for me. I’m listening to Midnights by Taylor Swift. I’m watching Mike Flanagan’s The Midnight Club while curling up next to my stinky dogs. I’m in my favorite yellow crushed velvet accent chair lazily reading a whodunit mystery. But it’s the end […]
Attaching sentimental value to my ficus plants
I’ve been admiring my ficus plants lately and thinking about the ways in which I attach sentimental meaning to my plants. I have mixed feelings about ficus rubber plants because they bring me back to both painful and joyful memories. My houseplant hobby started as […]
Review: Bolu Babalola’s “Honey & Spice”
It’s been a minute since I’ve picked up a romance novel that’s swept me off my feet. While perusing the library one day, I happened upon Bolu Babalola’s Honey & Spice in the New Fiction section. I’ve always found myself snickering at Babalola’s jokes on […]