Coconut Curried Red Lentil Dip with a side of Meditation

We’ve been hunkered down here in back-to-school/back-to-medicine hustle and bustle. I’m experimenting with how to use meditation as a way to bottle and slow-release my own vacations and the accompanying good vibrations back into my life—a redistribution technique of joy. Here’s the current method: take a photo you took on your most recent vacation or […]

Medicine Soup and Cape Breton

We chose to vacation on the Cape Breton and Upper Maine Atlantic Coast over the last week—a needed break from the thick New Orleans summer climate and also all things medicine and education (however, my dreams only ceased featuring scenes from various hospital call days on the last night of vacationing slumber…) The scenery was […]

Shrimp, Spaghettini, and San Diego

Yum. In a mood for seafood when staring at the sea scape of San Diego! The sounds of seagulls and train bells along the bay are West Coast anthems I haven’t heard in ages. All the same, sun and sea breeze long lost friends found again. What a glorious Saturday in the Gaslamp District. I […]