Holding me to Stephanie’s standards
On the way home from dinner Saturday night: Me to Kai-Yan: …And they’ll like, guesstimate how much… The Boss: Guesstimate? Me: Yeah, guesstimate. So they’ll guesstimate… The Boss: Do you mean estimate? Me: No, I mean guesstimate. The Boss: Guesstimate is not a word. Me: Yes it is. Ryan: I’ll Google it. The Boss: Okay, [...]
Weekend Snapshots
A Votre Sante, Brentwood, Ca.: My soup: Split Pea with organic corn bread Jill and Kai-Yan Our appetizer: Eggplant dip with pita Ryan Thanks, Kai-Yan The Boss’s entree: Sesame-crusted Cyprus Island salmon Declan My entree: Spinach, goat cheese, pear tomato and olive pizza on whole grain crust <3, Me.
My name is Sabrina and I have a problem
Okay, before you guys run off and call the EPA on me, yes, I realize that this is embarrassing, and by all accounts, not very responsible. But I can explain. When The Boss and I first moved here, and since we share a car, I was responsible for setting up shop at home while The [...]
Dealing with parents’ marital issues
Asalamu’alaikum Sabrina, My parents have had “issues” for as long as I can remember. When I was younger I used to take it to heart all the time. I blamed myself for their problems and feared that one day they might get a divorce. As I grew older (I’m now 18) I jumped out of [...]
On Being a Muslim-American Woman
I’m at BlogHer today where I share my thoughts on what it means to be a Muslim-American woman who wears hijab. Don’t forget, you have to register to leave a comment on BlogHer.com (it’s free) or you can login using your Facebook account. Click HERE to read the article.
Worth posting
This is America, dammit. And in America when somebody comes for your neighbor, or his Bible or his Torah, or his Atheist Manifesto, or his Qur’an, you and I do what our fathers did, and our grandmothers did, and our founders did. You and I speak up. – Keith Olbermann, Special Comment: There Is No [...]
Outside my window…
…There was a hummingbird that was drinking nectar from a flower when a wasp chased it away. The bird took refuge atop a power line. Where it waited patiently to return to the flower. Unaware that the wasp was planning its ambush. Suddenly, they met face-to-face. The wasp came from the right! And then from [...]


