Our Way to Eat

Twice this week, the New York Times app notification on my phone popped up to tell me terrible, sad news that I truly hate to hear. First, that the world lost Kate Spade to suicide Tuesday morning, and today, the anguishing thing I heard very first things this morning is that suicide has claimed Anthony Bourdain too. Out of the grungy, baggy flanne... led, maroon colored 1990s, Kate Spade made pops of bright color, pert design, polka dots and classic styles legitimate choices again, but in a fresh new way. Thank you, Kate for making it okay to be preppy again, and for designing my current tea kettle. Though I dont know much about her personally, I am extremely sad to imagine her 13 year old daughter enduring this crushing, unspeakable loss. It just astounds me to try to grasp this horror that is major depression, that it can drown out all of the whys that drive us forward through the sunniest days and darkest pits of despair. The news of Anthony Bourdain death has wrecked me today. He let us into mind to the point that while Im perfectly aware that hes a stranger, he feels like a friendA very cool, feisty, funny, eloquent, sassy, smart-talking, take-no-shit, adventurous, real, brutally honest and frighteningly fun friend. I can say with assuredness, that his singular approach to showing us the world, the whole world and its multitudes of cultures, experiences and flavors has shaped my adult life. By coming into my home and showing me what it is to truly experience another culture with openness, without fear and judgment and pretension, I became compelled to put travel at the forefront of how I will spend my money and precious time on earth to the extent possible. After watching the Granada episode of Parts Unknown, I said to Bjorn we should go to Granada and we proceeded to re-watch the show, take notes, and then follow his every footstep through that haunting, magical, majestic and delicious city. Granada, Spain, remains one of the best trips of our lives. As a person who loves writing, and aspires to write, and ...Read More