Seven Years

Seven years ago today, I started dating my best friend. Seven years ago today, we started on the beautiful journey that has shaped our very existence – that is love. We were so young, and yet we laid the first foundation of this perfectly imperfect life.   Five...

Throwback Thursday

Where there is a will, there is a way. I used a variation on this motto as the slogan for my campaign to become student body president in sixth grade. Since I attended a private elementary school, I remained there instead of moving on to middle school like my fellow...

Breakfast on the Balcony

As I write this, I am sitting with my husband on the balcony of our Los Angeles condo, sipping coffee while the birds sing. I come from a family of nature people, but I have never been one. I’ve always been a city girl, preferring a manicured park over the crunchy...

Wizarding World of Harry Potter Opening Day

I have been a fan of Harry Potter since I was eleven. I received my Hogwarts acceptance letter in the form of a hardback version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and for the next 10 years I clung to every page and watched every minute as soon as the...

Week 1 – #Osati30DayChallenge

While we were Sunday-brunching on Valentine’s Day to celebrate my mom’s successful completion of the LA Marathon, Sohrab and I chatted up my cousin, TC, about healthy eating and exercise habits. She really inspired us to change things up, and we decided...

My Mom Ran the LA Marathon

My mom ran the LA Marathon yesterday. It was her first one. She decided about a year ago that she was gonna go for it, and she’s been training ever since. She ran 26.2 miles in 4 hours and 38 minutes. She came in at #6,032 of about 26,000 people. That’s...