The librarian looks across the counter at me, her gray eyes flicking up from the computer screen in front of her. “Are you looking for a specific crime or a specific criminal or—” “I…um…Just some information about gangs,” I say, and back up from the counter. This library has three of those self-c...
now The best blackberry pie I have ever had can be found at a truck stop somewhere in the back of beyond in southern Arizona off of Interstate 10. What’s even better than blackberry pie is having it for breakfast. Mare is nursing black coffee and buttered toast, as if her stomach is still botheri...
There’s a food critic in the restaurant from Taste the North Bay, and all the chefs are in a huge panic. I’m actually being treated like a real chef’s assistant, which means Stefan just screamed at me for overbeating a bowl of egg whites he was going to use for a sour cherry soufflé. I didn’t eve...
sick. of. talking. Styx: hear that. C4Buzz: Silence is golden but duct tape is silver. JustC: lol I expect fake cacti and piñatas at a Mexican grill, neither of which The Cantina has. This place is white tablecloths and valet parking nice—far too nice for just a middle-of-the-day lunch with Dad. ...