Text to My Girlfriends

  In all the mayhem of growing up, sometimes you just want to find some comfort in your food. An easy recipe that won't fail, a vibey restaurant with food that will never disappoint, or just a how-to guide for grit-free French pressed coffee. Because after a hard week of adulting, you just want a guaranteed win. Well your franns are here for you! In addition to the things no one told us, the franns are now swapping their food related favorites! Meals, grocery lists, restaurants, coffee, alladat! Your franns got your back. So as Auntie Tab would say, “get into it!” Moving across the country or moving anywhere really means cleaning out your fridge, dumping your pantry, and completely stocking a new place. You never really know what it takes to stock a home until you have to do it yourself! Somehow your parent’s place always has sauces, sugar, and snacks! Like have you ever actually seen your mom buy vinegar or nutmeg?! No! It just exists. It exists as long as you live there. But once...

What a summer break! Lol. This has been quite the adventurous summer for me. The last time we spoke was Juneteenth. While you got to meet Toni, our guest contributor, Baby Sis and I got to hang out with her in real time in sunny California! In July my family took on the heat of Las Vegas (yes, with a baby - praise the lord for grandparents). After that I went back home and my husband headed for LA. We had decided to finally go for our California dream.  We had been talking about moving to California from the moment we got together but life kept happening. We got married, but needed to finish undergrad. We graduated, but weren’t ready to leave our church community. We left that church, but my husband started grad school. He was over grad school, but I was ready to pursue my career. And all the while, facing seasons of grief, depression, and a marriage on the rocks. The timing was never right and at the rate we were going, it never would be. But 2021 offered us the hard reset we need...