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24 Hours at Spa World
I locked myself in a naked Korean spa for an entire day, met lots of colorful folks and nearly went crazy myself.
Newspaper Article – Washington City Paper (March 1, 2013) -
Lionfish Hunting in Belize
Hunting poisonous fish hadn’t been at the top of my Belize to-do list. But beneath the ocean’s surface, I discovered a world of fearsome creatures engaged in a fierce battle for survival — and I got pulled into the melee myself.
Newspaper Article – Washington Post (October 19, 2012) -
Boyfriend training
My college boyfriend and lab rat turned out to be more similar than you'd guess.
Humor Essay – Nerve.com (March 9, 2012) -
Friend or Fern?
One by one, my friends' orphaned plants took over my apartment.
Magazine Article – Christian Science Monitor (September 2009) -
Bali, where the goods are good
The Balinese see no conflict between spiritual and material pursuits, so immerse yourself in local art and take home cultural treasures.
Newspaper Article – Washington Post (June 24, 2011) -
The Impulsive Traveler: Warming to the frozen fun of Minneapolis in winter
With temperatures that rarely rise above freezing and routinely dip below zero, Minneapolis is hardly a popular winter vacation spot. Yet Minnesotans themselves seen to have mistaken their frosted tundra for a wintry playground.
Newspaper Article – Washington Post (February 18, 2011) -
The Great Recession's Long Reach
We may emerge from a recession with our beliefs about real estate and personal finance permanently transformed.
Newspaper Article – Washington Post (April 10, 2010) -
Sense of Safety
When picking a neighborhood, homebuyers rely more on hearsay and gut instinct than on statistics — and that tendency often leads them astray.
Newspaper Article – Washington Post (January 17, 2009) -
Writing Music for Monkeys
A D.C. cellist knows how to make tamarins swing.
Alternative Weekly Newspaper – Washington City Paper (December 25, 2009) -
Sweetgreen's Sweet Spot
Like the other brands, Sweetgreen’s founders are using cultural sponsorship to woo a generation of consumers. Only instead of hiring promo folks in nice T-shirts, they hired The Strokes.
Alternative Weekly Newspaper – Washington City Paper (July 1, 2011) -
Oscillate Mildly
It doesn’t take long for people to gather around Harrison like eager science students, asking what the thing is and how it works. They’ve found the right guy. Harrison may look like an average middle-aged man, but among theremin enthusiasts, he’s a damn big deal.
Alternative Weekly Newspaper – Washington City Paper (August 26, 2010) -
A Tale of Two Warehouses
The perception of go-go fans as dangerous and punks as harmless (or even helpful) is probably a function of punk fans being mostly white and go-go fans being mostly black. That discrepancy is especially stark in light of punk’s anti-establishment ethos.
Alternative Weekly Newspaper – Washington City Paper (March 16, 2011) -
Stick-Up Artists: Meet Inkognito, D.C.'s Youngest, Brashest Wheatpaste Crew
The two teens, who are still in high school, are on a mission to become D.C.’s most prolific street artists. They spend almost every evening creating decals and plastering them on alley walls and abandoned buildings.
Alternative Weekly Newspaper – Washington City Paper (March 30, 2011) -
Where Am I Rocking? The D.C. Rock Venue Decision Tree!
It’s a confusing time to be a D.C. concert-goer. The Fillmore Silver Spring has invaded the established order. DIY spaces flicker and fade like so many lightning bugs. Perhaps you’ve had one too many drinks. If you find yourself at a rock concert and you can’t remember where exactly you are, this might help.
Alternative Weekly Newspaper – Washington City Paper (September 30, 2011) -
Crash Course
How to swim luxe for free in the District.
Alternative Weekly Newspaper – Washington City Paper (August 11, 2006) -
Dance, dance evolution
Guys who dance well might actually be better mates, at least from a genetic perspective.
Magazine Article – Monitor on Psychology (April 2010) -
Skinner scales up
Contingency management – sometimes in the form of simply paying people to quit drugs or exercise more – is making the jump from smallscale studies to populationwide programs.
Magazine Article – Monitor on Psychology (November 2011) -
The mystery of the female orgasm
Women fake it, and, apparently, fish do too.
Magazine Article – Monitor on Psychology (April 2011) -
Our stories, ourselves
The tales you tell can shape the life you lead.
Magazine Article – Monitor on Psychology (January 2011) -
The first modern psychology study
How Benjamin Franklin unmasked a fraud and demonstrated the power of the mind.
Magazine Article – Monitor on Psychology (July 2010) -
The scientist at the easel
Neuroscientists explain Mona Lisa's mysterious smile .
Magazine Article – Monitor on Psychology (February 2010) -
How artists see
Painters see the world as it really is: A mishmash of colors, lines and shapes.
Magazine Article – Monitor on Psychology (February 2010) -
Images of the unimaginable
Astronomy stretches the limits of human imagination, asking us to consider distances so vast they take beams of light millions of years to cross, temperatures that make our sun feel like a tepid bowl of soup and forces that could instantly compress an elephant into a pinpoint.
Magazine Article – Monitor on Psychology (November 2010)
