Beyond Research

A few things I love doing when I'm not thinking about inclusive design.

Food & Cooking

Cooking is how I wind down. I'm slowly working my way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking — her way of teaching feels a lot like good research: patient, methodical, and not afraid of first principles. I'm about halfway through Gordon Ramsay's home cooking series too, which is a different school entirely and keeps me on my toes.

One of my favorite food pilgrimages is Tu Lan in San Francisco — a scrappy Vietnamese spot that Julia Child herself famously loved, which feels like a perfect intersection of the two cooks I'm learning from.

Crafts

I'm a beginner crocheter — just far enough in to be dangerous. Expect uneven rows, too many YouTube tutorials open at once, and the occasional lopsided flower I'm still quietly proud of.

Travel

My happy place is a national park. Yellowstone is the one I keep coming back to — something about the scale of it resets everything. I've worked my way through most of California's parks (Sequoia and Lake Tahoe are high on that list), and I'm slowly collecting the rest. If you want trail recommendations, ask.