Stacey Nguyen

Going on used book shopping adventures

Hands down, one of my favorite things about living in the Central Valley is the Great Valley Bookfest. I came…

2 years ago

Curating a gallery wall with dog-inspired art

Once I fall in love with something, I fall in love with it hard — attribute this tendency to my…

2 years ago

Thrifting for vintage treasures: My recent thrift finds

I’ve been an avid secondhand shopper since, well, forever. I grew up piggyback riding my dad at the West Wind…

2 years ago

Brewing jujube tea from homegrown, sun-dried jujubes for the perfect autumn beverage

When I worked in downtown Oakland in college, I’d occasionally return to my quaint Berkeley studio with a huge plastic…

2 years ago

Drying Bulgarian rose to make rose tea

I am fond of the idea of being a chic rose girl, but unfortunately, I’m seldom a rose girl in…

2 years ago

Planting and caring for strawberries in the fall

Now that I'm 29, one hard truth that I’ve come to accept about myself is that I’m a fairweather outdoor…

2 years ago

Baking a strawberry shortcake!

I spent most of July pummeled by feelings of anxiety and dread, so I swiftly fell down a cozy culinary…

2 years ago

Pruning rose bushes during the summer

I am a neurotically detail-oriented Virgo daughter of a must-have-things-visually-orderly Libra mother, so, of course, against the advice of every…

2 years ago

Harvesting fresh English lavender to make tea

In proper Swiftie fashion, I have been in a lavender haze lately. That’s to say, the English lavender I’ve been…

2 years ago

Growing Thai basil in my kitchen herb garden

I think I have sufficiently established that I possess very little skill when it comes to the culinary arts. That…

3 years ago

This website uses cookies.