IT’S RAINING (SKIN) FLAKES

Although I’ve had my itchy skin since I was a mere ‘toddler-Pyra,’ it didn’t enter into its current flaky evolution until the past year. Itchy skin without dryness? I swear it! But I don’t remember much how that strange phenomenon existed because it never bothered my life. I just remember my skin was not the…

BALVENIE SCOTCH TASTING

How often are you given the opportunity to sample six different single-malt Scotch paired with five crafty Seafood tastings on a weekday? Better yet… surrounded by friends? Answer: Not enough times. I heard about the tasting via a mere Yelp mention—not even an official Yelp event. Somehow a group of my friends all snagged places…

ARE YOU ECZE-MAD?

Bum ba da daaaaaa! TSING! (That’s the rumble of a bass drum followed by a cymbal in case you couldn’t figure that out) Introducing… EczeMAD! EczeMAD will be my video blog about living and dealing with eczema (Read here). I plan to produce those short videos alongside this blog. Both the typed and the video…

ONE MONTH OF CELLCEPT

Warning: a few very real and somewhat graphic photos ahead “Tomorrow. Tomorrow. I love ya… tomorrow,” like the little orphan Annie I’m very hopeful for my future. Hopeful enough to sing-type! A few days after my last post I was prescribed CellCept (gen name: mycophenolate) a low-dosage oral immunosuppressant which I’ve been taking daily. In…