Lizzie Hessek
Magical Milford: a Queer Martha Mini-Guide to the Poconos
My mother always said, "Everything changes once you hit the Poconos." She was talking about weather patterns, and I suppose there are...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Mar 15, 2016
- 5 min
Why Aren't Hospitals More Like Hotels?
Or like cruise ships, really? I can't get this thought out of my head since I went to visit a family member at the hospital recently. She...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Mar 11, 2016
- 4 min
Baking & Beer | Coconut Peanut Butter Cups
Sometimes you don't need to break open a beer when you start baking because sometimes you are already a bit tipsy when you come home, you...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Mar 9, 2016
- 4 min
Alligators are Amazing: A mini-guide to Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Florida
Did you know that Jacksonville is the largest city in the contingent United States by land mass? I know - that's crazy! Did you know that...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Mar 8, 2016
- 4 min
Putting Buns in the Oven: First Steps
In this series, we will explore Queer Martha's adventures in starting a queer family using love, humor, and artificial insemination. The...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Feb 22, 2016
- 3 min
Gingko Nuts: I Think I am Doing it Wrong.
There is a grocery store Rachel and I love to go to in Philadelphia called Hung Vuong. This is a magical place that has something for the...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Feb 16, 2016
- 2 min
The Remains of the Old Paris
He will be remembered as an urbanist historian, a genuine romanticist, a lover of Paris, a Balzac of the camera, from whose work we can...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Feb 15, 2016
- 6 min
Baking & Beer | Chocolate Mousse Cake
Well, Valentine's Day has come and gone, and I took none of my own advice. Instead, Rachel and I pretty much slept all day. And that, my...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Feb 11, 2016
- 3 min
Personality Tests for People Who Hate Personality Tests
I can't tell you why people are obsessed with personality tests, and I certainly won't pretend to be immune to the fascination. In fact,...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Feb 7, 2016
- 5 min
Baking & Beer | 3 Ingredient Foolproof Crêpes!
Hello and welcome back to Baking & Beer! In this post we are going to demystify crêpes! Let me tell you some of the ways that crêpes are...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Feb 6, 2016
- 6 min
Try Something New: Idioms for (almost) Every Occasion
Words are important. You know what is more important? Words that don't mean what they are supposed to mean. That's right, folks, we're...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Feb 3, 2016
- 8 min
Queer Martha's Queer Ideas for Celebrating Valentine's Day
Happy February everyone! We made it 1/12 of the way through 2016, and I am proud of us. Of course, as soon as February enters our field...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Feb 1, 2016
- 2 min
The Tarot Root: Week of January 31, 2016
IX of Swords Reversed It feels like very little time went by since the last Tarot Root we did together here. More and more lately I've...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Jan 30, 2016
- 6 min
Baking & Beer | Baguettes!
So we are a day off of our normal Friday Baking & Beer edition, but it's been a weird week. With all the snow that hit the East coast, I...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Jan 30, 2016
- 7 min
A Comprehensive Guide to Winter Coats
You probably know this by now: I love winter. The chilling wind whipping through my body and preventing me from breathing makes me feel...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Jan 27, 2016
- 6 min
The Best Snow Day Fried Chicken
Hello from the winter wonderland that is Philadelphia! Ok, so most of the pretty snow has gone away and I am left only with the memories...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Jan 24, 2016
- 2 min
The Tarot Root: Week of January 24, 2016
Judgement Welcome back to the Tarot Root! It's a big week, my witchy friends, because we've got Judgement to guide us through the next...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Jan 22, 2016
- 5 min
Baking & Beer | Long Live the King Cake
Hello and welcome to the third installment of Baking & Beer! In this series we crack open bottles like we crack open eggs. I'm going to...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Jan 20, 2016
- 10 min
Down Alleys and Up Stairs of Philadelphia
Let me start by saying this: Philadelphia is a magical city. When John Adams came to Philadelphia from Boston back in the fall of 1774,...
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Lizzie Hessek
- Jan 18, 2016
- 5 min
I tried Framebridge! You Should, too!
Happy end of Monday everyone! You may not know this about me, but it probably won't come as a surprise to you: I love nice frames. I am...
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