Laurel Garver
@laurelgarver.bsky.social
Philly-based editor, novelist and mosaic artist.
Our neighborhood cheesesteak place, Dalessandro’s, was just recognized as a Bib Gourmand by Michelin! Woo!
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Our neighborhood cheesesteak place, Dalessandro’s, was just recognized as a Bib Gourmand by Michelin! Woo!
Celebrated last night’s wins in Pennsylvania by paying forward my hope for what we could become and donated to Philabundance.
You can, too! philabundance.org
You can, too! philabundance.org
Nonprofit Food Bank and Charity in Philadelphia | Leading the Fight Against Hunger
Our mission is to end hunger for good in the greater Philadelphia area. Learn about who we are, our initiatives and how you can help.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Celebrated last night’s wins in Pennsylvania by paying forward my hope for what we could become and donated to Philabundance.
You can, too! philabundance.org
You can, too! philabundance.org
Uptown has really raised the bar for restaurant Halloween decorations. This is the Stranger Things section, one of several themed parts of the seating.
October 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Uptown has really raised the bar for restaurant Halloween decorations. This is the Stranger Things section, one of several themed parts of the seating.
As much as it is a struggle to write creatively right now as corruption and cruelty runs amok federally, it is helping my mental health when I let myself immerse into my story world.
October 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
As much as it is a struggle to write creatively right now as corruption and cruelty runs amok federally, it is helping my mental health when I let myself immerse into my story world.
The you-pick flowers as the CSA are absolutely glorious right now. This is one of 3 bouquets I made from recent picks
September 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The you-pick flowers as the CSA are absolutely glorious right now. This is one of 3 bouquets I made from recent picks
Weirdly feeling like I might have manifested Dobson’s end. Just days ago had a convo in which we weren’t sure if the king of child abuse promotion in churches was still kicking, and we both agreed, he won’t be any day now, and that Matt 18:5-6 is apt for his legacy.
August 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Weirdly feeling like I might have manifested Dobson’s end. Just days ago had a convo in which we weren’t sure if the king of child abuse promotion in churches was still kicking, and we both agreed, he won’t be any day now, and that Matt 18:5-6 is apt for his legacy.
I made fresh pesto for the first time, a triple batch because my basil is going gangbusters. I cut the expense somewhat using mostly cashews. Pine nuts are insanely expensive.
It’s soooo delicious. Most went in the freezer, and tomorrow some will debut in a meal.
It’s soooo delicious. Most went in the freezer, and tomorrow some will debut in a meal.
August 1, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I made fresh pesto for the first time, a triple batch because my basil is going gangbusters. I cut the expense somewhat using mostly cashews. Pine nuts are insanely expensive.
It’s soooo delicious. Most went in the freezer, and tomorrow some will debut in a meal.
It’s soooo delicious. Most went in the freezer, and tomorrow some will debut in a meal.
The CSA okra is enormous! What are your favorite ways to prepare it?
July 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The CSA okra is enormous! What are your favorite ways to prepare it?
We just signed up for PBS passport and we’re so excited to enjoy the great content. Way cheaper than other streaming platforms and helps keep public television from vanishing entirely.
July 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
We just signed up for PBS passport and we’re so excited to enjoy the great content. Way cheaper than other streaming platforms and helps keep public television from vanishing entirely.
Tonight’s double rainbow is sponsored by…
July 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Tonight’s double rainbow is sponsored by…
The hubs suggested we check out a band that does “yacht rock” and dang are we having a blast. It’s all the hits of our GenX childhood.
July 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The hubs suggested we check out a band that does “yacht rock” and dang are we having a blast. It’s all the hits of our GenX childhood.
Grieved to discover that a tree I’d planted during a neighborhood planting day 18 years ago was taken out at the roots by last Thursday’s intense storm. I will miss patting its trunk and saying “hi, baby.” 😭
June 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Grieved to discover that a tree I’d planted during a neighborhood planting day 18 years ago was taken out at the roots by last Thursday’s intense storm. I will miss patting its trunk and saying “hi, baby.” 😭
It felt kinda biggish being in the midst of my neighbors, but wow! We Philadelphians really showed up and stood strong together 💙
June 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It felt kinda biggish being in the midst of my neighbors, but wow! We Philadelphians really showed up and stood strong together 💙
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Whoever made “disconnect” popular as a noun is my mortal enemy.
DisconnecTION is the noun form, $&*% jargon-creating noun-er of verbs! 😡
#editorrant
DisconnecTION is the noun form, $&*% jargon-creating noun-er of verbs! 😡
#editorrant
June 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Whoever made “disconnect” popular as a noun is my mortal enemy.
DisconnecTION is the noun form, $&*% jargon-creating noun-er of verbs! 😡
#editorrant
DisconnecTION is the noun form, $&*% jargon-creating noun-er of verbs! 😡
#editorrant
So I can now go to the store and have them pay me $15 to take away a dozen eggs? That’s what a 400% reduction from $5 would be. Once again 47’s math ain’t mathin’ 🤦♀️
June 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
So I can now go to the store and have them pay me $15 to take away a dozen eggs? That’s what a 400% reduction from $5 would be. Once again 47’s math ain’t mathin’ 🤦♀️
Want to support national parks? Get the NPS app!
www.nps.gov/subjects/dig...
We discovered some additional gems through it to visit while in Massachusetts.
www.nps.gov/subjects/dig...
We discovered some additional gems through it to visit while in Massachusetts.
The NPS App - Digital (U.S. National Park Service)
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June 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Want to support national parks? Get the NPS app!
www.nps.gov/subjects/dig...
We discovered some additional gems through it to visit while in Massachusetts.
www.nps.gov/subjects/dig...
We discovered some additional gems through it to visit while in Massachusetts.
We spent the day tromping around lovely fields in Massachusetts where the revolution’s earliest battle happened and I was most excited to see barn swallows zipping around the marsh gobbling insects. They are such delights!
June 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
We spent the day tromping around lovely fields in Massachusetts where the revolution’s earliest battle happened and I was most excited to see barn swallows zipping around the marsh gobbling insects. They are such delights!
The scholarly submissions I’m seeing from China keep getting better and better. Meanwhile, US professors are so ground down with administrative hoop jumping and student hand holding, they are hardly submitting anything at all. The shift in world soft power is palpable.
May 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The scholarly submissions I’m seeing from China keep getting better and better. Meanwhile, US professors are so ground down with administrative hoop jumping and student hand holding, they are hardly submitting anything at all. The shift in world soft power is palpable.
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And it's live! I'm so excited to share the Debts of Fire Deluxe Edition Kickstarter with you!
Hitomi is my absolute disaster child, and I love her so much. In DoF, she's headed back to the desert to fulfill her promise to the phoenix...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/boo...
Hitomi is my absolute disaster child, and I love her so much. In DoF, she's headed back to the desert to fulfill her promise to the phoenix...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/boo...
Debts of Fire: Signed Deluxe Edition
An action-packed fantasy adventure set in the gorgeously diverse world of Intisar Khanani’s Sunbolt Chronicles.
www.kickstarter.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
And it's live! I'm so excited to share the Debts of Fire Deluxe Edition Kickstarter with you!
Hitomi is my absolute disaster child, and I love her so much. In DoF, she's headed back to the desert to fulfill her promise to the phoenix...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/boo...
Hitomi is my absolute disaster child, and I love her so much. In DoF, she's headed back to the desert to fulfill her promise to the phoenix...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/boo...
I’m dreaming about adding a mosaic to our front steps, but worry about perpetually being underfoot of my fam and deliveries while installing it. Maybe I can convince my adjoining neighbor to let me do hers first as an experiment. She mostly uses her back door. 🤔
May 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I’m dreaming about adding a mosaic to our front steps, but worry about perpetually being underfoot of my fam and deliveries while installing it. Maybe I can convince my adjoining neighbor to let me do hers first as an experiment. She mostly uses her back door. 🤔
Fellow Pennsylvanians, please vote in the primary today! Primaries have historically had incredibly low voter turnout. Let’s stay civically engaged and not zone out.
May 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Fellow Pennsylvanians, please vote in the primary today! Primaries have historically had incredibly low voter turnout. Let’s stay civically engaged and not zone out.
Proud Dune nerd just recruited a new member of the Butlerian jihad—professor hubs who is beyond sick of students shortchanging their own education with AI that makes them dull and unthinking.
May 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Proud Dune nerd just recruited a new member of the Butlerian jihad—professor hubs who is beyond sick of students shortchanging their own education with AI that makes them dull and unthinking.
I’m excited to pick up our first week’s share from the Henry Got Crops CSA this rainy evening.
It’s been about 15 years since we last had a membership because it was too much food. Now I know where the community fridges are to share surplus.
It’s been about 15 years since we last had a membership because it was too much food. Now I know where the community fridges are to share surplus.
May 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I’m excited to pick up our first week’s share from the Henry Got Crops CSA this rainy evening.
It’s been about 15 years since we last had a membership because it was too much food. Now I know where the community fridges are to share surplus.
It’s been about 15 years since we last had a membership because it was too much food. Now I know where the community fridges are to share surplus.