Khoreshet-e-Karafs (Celery Stew) is one of the first recipe’s I learned to make. I had just moved to San Diego and I was living with my uncle Tony, an avid cook…
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Got Faith?
By Mahshid Hager “Are you religious?” I get this question sometimes, from friends, from clients, from co-workers. What follows, is me, mumbling something about “more spiritual than religious”…. “I…
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Advice To My Younger Self
By Mahshid Hager I moved away from home six months after I graduated from high school. I didn’t just move away, I moved almost 5,ooo miles away, to San Diego, California.…
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Lessons In Letting Go
Picture above courtesy of Kamelia Photography 2014 By Mahshid Hager When my kids were younger, I thought there would come a time when I didn’t worry about them so much. I…
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A Community Of Assistants
By Mahshid Hager Do you know that feeling, when you were a kid, hanging out with your best friend, playing and goofing around and totally being yourself because you hadn’t…
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Iranians And Their Flag: It’s Complicated!
By Mahshid Hager Last week I attended the House Of Iran Nowruz event in San Diego. Every year, the event draws hundreds of Iranians from all around town to Balboa…
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Ode to Köln
By Mahshid Hager I grew up in Köln (known as Cologne in English), Germany. I always say I spent my “formative” years there. My family arrived in Köln in the Summer of 1982,…
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Happy Nowruz!
By Mahshid Hager My husband and I walk into the Balboa International Market on this busy Sunday afternoon. Nowruz (Persian New Year) is tomorrow and the store is busting with…
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Breaking Bread On Tuesday Nights
By Mahshid Hager For a little over 11 years, now, I have been hosting these Tuesday Night Dinners. It started off with just me, my kids (then 5 and 7…
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Let’s Connect!
Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving…
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