She’s pretty hot, but I’ve also heard she’s a temperamental bitch.

She wants everyone to treat her like the Queen of Sheba. She’s also into Wicca. So, you know, she’s like that.

I LOVE WHAT YOU’VE DONE WITH THE KITCHEN BY SARA KRAHN 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 112

Evie rolled out of bed at some god-forsaken hour. She works the brunch shift at Stella’s on Saturdays. I wake up, rub my face.

I have a meeting today with a micro-baker who can somehow afford to make a living as a micro-baker. Her name is Deirdre and she’s a friend of a friend, my friend Andy.

He says that Deirdre’s deep-fried banana rolls are a big fucking deal. “These rolls are changing lives, man, she’s a batshit crazy baking witch. She helped organize a climate protest last summer, too. This is how the next revolution begins, dude, with an elongated-pastry-wielding social justice warrior witch.”

I throw on a pair of skinny chords and a T-shirt, one I got with Evie at The Strokes show in Toronto in the early aughts.

I fix my usual breakfast of eggs, toast, coffee with milk, and scroll through…