Tip #88: Put a lid on it. Especially if it’s your laundry hamper. Can you tell I’m still not ready to talk about the impending new apartment search? Before I regale you all with weepy…
It was a balmy 50 degrees and drizzling on Saturday. The kind of day when New York City masquerades as the Pacific Northwest and lower Manhattan puts on a show of fog and clouds…
five little things that made my week. 1. this little scene. {because it’s much more crowded than i normally go in for, but for some reason i’m liking it.} 2. these mandarins. {for much…
Tip #87: Cover your ugliest books. This is something I’ve been meaning to share forever and even though it’s a kind of ho-hum way to start the new year, I’d rather write about how…
If you are someplace cold—and judging from the looks of it, you are—stop what you’re doing right now and put a pot of this on the stove. Rosemary and grapefruit to refresh you, vanilla…
I’ve never really written about new year resolutions in this space. I tend to think of them as private scribbles. I write them in tiny letters on the opening pages of the Moleskine weekly…
twelve little things that made my year. 1. a city desert in january. 2. tiny hearts in february. 3. leafy eggs in march. 4. tulips in april. 5. lobster rolls in may. 6. san…
After having spent the last week loafing in front of the fire and squatting on my haunches under the Christmas tree, rifling through unwrapped presents for chocolates, I’m back in Brooklyn, ready to start…
five little things that made my week: 1. these stamps. {for what are rapidly becoming new year postcards}. 2. these lemons. {for making their way through airport security}. 3. these chocolates. {for arriving to…
Last week I spent a few days in San Francisco attending festivities taking place around the Remodelista book launch and holiday market, and generally cavorting with the “-istas” who live in California. On one morning,…