About once a year I go through a fruit smoothie phase. It’s often in the springtime (see here and here) and it lasts for a month or two before I abandon the frozen stuff and head to…
Snowdrops and stone walls and crackling fires. Not much more to report than that, which is just enough for me. Happy April, friends.…
1 . this new system for napkins and dish towels. {also, that bright table cloth which has replaced our blanket as couch saver}. 2. this bridal crown daffodil. {because it has lots of still…
As we welcome spring (or beg on our knees for it to get here already), I have a few sponsorship slots that have opened up and I have a sneaking suspicion that one might…
Tip #57: Play a love song.Doling out marriage advice isn’t something I really feel qualified to do. I’ll wax expert on tiny-apartment living all day, but an expert on a happy marriage? Come back…
Last week, the newly built Squibb Park Bridge, connecting the Brooklyn Heights Promenade with the fantastic Brooklyn Bridge Park, opened to pedestrian traffic. As a near-daily park walker, I am thrilled with this newest development.…
Over the weekend, James and I celebrated Earth Hour. Maybe celebrate is too joyous of a term. Perhaps I should be saying that we observed Earth Hour instead. That sounds awfully dour. In any…
five little things that made my week. 1. this white blanket. {because we’re on a spending hiatus of epic proportions, but an all-cotton blanket made the cut}. 2. this basket. {in a new spot…
On my walk this morning, there were snowflakes. I tired to imagine that what I was seeing were white spring blossoms falling from the sky, but there was no mistaking the chill on my…
Tip #56: Overnight guests: permission to say no? In previous apartments, James and I had a futon that could accomodate two guests quite comfortably. In North Carolina and again in Rhode Island, we had…