Last week, I received this note:Hello! I live in a pretty small apartment with my husband and I find that one of our main problems in properly storing our shoes. We each have quite…
Tip #32: Get a magnetic thingy for your knives. This is a very specific tip. Usually my tips are more general. Like this one. But I really love this stupid magnetic strip,…
Fall comes quietly to the city. You have to be a keen observer of things to catch its beginnings. In the country the season makes a more obvious splash. Here, the tops of trees…
When I first typed the title, I accidentally wrote persevering. Make no mistake, friends–to complete a marathon day of canning is to persevere indeed. On Sunday, we joined friends to pickle green beans and…
five little things that make my week. 1. this cuban oregano. {because james brought home a clipping from the lab. so fuzzy. so fragrant}. 2. this cast iron skillet. {for heating up my buttery…
When you live in a tiny apartment, there’s really no such thing as an entryway. There’s a door, yes, and the act of entering the apartment, certainly, but an entryway? Not really. Regardless, it’s…
photo courtesy of unicoDear Erin: We live in a (super) tiny apartment in Tokyo and we have a small kitchen/open plan living room but no dining table/dining space. We always have dinner in the living…
Tip #31: Don’t worry too much about cooking odors. When people find out that we live in a tiny apartment, a common question is whether or not we cook. The question often stems from people…
If you’ve been hanging around these tea leaves for awhile, you might remember that when I first began writing in this space, I was living in Wilmington, North Carolina. If you’ve got a real…
There is a railroad station on the Harlem line of the Metro North Railroad that drops you smack dab in the middle of the Appalachian Trail. Along the 2,175 mile long trail, there is…