I’ve never been one to hide my love of snacks – especially ones that include fake cheese. For my birthday this year, my team gave me a giant box of Goldfish… so my love and dedication to snacking is clearly well documented. But recently I’ve been trying to eat my “pivot table” feelings less… and…
I’m not really a perfume person, but if there is one that consists of peonies and salt water I would buy it. My parents have had these peonies for 20+ years. I used to remember coming home from school and finding neighborhood ladies snipping blooms off when they thought nobody would catch them. Silly ladies.…
In the spirit of getting settled in my apartment, I made great progress this weekend. I planted some flowers on my fire escape, rearranged some furniture, and got rid of a few more boxes. I have increasingly high hopes for my green thumb this year. I bought this little watering system for $7 and it…
One of the last things I moved from my old apartment were my fire escape pots. The delay was in part because my previous landlord tried to steal the pots for himself … which was less than cute. But now they are back in my possession and where they belong. I have grand visions of…
Admittedly, I was making slow progress on unpacking my apartment. Slow by steady progress. Each trash day I tried to make sure I was tossing 2 empty packing boxes. But the entire time, my kitchen looked like all the cabinets threw up dishes. It was terrible. So, for about a week and a half I’ve…
I’d like to think that I’m not one of those people that you hear complaining about all the winter. Summer is my favorite of course, but winter isn’t bad. It means fleece, fireplaces, endless hot coffee, and being cozy. Also, cross-country skiing. That being said, it does also mean that I’ve worn my Hunter Boots…
Guys, there was this time in Italy that I wanted pizza but instead got gnocchi. The gnocchi was served in this knock your socks off tomato sauce that was so simple yet so flavorful. I remember when it was brought to the table, I was like…. wait, this is it? But it was phenomenal. I’m…
Earlier this Spring I picked up a few little baby San Marzano tomato plants. I got really excited about “harvesting the crops” from my urban dwelling … and then very quickly lowered my expectations. I decided I would be happy if I got just 1 … maybe 3 of my favorite tomatoes. As the summer…
It takes a fair amount to get me to turn on the oven in the summer. I don’t have one of those fancy apartments where the heat tends to stay inside the oven. If I set the oven to 375 F, my apartment tends to turn into 375 F. But, when summer calls for heat…
There was most certainly a point in my life when I considered flowers a waste of money. While I most certainly meant that at the time, it could not be further from the truth now. Yesterday I bought myself these peonies from Trader Joes along with some other necessities like naan, frozen tuna steaks, and…
