I watch the news each morning before I go to work. And each day this past week, those ridiculously cheerful weather people told me how amazing the weekend was going to be. It was like they were advance shaming me for just reading magazines by the harbor. So, I was borderline determined to savor the…
This weekend was a little bit of everything. It was boating, birthdays, cooking, wandering, running, and picnicking. There was no cleaning, organizing, or de-cluttering. Sunday alone, I had pork FIVE ways. Yes, five. That is what type of weekend I had. The past two years over Columbus Day I’ve run away to Vermont (here, here,…
Lately I’ve been having wistful dreams of going back to Italy. When I think about the days I spent wandering towns and taking pictures of doors and old people …. I wish that was going to be tomorrow. Going to Italy was an amazing and relatively spontaneous trip of a lifetime. I love everything about…
I think normally people go through this cleaning phase in their life when it is Spring. It’s probably why they call it Spring Cleaning. I don’t think I’m afflicted with this guilt complex but I do seem to be suffering from “Fall Cleaning”. I have this incredible desire to purge my life and my apartment…
So it appears it is now Fall. About 3 months ago, I bought tissues from CVS. My qualifications were that they be on sale and not terrible. Several days later, I realized that I had inadvertently purchased the tissues that were infused with Vick’s vapor rub. It was a terrible mistake… until today. I am…
I think one of the best things about getting older is that you know more about what you need and where to get it from. I like to refer to this as “building a team”. I’ve been building my team for 30 years now but not really realized it until quite recently. I know now…
Turning 30 is different things for different people. I’ll be honest and say that I haven’t always had the easiest time adjusting to the impending threshold. Initially, it made me feel like I should have more accomplished. Five years ago, I would have expected that by 30 I would be married and probably have a…
Not many things have seemed worthy of a whole post… but the cumulative effort of the last month or so has been pretty great… in an uneventful way. Which is just fine by me. It’s a lot of prosciutto eating, skyline gawking, and rolling on the floor/lawn with a new family puppy.
In about a month I will be turning 30. That means I’ll have been around for 3 complete runs of the series Friends – which was on for 10 seasons. I’ve been thinking about turning the big 3 times 10 for about 8 months I would say. I’ve even gone so far as to take…
Two years ago I met someone who told me they collected postcards off eBay. Vintage postcards of their favorite place in the world, Christmas Cove. Instantly I was intrigued and thought it was an amazing idea … and also like the most romantic thing ever. If you don’t think so, you must have a heart…
