“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’" - Fred Rogers
As some of you may know, Im generally engaged to somebody or other. And as you may also know, this means I have a wedding dress in reserve. (Im being flippant because its all very fraught and serious...
Growing up, Rumer Goddens sad, sinister, wonderfully detailed doll stories were some of my favorite childrens books. What luck to find this (peculiar) 1980s TV adaptation on YouTube!
So a friend of mine just suggested I share a few of my work-clothes resources. While I am by no means an expert, I have worked out a system that -- so far! -- has served me well. First things first: ...
My sofa is really ready to be put out to pasture. Id say we got out $75 worth, but still melancholy. Especially since Im apparently at the point in my life where Im drawn to furniture from Anthropolo...
Wonderful, lovely birthday. Slim, being the consummate good sport, allowed himself to be dragged to not only the McQueen show at the Costume Institute, but to Beautiful Darling at IFC. (Look, it was ...
There are so many good shows up in NYC right now: "VIENNA 1900: STYLE AND IDENTITY" at the Neue is unmissable -- a mix of art, design, multimedia that gives a general sense of the citys vital...
When Slim and I were in San Francisco a few weeks ago, I stumbled upon the lingerie shop of my dreams: "Dollhouse Bettie," which specializes in vintage and retro-style underthings and swimsui...
Over the weekend, I visited the Bs outside of Boston. They have the most delectable, delightful baby imaginable and while -- between Amtrak and the Boston Marathon -- the visit was all too brief, it ...
It is a truth universally acknowledged -- and if it isnt it should be -- that if you go out looking your worst, youll run into the last person youd wish to see. Yesterday I was feeling feverish and l...
There was a time when, for a taste of France, one had only to go to West 4th Street. Up until a few years ago, the infamous Claude ruled the roost at his eponymous patisserie, and buying one of his u...
I made notes of some of my goings-on today.10:02 am. Mom calls to ask where she should buy chocolates.10:35 BD sends amusing flow chart; fwd to a few people and make Gchat status.11:13 Rachel writes ...
Ill admit it: I love any feature or blog post where people list their favorite products. Im an absolute sucker for them. So, just for fun and not because anyone asked and mostly because I wanted to u...
A little better! "Faithfull" just arrived in the mail, which hurts not at all...2 funny things -- well, maybe not, were all kindred spirits here -- but one of you mentioned Elizabeth Taylor, ...
Its that time of month when things get a little rough for me and, socially speaking, I have to pretty much go hermit, since it takes all my energy to get through the day and do my work and I become e...
Matt was just home and in the airport saw a bunch of flight attendants for South Koreas Asiana Airlines! They looked so nifty that he was moved to alert me, and, well, youll see why. Here are their c...
Here are some shots from Key West! Mostly El, as she is a much better photographer with a proper camera. Here am I, with a rental bike. A typical residence in Old Town. Can you imagine a better place...
So, in the month plus since Ive been in touch, El. and I went to Key West! This was a sort of impromptu trip, but somewhere Ive wanted to go ever since I read about Elizabeth Bishops living there...e...
I am embarrassed to have been away so long! Suffice it to say, Ive been having ups and downs better not lived out in public view, since both are tiresome in their own way! Have also been overwhelmed ...
It is a funny thing -- or maybe its not -- but every time someone close to me has died, I have had an overpowering desire to watch ghost movies. As you know, I like Gothic themes any time -- and it b...
I want to talk about something I dont often write about and that something is Matthew. But first I need to tell you that I was in a bad way yesterday. You see, Id gone off my medication because -- wa...
He would have loved that funeral. It was funny, and it was touching, and it was a full house, which he would definitely have appreciated. Various collaborators of his performed numbers from their sho...
Some of you know that my grandpa has been very ill for much of the past year, and this past Sunday, after suffering what the obit called "complications from a fall," he died swiftly and peace...
Something I am excited about: Chock Full o Nuts has opened a full-service cafe on 23rd Street! This may not seem like much of a big deal, but I have been into Chock ever since I read about its histor...
Why? Well, try a show on Victorian post-mortem photography at the Merchant House Museum; tea with Mady at Podunk; dinner with the gang at Grand Sichuan; wine and gougeres with the girls; corn-bacon p...
Last time we went to Staten Island, to visit Killmeyers Old Bavaria Inn, we stopped at the Snug Harbor museum. Snug Harbor was designed as a retirement home for merchant seamen -- a sort of Les Inval...
Wanted to mention that I was in Seattle, for a wedding (which was lovely), along with my ex (who has seemingly taken to living his life as an endless episode of "Between Two Ferns"), for the ...
I think I can say in all honesty that I have never done this, but am going to go ahead and link to this piece I did for Jezebel!
I just ran across the journal I kept on my trip to Poland with my dad, and thought Id share some of it with you.Poland Journal, Part 2In our house, we’d play “Concentration Camp,” which was a variati...
Just finished A Novel Bookstore - which earlier, youll recall, I was merely enjoying - and can now make my final recommendation, which is affirmative if somewhat qualified.Do you know the premise? Tw...
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