Benjamin Phillips

My life, as Amelia Edwards once said, is the "satisfaction of a purposeless curiosity."

Main Menu

Welcome
Blog Posts
About Me
- 50 Facts About MOI
- Me, on the Inside
Writing
If I Die
MS

Category Archives: boardwalk

Florida Escape Day 5

April 2, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

I woke easily and early this morning with a choked sob. I didn’t want to leave. I didn’t want to go back home to the cold and snow and ice […]

Read Article →

America, baking, beach, boardwalk, bread, cheese, Chicago, chocolate, clothes, cocktail, cooking, culture, cupcake, dessert, Disney, Downtown Disney, drunk, eating, eggs, espresso, flying, food, gay, gifts, hate, Honey Boo Boo, hotel, Iowa, Italian, love, luncheon, margarita, me, morning, music, pastry, pool, resort, review, rich, salad, shopping, sleep, speedo, tan, tequila, travel, underwear, vacation, weather

Florida Escape Day 2

March 21, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

I should really buy a bed. Oh God, I sound homeless. Let me rephrase that. I should buy a new bed. I have a bed, I just hate it. I […]

Read Article →

abs, Animal Kingdom, animals, boardwalk, chocolate, clothes, couture, culture, dance, Disney, eating, exercise, fashion, fitness, Florida, food, Holiday, interior decorating, interior design, Joan Crawford, liqour, love, margarita, me, palm tree, pool, review, Swimming, tan, tequila, Tom Daley, travel, vacation, vanity, weather

Manly Construction Project

July 5, 2011by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Being a perfectionist is exhausting. I don’t know how Martha Stewart does it everyday all day long. Actually, I do, because the two of us are basically the same person–I […]

Read Article →

boardwalk, family, manly, Martha Stewart, project, renovation

Follow Benjamin Phillips on WordPress.com

Instagram

Mail Cat’s first Valentine’s Day was a success. He loved his flowers and treats and special card from @japhillips1991. We’ve lost our minds. #¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #CATS

This was a highlight from today. A student surprised me with my last name in hieroglyphs (the last row) after today’s lesson. #weeping #egypt #middleschool #blessed #ancientegypt #egyptology #wonderfulthings

Very normal conversation with my mother. #¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Took this picture eleven years ago in the courtyard of my apartment in #Paris after finishing classes for the day at @lecordonbleuparis. Missing it a lot today. #¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #CATS

Absolutely thriving today in my #Lagerfeld finery. #Karl #¯\_(ツ)_/¯ @karllagerfeld

The #BLESSING #of #BOTOX #¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Quotes

"If you don't do it, you won't have done it." --Patsy Stone

"Things are fine, and life is fine. And life is so much fun. It’s one big movie." --Joan Rivers

"Why don't you have a room done up in every color green? This will take months, years, to collect, but it will be delightful — a mélange of plants, green glass, green porcelains, and furniture covered in sad greens, gay greens, clear, faded, and poison greens?" --Diana Vreeland

“My only ambition in life is to wear size 28 jeans.” --Karl Lagerfeld

"Buy an atlas and keep it by the bed; remember you can go anywhere." --Joanna Lumley

"Only the shallow know themselves." --Oscar Wilde

"I know of a cure for everything: salt water--sweat, or tears, or the salt sea." --Isak Dinesen

ME:

BASICALLY ME:

SNAPCHAT:

ALSO ME:

FOLLOW!

Enter your email address to get all my latest posts by email. Please.

Join 1,290 other followers

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Welcome!

89,113 visits

Technical Things

Register
Log in
Entries feed
Comments feed
WordPress.com

Post to

Cancel

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy