WHY DON’T YOU? #172
Monday: Why don’t you buy those fabulous Keurig pods from Starbucks that have twice the amount of caffeine in them? I have long been opposed to these pods, even though […]
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THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #212
If there’s one thing that I love, it’s the architecture of the Antebellum South. I think plantations are sumptuous and gorgeous, and I oftentimes dream of buying a crumbling one in Louisiana and restoring it. With what money, I don’t know. I just imagine someday I will have money to do these things that I dream of. One day before I die, I will sip a mint julep whilst lounging on my expansive patio that overlooks an allee of live oaks drowning in Spanish moss.
WHY DON’T YOU? #163
Monday: Why don’t you run away and treat yourself to some peace and quiet? I go through these cycles every year — usually in the middle of winter and the […]
WHY DON’T YOU? #154
Monday: Why don’t you subscribe to all the magazines you admire at the airport bookshop but refuse to buy because they cost far too much? I’ve discovered that you can […]
THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #142
LOVE: Easily Changed iOS Keyboards: We are so spoiled by the future. We don’t even realize it anymore. I remember being in high school in the computer lab — remember those? — […]
Why Don’t You? #103
Monday: Why don’t you teach yourself a dead language? I think it would be ever so helpful to know Latin. It’s the root of so much, and yet these days […]
THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #119
LOVE: Yves Saint Laurent: I have loved the story and art of Yves Saint Laurent long before Harry Styles started draping himself exclusively in thousand dollar shirts designed by the […]
“CIAO, BELLO!” I tell myself in a mirror in Italy.
I sleep like garbage here in Nice because it is about four thousand degrees every day, all day long, coupled with an unbearable humidity like nothing I’ve ever experienced in […]
Why Don’t You? #75
Monday: Why don’t you start a ghastly rumor about your house so that your neighbors and their squawking children stop being so friendly? I live in the country for a […]
Why Don’t You? #70
Monday: Why don’t you plan a formal garden in your yard? Even if you have a small lot you can plant a few boxwoods and set up a fountain. I […]
