THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #221
LOVE: Oceans 8: For some foolish reason, Jessica doesn’t appreciate or trust my impeccable taste in films. I don’t often want to go to the movies — I don’t love […]
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THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #220
I don’t have a complaint in the world. I love the new keyboard and the gold and the GOLD and the gorgeous screen and the gold and the loud speakers and everything and the gold. I’m so happy and so pleased with myself. I love a bargain. I was going to buy one regardless, so I’m feeling truly blessed.
WHY DON’T YOU #180
Monday: Why don’t you ignore the conventions and decide to live an extraordinary life? Diana Vreeland, the woman who inspired this blog series and the woman in the portrait every […]
LUXOR: To The Cataract!
I woke with trepidation. I was heading to Aswan, checking off another major destination in Egypt, and stopping in several of the iconic temples along the way. Even though I […]
Why Don’t You? #129
Monday: Why don’t you get a little coffee machine for your bedroom and hook up all of your lamps to a timer and then have the television programmed to come […]
THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #158
LOVE: Dammann Tea: I have spent years hunting for the perfect mint tea. I’m desperate for one that tastes just like the nectar they serve at the Grand Mosquée de […]
THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #157
LOVE: Squash Bug Disappearance: I am a truly terrible gardener. I try and I try, but my results are inevitably disappointing. It’s not that I don’t have a green thumb, […]
Why Don’t You? #109
Monday: Why don’t you make a batch of no-knead bread, get depressed because of an undiagnosed medical ailment, forget about it for a week and a half as it rises […]
Why Don’t You? #96
Monday: Why don’t you do a rain dance or whatever you have to do to make the goddamn snow stop? I am losing my mind. Winter is the stupidest thing […]
Why Don’t You? #83
Monday: Why don’t your take a trip to Colombia, visit a coffee plantation, and then have a custom blend created? Invite your friends over and after they gush over how […]
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