Life
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Sometimes, It’s Not You
This article in Sunday's Modern Love column truly spoke to me.* After having long term relationships in my 20's, since then I haven't had any relationship that lasted longer than 8 or 9 months. I have many friends in the same situation. We feel defensive about it sometimes, like the woman in the article. We
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Girly Girl
I don't think of myself as being particularly "girly." When I was a teenager, I barely wore makeup — maybe a bit of eyeliner and lip gloss every so often – and any hair styling was limited to mussing up my short 'do with some gel while my father pleaded with me not to get it
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Fall is a State of Mind
And despite these gorgeous fall colors, I'm not there yet. Still summer in my book. I'm not ready for wool sweaters, closed toe shoes, boots and scarves. I'm still jonesing to wiggle my toes in the sand, to let my skin (protected with sunscreen, of course) soak up the sun, and have picnics and barbecues.
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Reunited (And It Feels So Good)
I lost a shoe a few weeks back. Yes, ONE shoe. No, I was not galavanting around town in one shoe, wondering what became of the other one. This is New York; we walk quite a bit. As some of you know, I have incredibly low tolerance for impractical or uncomfortable shoes, and I'm always
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Rats
For those souls not (yet) following me on Twitter, I had an amusing New York moment yesterday evening. I was walking through Washington Square Park when I overheard a woman say to her friend, "Oh my God! I just saw a mouse!" I had seen the same creature scurry near us, but unfortunately, I did
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Channeling Julia
Julia Child's birthday was August 15th, and as I was walking home last night I passed a window display at Broadway Panhandler filled with pictures of her. As you know, I adore her; she's one of my heroes. I admire the way she lived her live to the fullest, without being overindulgent, it seems like she
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Weekend Wrapup
Friday night we had a fundraiser for the D&P Triathlon team, then early to bed for me as I had a 6:30 a.m. (yes, you read that correctly) brick workout (approx 15 mile bike and 5 mile run). I was wiped afterwards, and lounged about for the remainder of the day until heading out for
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I Wonder . . .
I've been pondering the following lately: Is it possible to do my job outdoors in the shade on gorgeous summer days? What would my life look like if I left NYC? Why don't I cook more when I love to do it so much? How can I manage to live abroad for a month or more?
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Settling Down
I had an interesting conversation with a guy friend last night about how he's been thinking lately about settling down. One interesting point he raised was that he's thinking about moving to San Francisco, because NYC isn't conducive to settling down. I've pondered this very issue myself. I think this is why I'm leaning towards
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Savor
sa·vor /ˈsāvər/ verb. 1. Taste (good food or drink) and enjoy it completely 2. Enjoy or appreciate (something pleasant) completely, esp. by dwelling on it 3. Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in First of all, not a bad life philosophy. Second of all, guess who's going to Blue Hill at