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  • storq: a maternity basics giveaway.

    Growing a minimalist wardrobe while also growing an ever larger version of yourself can be a challenge for even the most sartorially adept pregnant woman.  And I was not the most sartorially adept pregnant…

    September 29, 2014 228 Comments
  • growing a minimalist wardrobe: step 2

    Step Two: Master the Art of Basics and Layering See Step One, right HERE.For a long time I felt like the word basic used as a noun was mere marketing fluff. But over the past…

    September 25, 2014 48 Comments
  • growing a minimalist wardrobe: step 1

    The words growing and minimalist might seem like strange bedfellows, but hear me out: I like to think of a minimalist wardrobe as being akin to a garden. You’ve got to pull out the…

    September 18, 2014 44 Comments
  • make your own: deodorant.

    In the summer that I turned 19, I spent a month in the Vermont woods not showering. There was some trail clearing and bridge building in there too, but the not showering bit is…

    September 16, 2014 32 Comments
  • make-believe: pasta night.

    James grew up with an Italian mama with a particular prowess for pasta dinners and I promise you there are weeks when I have to remind him that one cannot subsist on pasta alone.…

    September 10, 2014 2 Comments
  • make-believe: city rambles with a baby.

    There have been a lot of ramblings around these city streets lately. Faye’s a happy little traveler, grasping the little wooden ring I tied to her stroller and taking in the sights with wide…

    September 4, 2014 7 Comments
  • make-believe: family camping trip

    If watching other people’s home videos wasn’t the world’s most boring activity, I’d subject you to the videos that my parents took of our family trips. Four girls and two relentlessly good spirited parents…

    August 26, 2014 19 Comments
  • make-believe: date night.

    Three days before Faye was born, James and I were at my sister Cait’s apartment for dinner. We ate spicy Indian food and everyone made guesses about when the baby would make his or…

    August 19, 2014 13 Comments
  • life in a tiny apartment.

    Tip #107: Edit your wardrobe. Seasonally.I have a small three-drawer dresser and a half of a closet in which to store clothes and I’m a pretty discerning shopper and still I feel like I…

    August 13, 2014 34 Comments
  • make-believe: the beach at high noon

    Having a baby in the summer is wonderful for all kinds of reasons, but it does complicate midday beach-going a touch. There’s the blazing sun and new baby skin to navigate, not to mention…

    August 12, 2014 5 Comments