i’m a sucker for new beginnings. this year: it’s gonna be a good one.…
we’ll be ringing in the new year with a sweet winter garland because decorations are not just for christmas only. also: a concert for peace. fireworks. bread baking. letter writing. happiest new year to…
sun-dappled pumpkins. just when i thought that pumpkins on stoops was a thing reserved for suburban cul-de-sacs and sleepy new england villages, my neighborhood pumpkin brigade proved me wrong. happy october.…
i walked by this alley on a walk the other day and even in the daylight i could imagine a sweet autumnal dinner party. woolly socks and scarves, twinkling lights, and roasted vegetables gobbled…
september roses. {a little bit ragged. but still here}.…
today, my first brooklyn egg cream. i’m thinking of it as a rite of passage. and surprisingly for a beverage that must have the most unappetizing name known to man, it was actually pretty…
i’ve been searching for a quick and easy solution for dressing the one window that we have in our tiny space. a few weeks ago, on an afternoon stroll through the old neighborhood, i…
i had a different post planned for today. but last night, as we finished the dinner we brought to enjoy by the river, this happened. on the first night of summer. and things like…
this weekend, some rare time off to enjoy the wedding of a friend and a luxurious sunday stroll through our new neighborhood. in the late afternoon we popped into stinky bklyn to taste their…
roses from around my new neighborhood. some of them are past their prime, but all of them robust enough to allow for a monday morning photo shoot. it’s my first day off since we…