Tip #72: Employ icy footrests. Post related to the summer heat #2,348. The evenings around here lately have been a marathon of foot propping. If my feet swell this much from the heat, I’m…
Tip #71: Finding a tiny apartment. Here’s something that I’ve never really officially covered but that gets asked of me a lot. How did you find your tiny apartment? I think the…
Tip #70: Picnic dinners. Choices. We live in a very small apartment in large part because we live in a very beautiful neighborhood. Last week, when my sister Devan was visiting from Asheville, we…
Tip #69: In the summertime, take a cold shower. You do this already, don’t you? I’m a baby when it comes to being cold. I can handle a cool shower for the first few…
This week has been all about lessons in flower arranging and in biting off more than I can chew. Here’s a very late afternoon that proves both things. PS. Thanks to everyone who shared…
Tip #68: Walk. This tip brought to you by last night’s Brooklyn sunset. As much as you’re possibly able, take an after dinner walk. It is always worth it. Every single time. It doesn’t…
Tip #67: Clean the curtains and window sills. Revisiting post #65 for a little bit of clarification, commiseration, and hopefully some helpful advice. In that post, I wrote about thinking seasonally and embracing about new…
Tip #66: Tidy up before you go on vacation. Bits of entirely practical advice for surviving the return home after a short stint away. These tips require a modicum of forethought, but the payoff…
Tip #65: Think seasonally.I’ve already written about the usefulness of having at least a small bit of storage relegated to storing off-season clothes. Wrestling with an over-stuffed dresser drawer is nobody’s idea of fun…
Tip #64: Approach your tiny apartment joyfully. My mom and dad are hands-down the cheeriest people I know. It’s not that they don’t sometimes get annoyed, or grumbly about driving in traffic (ok, fine,…