Today’s my birthday so I’m cutting out early, packing a bag for the long weekend, and leaving you guys with a list of some of my favorite summertime posts. May your weekends include mosquito…
Not that swimsuit edition. Summer is upon us, and so are swimsuits. Well, maybe. Current states of dress notwithstanding, let me be clear about one thing: this isn’t a post about having a perfect body.…
It’s a good time of year, this one we’re in right now. It’s not the midsummer of the summer equinox, but the midsummer that means it’s the beginning of August and fully half the…
On Sunday we celebrated Bastille Day with a quick walk to Smith Street where gigantic swaths of the street had been turned into sandy pétanque courts. Pétanque, for those of you who might be…
This morning’s been a study in learning how to take photographs in a very dark apartment and waking up early for peaches. I wanted to get to the farmers’ market in our neighborhood while…
we had all the sun and sand and new england accents a girl could ask for. we got too tan, ate too much seafood, picked blackberries until our fingertips hurt, and gave terrible instructions…
as my high school latin teacher used to say: it’s been hotter than hades lately. i’m not usually one to complain about the heat, so bitterly do i hate the cold, but sleep in…
just daydreaming about a few things for my favorite kinds of summertime bbqs. we’re galavanting about in mid-coast maine right now, probably doing lots of things much less stylishly, but nonetheless, here’s to a…
a few musings on peas and patience over on the equals record today. last week, it was peas, bur last night it was favas. double-peel beans means double the patience. i’m convincing myself they…
a window ledge is the perfect place to brew a refreshing bit of tea. at our house there was hibiscus tea with honey and just a squeeze of lime. on repeat, all weekend.…