We had snow, briefly, which meant a trek to Prospect Park and careening down a slick hillside, belly laughing. The trick to sledding is leaving the hill before anyone wants to. Wait to leave…
I regret to inform you that it’s still January. Happily, Rose Pearlman is back with a tutorial that might help us to pass the time or otherwise forget our woes. I have to be…
five little things that made my week. 1. these drying woolens. {because i sure love summer, but snow is pretty great too.} 2. this short spoon. {because a small little handle makes a big…
This post is sponsored by Everlane ReNew, a collection of outerwear made from recycled plastic water bottles. I spend a lot of time trying to avoid plastic. I try my best not to put…
If you have Epsom salts and you have a tub filled with water, then you have yourself an Epsom salt soak. But the tricky thing is making sure you let yourself indulge. Draw the…
This post is sponsored by thredUP, a secondhand shopping website selling high-quality, like-new clothes for a fraction of the price. On any given day of January you might find me opening my tiny notebook and…
For all of its loveliness, January is a month in New York that requires some amount of defending against. To fend off the cold we need extra layers of wool. To combat the blues…
It’s February in the year 2017 and if ever there was a time for acknowledging that we need to be gentle with ourselves, it seems this is it. Self-care is having a moment, you…
In a one-bedroom apartment, at the tippy top of the stairs of an old brownstone, smack in the middle of a very large city, a sled is not a very practical thing to keep…
It’s the time of year for looking in the mirror and hoping my salty tears might provide enough moisture to put a little glow back into my dry cheeks. (Sad February-ers, unite. It’s almost…