On December 31, 2019 I made a New Year's resolution to cut back on drinking alcohol.
I wanted to say, "give up alcohol altogether," but, let's face it, I knew that wasn't going to actually happen...
On the day that I turned thirty I invited all of my friends over for a big party. There was punch with orange sherbet and a hot chocolate bar with Kahlúa and marshmallows and three kinds of pudding shots and sprinkled and frosted cupcakes and...
At the end of every year I always do two things. One, an apartment deep clean where I take everything out of every cabinet, every shelf, every drawer, and every closet and scrub down surfaces, purge things I no longer want or need, and reorganize....
It's almost the last day of 2020 and I think we're all breathing a collective sigh of relief.
I mean, I don't really know why, it's not like things are going to magically get better when midnight strikes. In fact, I've seen every version of...
Normally around this time of year I publish my annual gift guide full of all the amazing, fun, and quirky random things I want you to buy for me and my cats. Of course, none of you ever actually buy me anything from that list....
I caused this pandemic. Sorry.
I know you all think that it was some guy in China who ate a bat. Or think it was caused by 5G waves. Or think it is a Bill Gates conspiracy. Or even think that the virus doesn't even exist...
When I last sat down to try to write something here I was sitting on my cat-scratched couch, looking out my living room window at the glowing siren-sign of the shut-down Starbucks across the street. Usually when my brain is spinning and I need to...
Last fall I went to Duck Duck Goat for dim sum with my sister and her friends.
Duck Duck Goat, if you don't know, is Top Chef winner Stephanie Izard's Asian-inspired restaurant in Chicago. It was also the one restaurant on my list of 12 restaurants...
At the beginning of 2019 I made a list of 12 restaurants that I really wanted to go to, one for each month of the year.
I have this tendency to go to the same handful of places over and over again. To never leave my...
Yesterday I turned 39 years old, which means I only have one year until I turn forty, which means I only have one year to get my life together. Because that's how that works, right? You're supposed to have your life together by 40?
At least...
This website or its third-party tools use cookies. By closing this banner, scrolling this page, clicking a link or continuing to browse otherwise, you agree to the use of cookies.OkRead more