I miss Paris: the streets, the sights, the sounds, the tastes. I want to wake up to the sounds of traffic whizzing down Rue Saint Jacques, walk down the street for a baguette avec chevre et saumon fume. I want … Continue reading
After our last blender broke in a tragic frozen mango daiquiri incident, my roommates and I spent a few very sad months without any type of blending/chopping/mixing device. But after a sad, long flu and far too much time at … Continue reading
IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR. MY FAVORITE THINGS LIST IS OUT. USING CAPSLOCK IS IMPERATIVE WHILE CHANELLING OPRAH. While do not have Ms. Winfrey’s millions of dollars (I just paid for coffee in coins and a forever stamp), I’m pretty … Continue reading
It has not so recently come to my attention that I have several grandma-like habits. I really enjoy being 22 going on 82, so I’m putting together a helpful list of ways you too can live the granny fabulous lifestyle! … Continue reading
The 12 year old I babysit for on the Upper East Side already has a Christmas Powerpoint ready for Santa, so I figured I better get started on my selfish give-me-things-please list. Feel free to pick and choose what you’d like … Continue reading
I’ve been getting a lot of requests from my fans (read: my parents) to write about the hurricane, and while I feel a little silly, as a perfectly safe and healthy refugee avidly searching for WiFi and open Starbucks stores, … Continue reading
Boil 1 cup of French green lentils in one cup of water. Toss with olive oil. Stir in 2 tablespoons of plain Greek yogurt. Top with smoked salmon and thinly sliced avocado. Shred mint leaves on top. Yum!
Ever since returning from Paris, where I ate several portions of lavish food daily, I’ve been doing that poor college student thing, you know, where you don’t eat a three course meal three times a day… Real life is kind … Continue reading
There’s no good way to say goodbye to Paris. In fact, I’m not sure there’s any good way to say goodbye to a place. You can’t hug it and promise to text in the morning, I can’t poke the Eiffel … Continue reading
Determined to hit every museum in Paris during my last week, I found one of the few that was open on Monday: Eugene Delacroix’s house and studio. Though it’s understated, it was pleasant to walk around the building where Delacroix … Continue reading