Last March, I wrote about this dot art project I did for above our table. After about six months, Bart and I got a bit tired of it. Eventually, we decided to replace the Tube Map we’d gotten rid of when we moved from Boston, but when it arrived and we got it framed, it was too small for that…
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A Whirlwind Weekend in Chicago
Here’s what we love most about Chicago: 1. I’d take you out for pizza at Lou Malnatis. Chicago is famous for deep dish pizza, and those of us in the know will tell you: no one does it better than Lous. You can order whatever you want, but I’d strongly recommend the deep dish pepperoni pizza. Normally, I love veggies…
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How Do I Still Own Clothing I Don’t Like?
You guys were so so nice to vote last week for Crawford – I appreciate it tremendously. And, now with that out of the way, we’re free to talk about much more important things like my closet. Since reading Zero Waste Home and also rereading parts of The No-Brainer Wardrobe, I’ve been ruthlessly cleaning out my closet. I thought I…
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The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Back in 2011, when I went to BEA, I attended a Scholastic event where Maggie Stiefvater was a guest and ever since then, I’ve found way too much delight in saying her name (now that I know I can say it correctly. I hope it’s obvious I’m talking about her last name. I’m very bad at phonetic reading of names,…
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Sisters Share It All: Favorite Shoes, Three Ways
I think as far as sisters go, the three of us have quite a bit in common.We all like to read and travel. we all cook quite a lot and love to try new foods and restaurants, and we all had a pretty awkward stage in middle school/high school (sometime, we should all share pictures from that era. Except maybe…
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