Prosaic Paradise

Here they are, all 40lbs of books for my summer semester. It’s a little intimidating, a little exhilarating. I really want to unpackage them and look at them, but at the same time, most of them are unreturnable if opened, and I want the prof to confirm I got the right books. You DO NOT […]

I am in a small way writing this just because I love this picture I took this weekend. But also because I am waiting for two packages I am super excited about. One pair of glasses from Warby Parker (Telf keeps her eye on the trends, and for that I am grateful!) and one Moleskine […]

Yesterday I got sidetracked in one of those internet vortexes when someone linked to a bunch of outfit-a-day blogs. A lot of these fashion bloggers are shaped like me. This is awesome. It’s refreshing to see what clothes look like on people who look like me, because if I am shopping for clothes online, the […]

This is my guitar. I bought it 8 years ago at Chuck Levin’s with a plan to get Alex to teach me to play. He learned quickly that I was a terrible student at things that require the kind of patience instruments do; so the guitar has lain dormant for the most part until late […]

Much of the time, I can be pretty cynical about marketing ploys. But recently someone tweeted about the @BirkenstockUSA 365 blog project, sourced entirely out of owners’ and fans’ pictures from flickr. And wouldn’t you know I went back for some reason and looked at practically the whole archive and in the process fell into […]

Well, it’s been a really challenging day here in sicksville in front of the TV. Not only have I been laid low, now Jack is percolating with ick on the couch. We both have prescriptions from our respective docs and Christie, saint that she is, dropped off potato soup and a giant stack of DVDs. […]

My hair stylist Bree has been telling me for months about Giovanni Tea Tree Triple Treat Shampoo & Conditioner and I was like “sha, whatever” for just about as long. But since the product I really want to use, DevaCurl, is like $298,475.23 a bottle and this stuff is only $7 I decided to give […]

Why do I continue to get myself involved in more things, when all the time I fantasize about having nothing to do? This contradiction in myself is pulling me in two directions pretty much all the time. Product placement: I heretofore endorse the the Timbuk2 Cargo Tote as really nice even if not necessarily the […]

Sometimes you find that your brand loyalty pays off. Usually, you hope it pays off in the sense that the company for whom you have a slavish devotion continues to make the product that earned them your devotion in the first place. Sometimes though, it doesn’t work that way, and you wear shoes until they […]

1. What author do you own the most books by? Terry Pratchett or Martha Grimes, by virtue of either’s prolificness. 2. What book do you own the most copies of? Handling Sin by Michael Malone. If you were my friend in 1997/8 I likely gave you a copy, since for Christmas I bought a box […]