I’m not even going to make any excuses. I’ve accepted the fact that I am going through my Lazy Ass Winter phase. Therefore I refuse to feel guilty about the fact that I am in my 6th hour of a Project Runway marathon. (And in my defense, I did go for a […]
Years ago, when I had finished college, I went to Australia for just over 2 months. Several times a week I would go to the library in Melbourne to write and check emails. Mainly the emails were from D and Ultra, and I printed them all out. I still have them in […]
Today my parents celebrate their 34th wedding anniversary. They have been each other’s best friends longer than I am alive, and I suspect that they are still as much in love today as they were on their wedding day. They are one of those rare couples that are simply meant for each other.
Throughout […]
The best party that Emer ever threw was on the Frying Pan, an old boat from the 1920s which had sunk and was eventually salvaged and rented out. The inside was old wood and metal. There was a DJ as well as The Odd Squad, a surf-rock instrumental band that a […]
In a previous post I mentioned that my dad still has the cardboard carrying cases in which I brought home my first pets, two parakeets. The fact that he still has these seemingly useless objects from 1986 or ‘87 amazes me. But what truly blows my mind is the fact that my parents […]
The first apartment that my parents and I settled in when we came to this country many moons ago cost $90 a month to rent. This is not a typo - ninety US dollars for our Brooklyn apartment. As in one Grant and two Jacksons, or 10 Hamiltons, or…you get the point. Of course the […]
This is my favorite photo from when I was a kid.
It was taken probably in ‘78 or ‘79, as evidenced by my parents’ funky bell-bottom jeans and matching canvas sneakers. I love this photo for many reasons: I love how cute my mom and dad look, I love how my dad has his hand protectively […]
The Summer theme is built with Zen, flowers and grass by milo IIIIVII.
