[Wedding bound in 3 shades of grey.] Dating someone new is a pretty magical, transformative thing—when done with one's whole heart and head and time and that kind of thing. At this age, especially. I wrote once about how with years I noted a general narrowing of my existence and ... View Post
Sweet tea at Mirabelle Café in Savannah, GA.
It hit the spot. That's really all I have to say about that. Check out Mirabelle Cafe & Suites in Savannah—it's a VRBO you can rent with a sweet little cafe downstairs. I just popped in to cool myself off from the inside out, and it worked like a charm. Also, ask for a ... View Post
Beers at Two Sisters Bar + Books in San Francisco.
I've always gotten the best feel for a place by sitting at a bar and ordering a beer. Whether I'm alone or with a group, nothing—really, nothing—sticks firmer in my mind or lets me hop on the plane back home feeling like I experienced what I was there to experience. From a wine cave by the Canal du ... View Post
3 days by the Bay.
There was a satirical New Yorker cartoon framed and hung in our home before it got taken down and packed, the hole it left neatly patched and painted over. I'd almost forgotten about it until the other day when I noticed a bare section of wall where it used to live. The caption, under a sketch of ... View Post
One night in the Capital.
One of my dearest pals had a birthday recently and assembled a group of us in our nation's capital for a few of her favorite things. I packed the pins and patches I got her from Adorn the Hunter, loaded up on neutral separates, drove up with a little Oddisee radio and a Bud Light Straberry-a-Rita I ... View Post




