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Paper teacups and nerd humor

Posted on 28 January 2012 | Leave a comment

This week has been stressful, hectic and exhausting. I’m ecstatic that it’s finally the weekend. My best friend is in town for a short visit from D.C. so I plan to spend tomorrow with him eating good food and taking in “The Descendants.” Sunday I’m going to see Jack’s Mannequin at the House of Blues. Besides Andrew McMahon and George Clooney, here are four other things making me happy this week.

Cecilia Levy's delicate teacups, the subject of my next article for Galo.

I discovered this fellow a week ago, but I continue to fall more in love with him (and his blog).

I love dirty nerd humor, especially in reference to my favorite writer.

My brother Sean's new Etsy shop, Moseley and Stokes.

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Everything old is cool again

Posted on 12 November 2011 | Leave a comment

It’s no secret that I love shopping. I consider the Vogue september issue my annual bible and if it wasn’t frowned upon, I’d live in the Nordstrom shoe department. When it comes to shopping for vintage though, I feel as lost as those hapless souls on “What Not to Wear.” So like any good journalist, I decided the only way to face my fear was to throw myself into it–or in my case, write an article about it. (It also gave me an excuse to check out this place which I’ve driven by every day for the past two months.)

If you want to read about three great vintage shops, check out my article for GALO here: Uncommon Threads

Here are some photos I took at Flower Child–my neighborhood’s vintage store–that didn’t make it into the article. I can’t wait to go back and purchase all the treasures I found, from a sky blue typewriter to fur stole that reminded me of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novels.

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Just like riding a bike…almost

Posted on 8 July 2011 | Leave a comment

I’ve really got to start writing more than once a month. My journalism professors would not be proud. But this month, I have an excuse. I landed a freelance gig at an awesome new online mag called GALO. Yay for progress! It’s good to be writing again. Not that I don’t love my blog, but sometimes even I get tired of writing about myself.

I’m currently working on an article about the painter, Antoinette Wysocki. I interviewed her this morning, and I have to admit, I was a tad nervous. I haven’t interviewed someone in more than a year. Talk about nerve-racking. Thankfully, she was a doll and extremely helpful. Step one down. Step two, write the damn thing. Thankfully, writing an article is a lot like riding a bike. My process still consists of writing two paragraphs, deleting one, moving another and emailing the interviewee to ask “one last quick question” for the 12th time. Ah, how I’ve missed this. I’m about halfway done and already know it will be longer than the requested 800 words. My poor editor has no idea what she’s dealing with.

But for the first time in a while, I’m excited. Excited to be able to FINALLY update my resume. Excited to once again fill a notebook with story ideas–some totally random (“pie is the new black”) and some very exciting (NYC’s Fringe Fest). Excited to again, be writing.

All in all, it’s good to be back.

 

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