This past weekend, I trekked back to Baltimore for my 10-year reunion at Hopkins. I’ve been back for a couple reunions now, but this one was kind of special. People go the extra mile after a decade, and it was fun to celebrate it with my very closest college friends, as well as old roommates, suitemates, […]
My best bud and I share the same birth month – birthday bookends of the sometimes wintry (my end), sometimes springy (hers) month of March. In college this made for some fairly epic, furniture-less parties, and in later adulthood, this makes for me never forgetting the dang day. That’s right, Facebook, I don’t even need […]
One of my favorite things in the world is being an auntie. And despite being kind of a child-avoider my whole life, I think I’m pretty good at it. I mean, I haven’t crossed into “remembering to get them birthday gifts” or “sending them a check on Christmas” territory, but maybe I’ll get there. I’d […]
I love living in D.C. and its suburban environs (#teammaryland), but I don’t love this bizarre game we’re playing with New York and San Francisco where we try to see who can reach the Zenith of Unaffordability first. At the Zenith of Unaffordability, as legend has it, the moon blocks out the sun, rats and pigeons […]
“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” the new sitcom created by the legendary Tina Fey and SNL, Friends and 30 Rock writer Robert Carlock debuted on Netflix last week. Naturally I stayed up till 4am on Saturday watching the entire first season (thanks daylight savings), as one does. I love how sunny and silly but also tough this show […]
This past Sunday I had the pleasure — nay the honor — of marking another year on this planet. I turned 32, which has a nice ring to it. I’m not a huge fan of odd-numbered ages, except for the 5’s, which just feel right. 31, at least, was a prime number, sure to make my […]
Or: Why actors are awesome and should be included in the creative process early and often. Or: Why writerly hermits (or hermitly writers) need a community. Or: Why people who don’t own a car or drive are bad at giving you directions for where to park. On Monday night, we had the first read-through — […]
No one likes cooking in winter. OK, some people do. But those people don’t add up. This blog is for people who totally add up. The sad fact is, you have to leave your house sometimes and you have to eat food during winter. Sorry. But it doesn’t have to be a total chore. Here’s a […]
I don’t usually listen to music when I’m running outside – something I picked up from a hardcore marathon/triathloner at a camp I worked at one summer. I just enjoy my weird trippy running thoughts (BuzzFeed’s 75 Thoughts Every Runner Has While Out For A Run is pretty accurate) and the sound of my own labored breathing. […]
Now and then, I become a morning person. I can’t predict what will precipitate this change. One summer in college it was the routine of getting up at 7:00 every day to work at the college bookstore. Another year in Rockville, when my then-pregnant cousin was staying with me, it was the fact that I’d […]