Both of mine are rescues, the pittie from a shelter in Queens and the cattle dog from the side of the road in Washington state. Now we eat hot dogs together.

My father’s patience and caring. My mom’s creativity and independence, her height and strong, leggy body. Both sides of the family have great skin and never age, and since I still get carded at 26 I’m hoping I got that too.

I adore snack dinner. My favorite is all the cheese, things I’ve pickled (beets! carrots!), and fried chickpeas.

It’s like psychedelic future Katharine Hepburn!

I LOVE this play on the 50s-style blouse.

I’m not super tall (5’9”) but my sister and my mom are both 5”10 and most of the other women in our family are 6’0”. My dad is about 5’7” and openly thinks tall women are hot; he explained it once as, “Your mom looked great, why would I have thought she would look worse next to me?” I’ve also dated guys who were 2-4…

It’s not a hair horror story exactly, but today at 1:37 I realized I had a 1:30 appointment at the salon I’ve been going to for three years. I called to apologize profusely, beg them to let me come in either 20 minutes late or another day this weekend, and apologize more, and the reception basically chewed me out for…

I’m in the processing of making concord grape focaccia, and I overspent at the cheese store because I felt depressed.

That sounds like a totally awesome dress.

It’s okay. I bought a cap-sleeve, peach colored vintage summer shirt dress at an overpriced vintage store in NYC. I wear 90% black, loathe cap sleeves, and the damn thing is too tight in the tits with the waist in the wrong place. I’ve never worn in and it was $50 :-(

Oooh I have one too! 99% of the time I am wearing one of three things:

Months of accumulated vomit and dog shit :-(

Every time I got to DC I marvel at the terrible fashion. I guess I should expect the high proportion of ugly suits, but why so much exercise clothing? And weird basic shit that’s pretty much the lowest common denominator of clothing, like someone tested it for fug with a focus group.

My husband has had a lot of success making an advent calendar of sorts - he buys a pack or two, and then sets out a schedule of cigarettes starting at his current daily norm and tapering down to two a day, one a day, one every other day, etc. He relapsed recently after spending all summer with his chain-smoking…

I would be 100% in favor of that.

Get casual blazers, the kind that are less structured than a suit but still look dressy. That way you can wear a slacks or a skirt and a nice top out in the community, then throw on the blazer when you’re in the office to look more formal.

I just went nuts at The Container Store to organize the (only) closet (thanks, NYC!) in my apartment and it. was. awesome. I bought a bunch of hanging sweater racks to store boots, long flat tupperwares for craft supplies, stacking drawers for sweaters, a second bar for the closet that hangs from the original one (!),…

It’s in a wool/mohair/angora tweed blend (Berroco Blackstone Tweed in clover honey). I had to size down to get gauge but I’m really happy because it’s coming out stiff yet cozy, if that makes sense.

Dude $10/hour for babysitting is bullshit. I made that babysitting in middle school. She’s a bitch.