I used to travel for work pretty regularly pre-pandemic as part of my job at Amnesty. Travel is the only thing I miss about that job. It's been very cool to be now working at a global foundation and to meet colleagues who've traveled to New
This week's edition snuck up on me but it's been a week filled with a very heady combination of hope and anger watching events in Gaza and colleges around the country. Heartened by seeing students organize so well but devastated to see the highly disturbing news
So, I listened to the new Taylor Swift this week and...I don't know, man. Definitely a few good ones but... shrug emoji. Did it give me some gossip? Yes. Did it need to come out so soon after Cowboy Carter which it might be unfairly but likely
Every night as part of Sylvie's bedtime routine we read the same two books in the same order. First The Tiger Who Came to Tea and then Mog the Forgetful Cat, both by Judith Kerr. I bought the former at the Winding Stair during our time in Dublin
Babe, it's been a long week. One which began with Sylvie playfully throwing a brick of Magnatiles at my face point blank. Immediately after, I ran to the bathroom where pain and blood followed but so did a very contrite and concerned three-year-old who continued to repeat "
I would say most of this week could fall under the heading of Struggling. The sleep status of my children is directly tied to my sanity and anxiety and, let me tell you, both suffered deeply this past week. I would love to say that we're settling into
I'm someone who "developed early" (as my mother delicately put it) and whose body has screamed "woman" from the time I was about 11. This meant several things for me. It meant that my clothes fit differently. It meant breasts like mine were something
March 4 was my grandmother's birthday. It's the first one since she passed away last June. Andree Jeannette Virecoulon was born in Paris just over 100 years ago and, in every sense of the word, she was our matriarch. She divorced my philandering American grandfather not
Around 2006 or so my dear friend Aziz created a blog that tracked what he ate and how much he slept. He had an audience of one - his mother. I am hoping my mom subscribes. Encouraged by a group chat experiment, I'll be sharing what I'
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