Baby Belugas
Sometimes I think I understand or should understand a topic and then the more I think about it the more I get stumped and wonder if I've actually done damage to brain cells over the […]
Mostly Me
Vanitas
I've never followed Meghan Daum's career, though she's age-appropriate and seems like someone I should envy. (I mean, I know her basics, but have never actively sought out any of her writing.) In my 20s […]
Flipping My Lid
I couldn't sleep past 8:30am (unheard of on a weekday, let alone a Saturday) because it's so damn bright out. Too much reflective snow. I don't consider snow extreme weather–it's the normal winter stuff we […]
Cracking the Jeanetic Code
Rumors was more the soundtrack to my childhood, but my ears certainly perked up as "Tusk" appeared at the beginning and end of this week's The Americans pilot, a show I didn't even know I […]
Half Way There
Oh shit. I'm half-way through 40 today. And still nothing to show for it. I will make my second half amazing, I promise, but first I need to get dressed, get over this flu, get […]
A Flu Shot Wouldn’t Help With This, Right?
Is this the beginning of the end? I sneezed so hard that I peed myself. No biggie I thought until I realized enough urine had seeped through my underwear, past my leggings (I would not […]
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
I don't know when flu shots being recommendations for the elderly, compromised immune systems and healthcare workers shifted to encompass everyone and if you don't acquiesce you are put in the same category of non-recyclers, […]
Buying It
That Sunday morning regularly brings trend piece-induced nausea is more a sign that I need to expand my sources. Because the new season of Girls premieres tonight, a reference has been woven into every article […]
Vintage
This is 40: overpaying to live in a building you partied in during your 20s. '90s warehouse lofts turned 2013 luxury apartments, complete with branded tote bag and floorplan-containing blueprint tube. Did I mention that […]
Baby Steps
Having a gym for $21.67 a month is a bargain ($260 up front annually) but slightly less so when it's on a college campus that closes between Christmas Eve and the new year, randomly for […]