Posts Categorized: Summer

Recipe Page: Heirloom Tart

When temperatures hit 100 degrees, it only makes sense to turn your oven on to 400 degrees to bake, right? Ha, OK, so maybe not, but that’s what I did over the weekend. I’ve been hitting up our local farmer’s market every Saturday and buying more heirloom tomatoes than I know what to do with…that… Read more »

TV Page: Stranger Things

Are you watching Stranger Things on Netflix? I’m not really one for horror TV shows—or movies for that matter—but I love Wynona Ryder and, after her comeback in Show Me a Hero, was intrigued to hear that she’d be making her Netflix debut in this 80s-set sci-fi original show. It’s only eight episodes in length (we’ve got two to go!) and it’s about… Read more »

2 (delightful) signs of summer

Sure, Boston got snow this weekend and the temperatures in New York dipped back into the 20s (yikes), but it was all spring/summer in Brooklyn, mainly due to my favorite warm-weather pasta dish and bottle of rosé. Let’s discuss the first: This recipe for Pasta with Five Fresh Herbs is one of my favorites. It used to… Read more »

The weekend is here!

Happy Friday, my darling readers — and omg, happy Labor Day, too! I cannot believe that another summer has come and gone. Matt and I are beach-bound this weekend to make sure we end the season of warm weather on a sandy shore. What do you have planned? Here, to get your weekend started right,… Read more »

My Savannah plant bloomed!

You guys: I’ve spent the entire summer trying to get my Savannah plant (a gift from my mom after our trip to the South) to bloom. June went by. July went by. Nothing. Then, I learned about this awesome trick to prevent over-watering: Stick your finger one inch below the surface to find out if… Read more »