Monthly Archives: September 2016

The weekend is here!

Happy Friday, dear readers! What do you have planned for the next couple of days off? I’m Connecticut-bound for my sister’s bachelorette party. It’s a surprise, so I can’t share details here. šŸ˜‰ It’s looking to be a bit rainy, but I’m hoping to do a bit of leaf peeping while I’m there. Here, to… Read more »

“Manhattan” in New York

One of my favorite lines from Woody Allen’sĀ ManhattanĀ is: “He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion.” As I come up on nineĀ years of living here this winter, I felt like I could useĀ a reminder of why I movedĀ in the first place. (Seriously, the sweltering F train in the summer is enough… Read more »

Books Page: Fall Reading

Well, fallā€”and the cool, crisp weather I loveā€”has officially arrived, so I thought it was a good time to share a few books that I’m looking forward to reading over the next couple of months: 1.Ā She Made Me Laugh: My Friend Nora Ephron.Ā This book by journalist Richard Cohen sounds sweet and funnyā€”an attempt to capture… Read more »

Travel Page: San Francisco

I’m back! I thought I’d take a minute to do a bit of trip recapping. We had such a great 10 days on the west coastĀ visiting family in both San Francisco and outside of LA in Irvine (more on that later). Here, all the fun things we did during the roughly 72 hours we had… Read more »