• Kitchen tiling madness!

    I had grand visions for my end-of-year vacation: I was going to catch up on emails, clean the house from top to bottom, watch movies, spend time with Evan and the dogs,…

  • Repost: Christmas in Sweden.

    This is a reposting of a guest blog post I did for Dos Family three years ago. I regularly receive emails asking for the link to download the Swedish Christmas record, so…

  • Another side of the (not) “new” apartment.

    I realized last night (upon receiving lease renewal forms) that it’s already been 10 months since we rented “the new apartment” in Brooklyn. Whaaaat?! I don’t really understand how it’s been almost…

  • Vegan Svensk-Danska Kottbullar!

    So, I’m sick. Super-duper sick. Pretty sure it’s the flu, which serves me right since this is the first time in years I’ve gone without a flu shot. Sleeping and recuperating has…

  • Things to drink coffee out of.

    I have a problem with buying mugs. I love coffee (and tea, and spiced almond milk), and there’s just something about drinking it from a perfectly-weighted, beautifully-designed mug that makes the whole…

  • More tiling progress + two renovation rules.

    I feel like I’m just going to start every post about the kitchen renovation the same way: These photos are terrible. I’m sorry. The good news is that they make last week’s…

  • About skin.

    I’ve been thinking about writing this post for a long, long time now. Skin—and, more specifically, adult acne—is something I’ve touched on briefly here and on my old blog, but never really…

  • Affirmations that don’t make me want to puke.

    It would be a bit of an understatement to say that I tend to lean toward the cynical side of things. I’m a world-champion eye-roller, and nothing gets a heavier sigh of…

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