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    People who made cool stuff out of other stuff.

    I almost died when I saw this. Why is Morgan at The Brick House such a genius?? She’s been blogging about fixing up her raggedy old fence, and instead of throwing away…

  • This holiday season, stay independent!

    For the fourth year running, I have made a personal commitment to only buying handmade gifts this holiday season. Please encourage your friends and family to buy (and create!) handmade gifts. Whether…

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    Since you asked…

    Every time I post a photo of myself, someone inevitably comments on my supposedly “lovely” skin. Whenever this happens, I immediately feel embarrassed and ashamed for even taking the photo in the…

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    Borge Mogensen’s house.

    I keep meaning to share these wonderful photos of Danish furniture designer Børge Mogensen’s house in Gentofte, North Copenhagen. The house was designed and built by Mogensen 1958, and he lived there…

  • “I’m from Philadelphia…”

    I’ve already shared the fact that Manhattan is my favorite movie of all time, and I never tire of making reference to it. You may also recall that I love the Muppets.…

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    Tree of Codes.

    I get asked a lot about eBooks and how the prospect of a shift toward the digital publication of books that would normally be printed on paper makes me feel, and my…

  • Notes for a David Lynch adaptation of Moonwalk.

    Notes for a David Lynch adaptation of Moonwalk Edited by Steven Boone Featuring the words of Michael Jackson and Katherine Jackson, and the films of David Lynch I watched this tonight after…

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    Washington Heights.

    Our little Manhattan apartment is way, way uptown—further up than even the Upper West Side and Harlem—in a neighborhood that, depending on who you talk to, might technically be part of Hudson…

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