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The Sciences Sing a Lullaby by Albert Goldbarth

Some Things I Love:

  • Yoga breakthroughs! The other day I held a Crow Pose for 30 seconds. Looks like this.
  • Also, the YOGAmazing video podcast. The best free yoga class podcast out there. 
  • The word “squiffy.”
  • Trying to recall my first fully formed memory.
  • Brooklyn Brewery! Oh, it was so worth it to brave those blistering winds to have a cup (or four) of delicious BK brew. I have some extra beer tokens from the visit, so I’ll definitely be back again soon!
  • Cooking in general. This week I made fas & fas (a tomato sauce-based stew), shrimp scampi, and hard boiled eggs for the first time and felt really accomplished.
  • Using my juicer for the first time. It grinds vegetables with such force that it’s almost scary to watch. 
  • Fairway supermarket. A beautiful place. The closest thing Long Island will ever have to a Wegmans. 
  • Finally having some of dad’s homebrewed beer. About time.

Oh geeeeez. This is why I need access to a sewing machine nowwww.

P.S. The blog this video came from is pretty exquisite.

Some Things I Love:

  • Dishing out snappy comebacks whenever some stranger feels like calling me an infantile nickname like “sweetheart.” (ex. “Here’s your change, sweetheart.” “Thanks, princess.”)
  • Veronica Varlow’s Magic Mondays and How-To Tuesdays. 
  • Stroking the velvety plastic texture of my Kindle as I’m reading.
  • Jump-roping in my back yard instead of going to the gym.
  • Going to coffee shops that resemble Hogwarts common rooms!
  • Seeing this Betsey Johnson chat live with Gen!
  • Recipe swapping with mom. 
  • Living in a house filled with every obscure spice, herb, and ingredient you’ll ever need.
  • Staying true to my resolution to make a recipe from Pinterest once a month! This month was spaghetti w/kale & lemon. Recipe here.
  • KALE. My new favorite leafy green.
  • Seeing 6 out of the 9 Best Picture nominees, and not having any clue as to which film is going to win.

Things I love:

  • Seeing Dita von Teese in March at long last!
  • Ordering new glasses (they’re purple), a new phone (iPhone 4s), and a case (from Etsy), and the anticipation that ensues.
  • Gloria Steinem’s “I Was A Playboy Bunny”.
  • Blue mascara. It will change you. Bonus: My mom wore it in the 80’s.
  • Chocolate from a cheese grater
  • Freshly dyed red hair which turns my yellow gold nail polish into rose gold.
  • Being on the line at Alexandra Franzen’s Tele-Coming Out Party. I love her blog, and so it was quite amazing to hear her work her one-on-one counseling magic in real time! We crafted personal introduction statements through a series of introspective questions, and it gave me a lot to think about when it comes to my own career aspirations.
  • Birthmarks on celebrities.
  • The “fuck yeah, unintentional exercise!” ache that you feel in your legs after a night of dancing.
  • Getting mesmerized by finger light gloves at a house party.

Leaves with a leaf pattern (at New York Botanical Garden)

Just so you all know, this image is inspiration for a story that I’m currently writing. Thank you that is all. 

Things I love:

  • Loose leaf green tea descriptions that read: “This tea should be enjoyed with friends while lounging on pillows”
  • Exciting emails that make my heart jump
  • Knitting and almost finishing my scarf
  • NFL players’ jiggly asses
  • Observing all of the small details in a football game on tv (the muted expletives coming out of coaches’ mouths, the confetti left on the field from the half-time show, the annoyed people in the stands that are sitting behind someone with a huge handmade sign).. EXCEPT for the game itself.
  • Hometown comfort and joy
  • The fact that all of the Christmas lights in town will probably stay up til February
  • Lazarus, my newly-repaired record player from 1960
  • My boyfriend and his superb powers of organization and cleanliness
  • Reading Anais Nin’s diary
  • Omelets & crepes, savory style.
  • The word “drishti” which means “focal point” in Sanskrit
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