month in review: november

Happy (late) Thanksgiving! I’m thrilled to announce a new Nudson! My brother and his wife welcomed Dylan Henly Nudson into the world the day before Thanksgiving and we couldn’t be more thankful both mom and baby are healthy and well. I am so excited to have a niece, and I can’t wait to meet herContinue reading “month in review: november”

family book club: house of leaves

A house with a dark secret. A creeping sense of foreboding. A story told through documents, footnotes, and scraps of paper. House of Leaves is like nothing I’ve read before. How this story is told is as much a part of the experience as the story itself. In a committed storytelling device, we meet ourContinue reading “family book club: house of leaves”

yarn cross-stitch pillow

I have really enjoyed sewing pillow cases for the pillows on my couch. I like picking out the fabric, and I like that they are personal to me. Plus, sewing smallish pillow cases is a generally quick project with a large payoff. This particular pillow project, though, I’ve been sitting on since I saw thisContinue reading “yarn cross-stitch pillow”

project life: october (week 2)

Obviously I have failed at my challenge of doing a project life spread for every week in October. I ran out of photo sleeves. And printer ink. (Whoops.) But here is week two, only a month or so late. This week was one of those weeks where not much happened. I worked from home. IContinue reading “project life: october (week 2)”

new outfit: sweater weather at work

Today in New York it is rainy and snowy and blustery. But on another day last week, when it was more like fall and less like winter, I wore this sweater to work. I love the colors on it–it looks so fall to me. I paired it with a black pencil skirt and leopard shoes,Continue reading “new outfit: sweater weather at work”

izabel from saga (embroidery no. 16)

I feel like I come late to the game to a lot of things. I just discovered Sandman–only 15 years after the first one came out. I am furiously trying to catch up on the Good Wife, which just started season 5. Last year I got really into Stephen King’s Dark Tower series, and theContinue reading “izabel from saga (embroidery no. 16)”

what would death wear

Death is my favorite of Dream’s siblings. Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series has me saying nonsensical things like that and meaning every word. In Gaiman’s universe, our hero Dream has six siblings. I’ve met five of them: Death, Desire, Delirium, Despair, and Destiny. Destiny is the oldest, and he seems like a little bit of aContinue reading “what would death wear”

marathon brunch

Marathon day in New York feels like a block party the whole city was invited to. Everyone is cheering, dancing, and clapping for strangers and friends. It is my favorite New York day of the year. And my favorite way to celebrate athletic people running 26 miles is to relax with boozy brunch. I liveContinue reading “marathon brunch”