Ella Enchanted was my favorite book when I was 12, is my favorite book right now, and might be my favorite book forever. As a lover of fairy tales, balls, and evening gowns, every version of Cinderella was a treat, but this one felt like it was made just for me. Because in this version,Continue reading “What I learned from Ella Enchanted”
Category Archives: rae’s thoughts
some housekeeping
Hello! Just wanted to drop a quick note on a few site changes. I updated the look of raesdays.com and also updated some of the backend. If you subscribe, you should hopefully still get posts the way you used to, but please let me know if there’s any issues and I’ll see what I canContinue reading “some housekeeping”
my favorite pop culture pastime: shipping
I ship Oliver and Felicity, and Elizabeth and Philip. I ship Alicia Florrick with everyone, but especially Finn Polmar. I yell “make out!” at the TV so often, it’s become a constant refrain in my apartment. In TV land I am ruthless. I want everyone to cheat on everyone, unless you’re a couple I thinkContinue reading “my favorite pop culture pastime: shipping”
rae’s newsletter
I would like to start a newsletter that goes straight to your inbox not more than once a week. It would be more casual than what’s on here, and mainly on what I’m reading, watching, and stuff I think is cool. More book/TV/life club-y, and less one-topic post-y. I am still going to be postingContinue reading “rae’s newsletter”
#fatcat
Cisco passed away Oct. 27 from thyroid cancer. Thank you all for your comments and cards, it means a lot. — The last time he sat on my desk to get my attention while I was working on something other than petting him, did I let him sit there, or did I move him soContinue reading “#fatcat”
27
It’s my birthday today. I’m having a hard time with 27–it just sounds so much *older* than 26. It has been a very eventful year, to say the least. I’m in a new apartment in a new city. I had new challenges, like telling #fatcat we were moving and knitting a new stitch for a baby blanket. JustContinue reading “27”
end of the month review: may
May was such a great month! I continued getting settled in Chicago and entered my apartment in the Small Cool Spaces contest. I started a podcast with Jewels of Oven Lovin’. I had a fantastic vacation over Memorial Day, and I read some great books. The top viewed posts of May are: before and after:Continue reading “end of the month review: may”
moving day
What was surprising to me was how hard it was to say goodbye to the people who work at the local places I shop. Their familiar friendly faces greeted me every time I ran down the street to get coffee (“it’s supposed to be nice out this weekend”), picked up a bottle of wine forContinue reading “moving day”
reblog: on new york
I originally posted this on July 10, 2012. But since it’s my last week in the city, I’m posting it again. My friends and I used to say that the highs in New York are very high and the lows are very low. This is true literally–we have both the Empire State Building and theContinue reading “reblog: on new york”
by the numbers: packing
This weekend… 2 of my best friends helped me pack 21 boxes (and I’m not done yet). Thank you Meredith and Laura! Your help and company was magical. Frozen played on my TV 5 times. I bought 70 feet of bubble wrap. We had, er, many drinks. (if you look carefully, you can see anContinue reading “by the numbers: packing”