Panda bears are her favorite, so I was thrilled to find the leggins at Target. Back in spring when I was in LA I found these shirts at Zara for like $5. They are longer in the back. Perfect for kids that wear nothing but leggins. I got one for each of my girls. Leggins: Target...
I have usually resorted to printing, if legibility to another person was a requirement, and there wasn’t a typewriter or computer handy. But I fully support Wee Jamie being taught to write cursive, for the very excellent reason that even if you can’t handwrite legibly – you can still ...
Sigh. Listening to someone droning on about audits. I’ve switched off my camera and muted my mic so that I can do something more interesting without anyone noticing. Just have to have that sensor going to listen out for my name. This is a bit like the phone listening for an “ok Goo...
Hilditch & Key:St. James’s of London was the home of many British aristocrats during the 17th century, which is why you can find so many exclusive gentlemen’s clubs and bespoke shirtmakers here today. Among them is Hilditch & Key, whose Parisian outpost once carried fanciful scarves that ...
Come closer so I can whisper in your ear: I TOLD YOU SO. After which I’m going to knee you in the groin so hard you’ll taste next Wednesday. Yes, even if you’re a woman. So, yes, I KNEW from the beginning, and I was suicidally depressed that no one else seemed to see ...
However, one of the many lessons I learned from the Great Void of Covid-19 was not to take anything for granted ever again because little things, big things, and even silly mundane things can be snatched away in the blink of an eye or the invisible spray of a cough. Cherishing each ...
And having slept a few times in my youth on a piece of cardboard on the streets of Manhattan in wintertime, with newspapers wrapped around my legs and arms inside my clothing to help keep out the cold, I can personally guarantee that the homeless in New York City won’t object if the...
etc. There’s a chunk missing from the ceiling cornice, and now that it started raining I hear a loud dripping sound that I think (hope) is outside and which could make me have to run inside for the bathroom every five minutes. But (can I say this again?) – it’s my own office...
"When you come here on your own as I have, it can be a lonely place if you don't know anybody. However, fortunately the Tianjin expatriate scene is small, that it's easy for me to be a part of it." She added, "Everyone's been really friendly, and I tend to eat out a lot ...
starting over—are going to have to do the same. “Over here in Mexico, you’re a whole new person,” Gutierrez says, watching the missionaries sing to the line of deflated men. “You don’t have no prison record. You have your ID. You can use your name. You don’t have to hide...