Emily
The power of a three day weekend
Chiming in here just to remind myself what a pleasant, rejuvenating weekend this was—a much needed change from the pace of life lately. Sat in the shade at the park this morning, reading a magazine and eating breakfast tacos while Riggins was (somewhat miraculously) very calm, despite loose dogs and bike bells and big trucks […]
One year with Riggins
A year ago today, I adopted this crazy ball of fluff: I had thought about getting a dog for years, but in a “one day” sort of way, along the lines of owning a house with built-in bookcases and a KitchenAid mixer. As much as I love dogs, and love going home to see my […]
A long weekend in Mexico City
I spent Thanksgiving in Mexico City (one of my three travel goal destinations for 2016). The trip was excellent and the city was as surprising, often beautiful, sometimes gritty, and generally exciting as I had heard. After pulling together a quick travel guide from memory for a colleague recently, I decided it was time to […]
I just can’t quit you
We’re back to my annual period of doubt and waffling, brought on by the first of many emails reminding me to renew my hosting for this blog. Yep, this blog where I so rarely write anything anymore, where the design has basically been broken for years, the blog that appears on my weekend to-do lists […]
Fresh starts, fresh pages
As I was saying to my sister earlier today, New Year’s Eve is not a holiday I love—too anticlimactic, too couple-y—but there’s something to be said for New Year’s Day. While the 80 degree weather here doesn’t quite facilitate quiet, cozy contemplation in the way a crisp snowstorm might, I spent the day relaxing and […]
Bye bye 2016 (you were a trip)
I’m going to wrest myself away from old episodes of The Great British Bake Off long enough to bid farewell to 2016. If I had to use to just one word to describe the last year, I’d say: tumultuous. There were some highs and some lows, but mostly it was just unsettled and, truth be […]
Memory keeping
Let me ask you this: what do you do with mementos (pamphlets, tickets, maps, photos, cool paper schnipsels) from your travels? Or interesting examples of design that might catch your eye? If the answer is “toss them,” well…that’s cool for you, I guess. As for me…I’ll take that into consideration when I’m a new person […]
Getting personal
On conferences, Cheryl Strayed, and being your same self at work and at home.
Three trips for 2016
It seems about right that I’m wishing you a happy new year 9 days in…”constantly playing catch up” was a theme for last year. But I gave myself a bit of a break—instead of wrapping up the new year in contemplation and quiet, as I generally like to do, I spent the last day of […]
I like writing, photography, reading, music, design, typography, paper products, days in the seventies and sparkly snow, Spanish wine and cans of PBR. I spent a year in Córdoba, Spain, working as a 
