Emily
I’ve been everywhere, man
2015 has been My Year of U.S. Travel. We didn’t travel too far or too often growing up, and once I was in college and discovered the allure of Europe (and tricks to finding strangely cheap flights, RIP Northwest Airlines), I would hop the pond whenever I had a break and a bit of cash […]
Grad school steals your hobbies
I had the pleasure of spending last weekend in sunny L.A., my first time visiting. I went to see a friend from high school, but got the added bonus of meeting his lady and seeing a friend of mine from my summer at the Smithsonian. In between beach time and museums x3 (I’ve been on […]
Summer sandal smackdown
It’s finally summertime in Texas! And, as an added bonus, we still haven’t hit triple digits this year, so it’s not yet sticky and sweaty and hot hot hot. After just shy of NINE inches of rain in June (not to mention the Memorial Day floods at the end of May), I’m ready for a […]
All the (house) feelingz
[a little sidenote: It has been a strange few weeks, punctuated by Friday’s amazing news from D.C. on the legalization of gay marriage. I am truly overjoyed that we’ve finally legalized something so obvious to me: that love comes in many forms, and in whatever form, it deserves to be seen and to count. I […]
The Goldilocks of art
I firmly believe that nothing makes a space yours like art. While I generally take a little time to settle in and feel things out, I try to get art on the walls within the first few months of moving into a new place – and no, I don’t worry too much about putting holes […]
And the water came rolling in
As you might have read or seen on TV, we’ve been experiencing one very wet May here, (clap clap clap clap) deep in the heart of Texas. Flash floods and cars (and streets!) being swept away and water rescues in the heart of downtown and tornadoes and so many fallen trees and an inch of […]
The lost holidays
[actual autocorrect I got today] Happy Easter, all! Happy Passover! Or, in my case, Happy Sunday! Growing up, holidays were a big thing around my house. My mom decorates for seven holidays a year, I believe, and we had family traditions affiliated with so many of those days. Cards and chocolate and little presents […]
Distraction-free writing mode
I’ve been thinking about writing a post, any post, even specific posts on specific topics, for months. But blogger apologies are boring. I’ll try to make this one slightly less so. (Maybe?) Logging into WordPress when you’ve been away for a while is a bit like coming back to any hobby after a break: things […]
Secondary words, primary secrets
I loved this quote from the New York Times’ fascinating obituary for director Mike Nichols: “I’ve always been impressed by the fact that upon entering a room full of people, you find them saying one thing, doing another and wishing they were doing a third,” he said in a 1965 interview with the weekly newspaper […]
That fall feeling and last night’s dream
Since I still haven’t learned how to write short, single-topic posts, I thought I’d just throw in that having a blog, even a neglected blog like mine, is great for many reasons, only one of them being that I’m reminded of how seasonal my urges are, even when living in a place with little drama […]
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 
