NYC has everything. One minute you’re in a comfy apartment in Park Slope snuggled up with a friend’s 8-day-old daughter, drunk on her new baby smell, monopolizing all her time; the next minute, you’re popping champagne in celebration of a good girlfriend’s forty-something birthday at Boucarou, a restaurant/lounge where West Africa meets the East […]
So I had this dream last night. I was at Kelly’s, this local bar with Franziskaner on tap and strong mojitos, and a jukebox featuring Nico/Velvet Underground, Johnny Cash, and the Geto Boys, but no Top 40. In the dream, I was with friends, old and new, and a good time–complete with […]
1. It’s been weird not to post here daily, but so many other things have been going on that blogging feels like an indulgence. That said, I am ever-thankful to capital-B Bloggers who hold it down daily, cut through the bs, and help keep me informed. (Thanks, Tami!)
2. Parenting is really […]
2 grown-ups
2 states
240 miles apart
1 airline plus
Unlimited cell phone minutes
plus 2 trusting hearts
Equal a 2nd chance at love
1 Spring Break
5 daughters
4, 9, 9, 11, 11
3 biological
1 adopted
1 borrowed
all loved
1 mini-van, also borrowed,
swapped with 1 ex, mine
Numerous people asking, “How DO you do it????
Zero bitterness?”
Zero interest in doing anything but what’s best for
2 of those daughters, […]
I’m in the revision phase of a creative nonfiction essay currently under consideration–keep your fingers crossed–for inclusion in an upcoming anthology. My essay is about trying to raise healthy and health-conscious kids while also sharing with them the food and cooking traditions from my Southern roots. From time to time, we’ve tried what […]
