I need a couch, a dresser and this rug.


Or maybe this one.

Do the best you can (+shopping therapy).

Fall is here and I have to do what I can to make the best of the fact that summer is gone for another year. Last year, to combat my APPROACHING WINTER BLUES, I got myself a pair of tall black UGGS! Say what you will- they kept me happy and warm all winter. This fall I think I will get a shiny green pair of HUNTER Boots to keep my feet dry on wet walks. Maybe I should get two more tiny pairs for Nino?

The Dog is a Barometer

Nino seems to be getting comfortable. Happy dog, happy home.

C'est ci n'est pas just a table and chairs

THIS is my first table and chairs in five years, and my first proper one, ever. When I am finally unpacked (whenever that may be) and when I finally get paid so I can buy groceries (whenever that may be) I will be happy to cook you dinner and serve it to you at my little dining room set.

*UPDATE: I am still unpacking and I JUST scratched my new table before I have even sat down to eat a meal at it. I guess a house ain't a home 'til something gets damaged, right? RIGHT?

Deep breath.

Chez Moi

My new home is coming together.


The Cable Guy came today. I was hooked up by 9am Monday morning. Hello, world!


Nino is totally freaked out by the whole moving experience but this apartment gives him a nice little place to lay, out of the way, and keep an eye on me. You see his eye? He sees you.


My new bed is so comfortable and the quilt that I love and have been using on a twin bed for years finally fits.


I wasn't sure at first but now I love the color that we painted the living room because all of my colorful stuff looks fantastic against it. Everything I own is starting to make sense...


But I still have a lot to tackle.

And I have to say that I couldn't have done any of this so seamlessly without my Joe. He has been painting, schlepping, lifting, driving, double-parking, IKEA-ing, listening, and keeping me sane, happy and laughing all the while. Thank you, Joe! I love you!

Moving along

Joe and I finished painting the new apartment today, and we didn't come anywhere close to killing each other! Let's see how we make it through the move on Saturday...

Tomorrow my new bed comes! I never bonded with the last bed I bought so I hope that this bed and I fall deeply in love as I fall deeply asleep.

Even though I measured twice and then again I have fears that the new bed won't fit in my little seashell of a bedroom. I'll let you know.

Things I Love

I wish I could get in this box and close the lid and live in there until winter is over.


I would eat this every day if I could, but soon one won't even be able to get tomatoes OR blueberries. Winter sucks.


At least we always have cake, as seen at the Path Mark in the Bronx. Please note that Cookie Monster has a cookie in his mouth.

Fictional and Fabulous Upper East Siders

I feel like Carrie Bradshaw, Holly Golightly and Lucy Ricardo all rolled up into one.

OMG y'all

I did it. I got the apartment. I am moving. I have a bedroom, a living room, a fire escape for pots of herbs, a very decent kitchen with tons of cabinets, red hardwood floors and an elevator!!! I'm so excited I could cry. I'm ready for a new neighborhood and a big girl apartment. This is very exciting.... :)


And here is a picture of the free public pool that is three blocks away from me...!!!

Provincetown, Cape Cod, 2009

Me and Jenny (and Joe on the phone).


Lobster salad, lobster rolls, lobster with butter...lobster.


I love this picture because Jenny just looks like Jenny.