I regret having never been a paper boy. My first job was babysitting  – what a cliche – which I started when I was eleven. I was desperate for a hot pink walkman and strapped …

It was late in the winter of ‘04 and my unemployment had just run out. My filthy Theravadan roomate got us booted from our apartment under the BQE so I moved in with my boyfriend on …

“The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society — more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.”  – Charlotte Perkins Gilman
I don’t know what I …

I open up my custom cupboard doors two or three times a day to gaze upon that glorious ziggurat of plastic food storage containers, my cherished Popit! collection. Let’s disuss the mechanics before we wax philosophic. Popit!s range in …

I was visiting friends in New York two weeks ago and hoping to take a Nia class with my BFF. We knew we wanted to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art and walk through Central …

Ever want to drink outside of your house, but not quite in a full-blown bar? Leave it to the geniuses in Amsterdam to introduce this new concept in nightlife: Minibar. Instead of a bartender, guests …

Nearly four years ago, my husband was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. It came as a shock: he was a few weeks shy of turning 29, and relatively healthy. He would get the odd cold …

In an effort to live more “greenly” (is this even a word?), I have been on the lookout for products that are both reusable and attractive. I recently purchased a Doy Bag lunchbox for …

After two years of marriage I still am occasionally surprised that I’m somebody’s Mrs. I find being a wife rather delightful and married life suits me very well but there are a few habits of …

The new school year is just around the corner, and my daughter was in need of a replacement lunch  bag. There are the usual Disney princess pepto-pink bags available, but I happened upon doybags.com and …