I made the very big mistake yesterday of looking at DC’s 10 day weather forecast and it sent me spiraling into a seasonally induced depression. Walking to work this morning solidified my fear: chilly, gray, rainy (and then suddenly snowy when I…
home decor
Spring cleaning has me jonesing for a decor refresh on my apartment but with just 550 sq ft, a girl’s gotta get creative. I’m no stranger to cramped quarters: after graduating from college dorms, I lived in a studio and…
Over the weekend, my mom, Tommy and I went to IKEA to pick up some odds ‘n ends for my apartment and let me tell you, I had to exercise some extreme willpower not to leave with half of the…
You know those ads that pop up constantly around this time of year? Nope, not talking about eHarmony, Match.com, InsertNicheDatingSiteHere.com, no siree. I’m talking about seasonal depression. You wake up in the morning and it’s gray and dreary. You go home…
I remember when I was in about the fourth grade and my mother, whose ears fell deaf to my protests about truancy, pulled me out of school for a weekend road trip to Toronto for an education conference. Along the…