Blog Talk Vol. 7

Sale PSA: A great casual v-neck sweater from L’Agence, now 40% off, the perfect loose linen shirt from J.Crew, now 40% off, an adorable cabbage tureen from Matches, now 50% off, and ah…adhesive bra stickers which I do find quite useful in summer, currently price matched at $20.

My book: is coming out in a few weeks (!!), and so I’ve been writing a few short pieces that you will see closer to publication. Here is a photo I took, for one, of my current writing space – at the moment I’m working out of the kitchen in the mornings as I can only write before the kids wake. I thought I’d also share it with all of you; finding time to write has been hard for me lately and I know many of you with artistic sides may also be struggling. Be easy on yourself – we have all had quite a year!

Shopping: I’ve been meaning to share some new purchases. Though to be honest I’ve had mostly stinkers, including two (sob) pair of Hermes sandals which didn’t fit right and thus had to be sent back (yay for the wallet). Mostly my successful purchases have all been little organizational knick knacks for the house.

I did also want to update that I tried these Birkenstocks again and after a little bit more wearing they actually hurt – I was surprised as I love my other Madrids but it has to do something with the big buckle on these. Birkenstock friends, beware that the buckle on these may press on your foot if you wear them a lot! At least that was my experience.

Travel: I recently realized that my passport is actually expired. It apparently did so late last year, which made sense as I did not look at passport basically all of 2020 (and could barely find it in the house). So I finally got it together to get a new hideous photo doneand mailed in my application. And it’s been weeks and weeks and it hasn’t even been registered as received. Apparently passport applications are going SUPER slow right now (I was told up to 18 weeks from the time you mail) so anyone planning international travel: please take note! You should start right the process right away.

PS: I’m not planning on going anywhere international right now…but given the new REAL ID requirements I figured it’d be good to have an alternate ID on hand.

Beauty: I recently painted my nails for the first time in a year. I was a little afraid that all my polishes might have dried up but they were still there and after some shakes were good to go. My kids were fascinated by the fact that my nails were painted a different color. They have seen me pay ah…very little attention to my appearance for the last year. And I’m not good enough at makeup application that it makes much of a difference.

And finally: I was going to do an update on Covid/school but there isn’t much to say. Instead I will add a small complaint that my allergies are driving me CRAZY this year! I am taking medicine, air filtering (thank you wildfires), vacuuming constantly, and had shots for years. And still I am going crazy. Anyone else suffering? What has worked for you? One final tip: I’ve started keeping these children’s chewables in my bag, to take during an emergency (they work faster than the adult version).