Last weekend, I went up to New Hampshire to coach my mom on her new iMac. The highlight of the trip was spending time with Maddie, a/k/a Trouble, a/k/a the cutest-tongued fluffiest puppy in the entire world. Note her little-lamb legs! Also, that her face looks like a Muppet! I had been warned that Maddie pees when she is excited to see… Continue reading

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When boyfriend and I were in San Francisco last week, it happened to be Fleet Week. We flew into SFO ahead of Jeanne's wedding, picked up our ferry tickets to Napa at Pier 39, and had a few hours to kill before our boat came in. We ate Dungeness crabs melts on SF sourdough bread, and watched the Blue Angels flying in formation over the bay. When we headed outside to… Continue reading

I love my adopted city, and have often blogged about its changing character. Feel free to explore my Harvard Square. Continue reading

I just found out that my boyfriend's sister's wedding, which we attended together last June, won Special Events Magazine's Best Event of the Year, and netted the event planner a Gala Award. Continue reading

I you want the full story of our west-coast adventures, start reading here, or you will be hopelessly lost. The next day, Sunday, was our last full day in Los Angeles. Cristo's sister and brother-in-law went househunting in the early afternoon, so we watched their Oscar screener of Revolutionary Road, which is easily going to win a half-dozen gold men. It's Mad Men—The Movie, except with stronger character development. I… Continue reading

On Christmas Eve, Cristo and I flew to Los Angeles. It was a little more fun than our last trip because, while there was no celebrity-studded Kodak Theatre wedding this time, it was much less scheduled; our only responsibility was occasional childcare. We had access to his sister's car, and I passed the Clueless LA freeway driving test with ease. It almost made me miss having a car. Continue reading

If you have a low tolerance for sappy, you probably really don't want to read this.I'm 30 years old, and I'm about to spend my very first Christmas away from my family. In fact, I'm about to board a plane in five hours, and will be almost as far from my family as it's possible to be without leaving the country; they are in New Hampshire, and I'll be in… Continue reading

Tis the time of year when people start making best of/my favorite things/holiday must-have lists. I've been plotting a post like this for a few years—or at least since I discovered Mindy Kaling's Things I Bought that I Love blog a while back (an idea that I'm jealous I didn't think of first). So, this list is of the top ten items that I literally could not survive without—setting… Continue reading

The last time my brother came down to the city, I got a text at 11pm inviting me to meet him at the Purple Shamrock, or some other similarly godawful Quincy Market student-tourist date-rapey cattlecar pit. I actually went. I spent 40 minutes waiting in a line outside before giving up. I spent most of that time texting him to leave and come with me to Lucky's Lounge, a… Continue reading

No, Stephie, not Britney Spears.An article called Samantha Power Working On Obama's State Department Transition Team came across my desktop last week, and makes me absurdly happy.I assume if you've been reading my blog for any length of time, you've figured out that I'm a bit of a nerd. I mean, I have an unmockably impressive music collection and dress really well (in fact, I have fashion acolytes!)… Continue reading