Soir de fete;

One of my only serious designer indulgences over the past few years has been Hermès pocket squares–while I love the silk scarves, I have yet to figure out how I could realistically wear one that would justify their insane cost.  My tidy collection of squares instead give me great options to wear in my hair [...]

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Louie Louie, oh no, I said we gotta go. Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah I said Louie, Louie, oh baby, I said we gotta go;

In the five years I’ve either lived or visited New Haven, I had never found an opportunity to visit Louis’ Lunch, the famous, teeny joint whose claim to fame is having served the first hamburger.  It’s right across the street from BAR, which is one of my favorite restaurants thanks to its delicious, cheap pizza [...]

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Tw Cen MT is not Futura.

Acqui Terme, Italy.  October 11, 2008, 2:24 PM.

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I apertivi;

One small part of Piemontese life that we didn’t experience extensively was the bar culture–specifically, the before-dinner-drinks, or apertivi.  Most of our time spent in town (or in Torino) was in the afternoon and we were content to sip on either a beer or a glass of wine with a slab of pizza to tide [...]

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Arial is not Helvetica;

New York City, September 2004.

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I’ve been living so long with these pictures of you that I almost believe that the pictures are all I can feel;

In an article describing Microsoft’s newish application Photosynth, Slate’s tech writer Farhad Manjoo muses for a moment on the nature of digital photography in the modern age:
There is something vaguely embarrassing—even narcissistic—about our new era of mass photography. Because we’re always carrying cameras, we’re moved to document every moment of our lives—sometimes to the exclusion [...]

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It’s more than a feeling;

Penny tagged me on Friday on this nifty little meme and I have been itching to do it when my laptop came home.  Well, it’s home now, and the rules for this are as follows:

Go to the fourth folder on your computer where you keep your photographs.
Choose the 4th picture.
Explain it.
Tag four other people.

Here’s mine:

At [...]

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Un pezzo di ispirazione;

Penny (www.pennyplastic.com) often posts her daily inspirations on her fabulous blog, and it’s prompted me to share some of my favorite images, songs, or any other media that I want to share that may not fit into any other posts I write–especially great photos from blogs I frequent.  So without further ado, my first installment;

Image [...]

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Orzo in salsa di limone, parmigiano e prezzemolo;

I tend to use orzo often when making pasta dishes because it’s just so versatile–it works well in soups, pasta salads and even in faux-risotto dishes–and it also doesn’t necessarily need the giant pasta pot that long noodles require if you’re only making pasta for one or two people.  The original recipe that this is an [...]

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Arial is not Helvetica;

Yale campus, September 9, 2008, 1:51 PM.

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