lazy girls night in.

Last night, I had a quiet Friday evening in with a good friend for a wallet-friendly home-cooked meal.  When she arrived, however, neither of us were particularly hungry, so we postponed meal preparation in favor of uncorking some riesling.  

Wine and conversation can be very distracting: two hours later, we realized dinner was a necessity, [...]

beauty, imperfection.

In my most recent attempt to tidy my perpetually disorganized bedroom, I delved deep into my closet, reaching for the pile that lay below some old and abandoned dresses: my winter boots.  As I arranged the shoes from heap to row, I paused over an old pair.  Spring clean after spring clean, I simply won’t [...]