Category: Life As We Know It
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Zelda and Scout, A Final Conversation
Zelda: Shall we start at the beginning? Scout: A very good place to start. Zelda: Let’s go back to the spring of 2014, when we first started having conversations about this project, which at the time was just a vague amorphous thing. I was working as a barista at a cake shop in Chelsea, several…
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Another Opening, Another Show
We talk a lot on here about what it means to be a New Yorker, and if that’s something we’ll ever really call ourselves. I’m still not sure I can claim the mantle, but there are definitely things that are no longer as novel to me as they were when I moved here nearly seven…
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It’s Not Hatewatching If You Don’t Hate It
Friends, I want to tell you a little story about how I found myself a member of Bachelor Nation. Yes, y’all, I spend my Monday nights watching men and women vie for the heart of the chosen bachelor(ette) in a series of increasingly contrived situations — me, who in high school definitely felt superior to…
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You Do You
As the year in which I will turn the big 3-0 enters its second month, I’ve realized something. We talk a lot about how adult responsibilities are trying and we don’t feel totally equipped for them. Something about the millennial disposition makes us not totally able to call ourselves adults. We don’t feel like we’ve…
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In Praise of Seasonal To-Do Lists
A few months ago, I told you all about my New York summer bucket list. I had arrived at the end of June 2018 feeling like I was wasting the sunshine alone in my (admittedly very comfortably air-conditioned) room. And so I made a list of all the warm-weather things I wanted to do in…
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Our Favorite Posts of 2018
Another year is coming to an end! By our estimate, 2018 was at least 84 years long, and full of all kinds of ups and downs, highs and lows, twizzles and turns. As we enter the final year of our twenties, we’re reflecting on the lessons we learned, the songs we listened to, the road/train/plane…
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Hydration is Key, and Other Lessons 2018 Taught Me
2018 has felt at least 84 years long for sure. But as it draws to a close, I’ve found myself in an introspective mood. I can easily say that 2018 has been the year that I’ve felt the closest to being an actual adult. I’ve learned a lot about the world and about myself and…
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Please, Just Vote
So it’s been a harrowing week (month…year…years) in America and the world. We are lucky enough to live lives of privilege. And with that privilege, comes a responsibility to speak up and protest and give money and give time and amplify those voices that aren’t usually heard. And, most importantly, we can vote. There are…
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On Mark Rothko and Kol Nidre
The first time I saw a Mark Rothko painting in person I was 20 and at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. I wasn’t unfamiliar with him as an artist. I’d been lucky enough to study Abstract Expressionism in both high school and college (the latter being the organizer of said trip to…
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What I Did This Summer: A New York Bucket List
Summer is on its last legs, teasing us with crisp and blustery moments before seesawing back to sticky heat. Fall is my favorite season, in general but especially in New York, so I am thrilled at each hint of sweater weather that whistles down the wind. But even so, I will be a little sad…
Zelda & Scout 