Zelda & Scout

Tag: home

  • Home is Where the Throw Pillows Are

    Home is Where the Throw Pillows Are

    I woke up excited one morning this week. The sky was blue, the leaves were wilting into gold, and for the first time this year, the air had that crisp bite that signaled the beginning of my favorite season.  I love fall. I love the changing leaves and cozy afternoons in coffee shops, the sweaters…

  • Where is Le Métro? (On Moving to New York)

    Where is Le Métro? (On Moving to New York)

    In many ways, I still consider myself a newbie to New York. I had visited the city several times before moving here, sepia-toned weekends full of Central Park rowboats and rooftop prosecco, Broadway shows and hotel room parties and long afternoons at the Strand. So I had a vague sense of what I thought life…

  • The Real McCoy (My Southern Heritage)

    The Real McCoy (My Southern Heritage)

    In my family, I’m the city girl, the one who grew up surrounded by concrete and art and good shopping malls (You’d be surprised how much the caliber of your shopping malls increases when you move to the state’s metropolises, and how much this matters as an adolescent girl). I had cousins in small towns…