As much as I wanted to celebrate Sewing Machine Day, it wan’t possible because my friend and I took a day trip out of the city and spent our time driving and exploring. These are some roses I found in someone’s front yard. Sometimes, the greatest thing about nyc is getting out for a little

I was so incredibly hot when I finished baking these cookies. I live in an apartment in Harlem without AC. The high today was in the 80’s, which doesn’t sound too bad, but I’m pretty sure my kitchen got a lot warmer than 84 degrees. I used this recipe that I found on Food.com Peanut

These were my options at my grocery store for National Corn On The Cob Day: Being used to very fresh and delicious corn, I knew this wasn’t an option, but it did remind me of the brief time in high school when I became a corn distributor. My dad had a friend whose kids were

This photo is from the Wikipedia page on ballpoint pens. I love it. Personally, I prefer fountain pens to ballpoint because they write smoother, but they are also much messier. I’ve had so many fountain pens explode in my bag that now I use ballpoints almost exclusively. Just because I feel like I have no

This is an Oregon Ducks pin featuring Mr. Donald himself. My friend Tali (who has been seen quite a bit here on the blog) is from Oregon. She is moving to California this week, so today involved going to her apartment and seeing if there was anything I wanted to take from the “I don’t