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So last week I blogged about a few systems we’ve implemented to keep me a little more Bert, but that still satisfy the Ernie in me–interim places for Stuff That Would Otherwise Lay Around, And Will Be Put Away Later. This week? Where that STWOLAAWBPAL actually goes. I don’t remember if I mentioned this last week, but . . . → Read More: Bert vs Ernie, Part Two: In Sight, In Mind  Living in small spaces can be difficult, but little pleasantries make up for it: the rent, the convenience, less cleaning, smaller electric bills, fewer chances of losing stuff. When it comes down to it, though, you’re still sharing a tiny place with another human being, one who was likely raised in a very different household than . . . → Read More: Bert vs. Ernie  Although I’m not drinking as much as I used to, RocketMan still enjoys a cocktail, and our friends certainly enjoy when he shakes up a Manhattan or a Negroni at our home bar. For a long time I’d wanted a supercool art deco bar, or a 70s-style bar like my grandparents had (of which I cannot . . . → Read More: Cocktail hour!  Our kitchen is tiny. It’s not a “small” kitchen, but tiny–especially when compared to the monstrosities in suburban homes; I mean, really, how is walking ten feet convenient when your hands are covered in chicken? Not as miniscule as my kitchen in my first NYC apartment (that had a refrigerator under the counter), but definitely smaller . . . → Read More: De-galley-fying the kitchen I’m hoping I started a new tradition last night. I hate New Year’s Eve–in the last ten years, I’ve had two truly enjoyable NYEs: one at the millennium, and one at Annie’s a few years later. The rest ranged from merely annoying to so obnoxious that I left the party at 11:45 to get home before . . . → Read More: Happy 2009! |
 
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