I have a friend visiting next week. We just firmed up plans to tick something off of her "35 Before 35" list. Which reminded me that, back in the day,…
So pretty! And the flowers look nice too. Yesterday was the « Fête des Mères » here in France. You see signs for the holiday in shop windows (especially jewelers and chocolatiers),…
A belated happy VE Day to all who celebrate! (Given that it's also called Victory over Fascism Day, we should all celebrate). Brunch with my Bestie We're halfway through a…
I may have come across as a bit hostile towards tenure-track faculty in this post. (Psssst. Hope. Your bitter is showing). Yes, there are people in academia who think that…
I read this review about a service called Stitch Fix and I figured I'd like to try it out. I don't do much clothes shopping these days, because it's awfully…
I'm still waiting to hear how my adviser liked my thesis. Every time I get an email in my school inbox that's not from him, I am simultaneously relieved and…
We were video chatting with my sister Allison the other day and I made a joke about getting a kitten. She was fairly horrified that I would consider adding more…
Our bedtime routine with Lilian is fairly simple. One of us gives her a bath, then we get her into her jammies and sleep-sack, read a few books, and then…
I can (finally!) stop checking my school email obsessively, because I got the word yesterday that I passed my French translation exam a couple of weeks ago. For those of…
If you were wondering why I didn't post for pretty much the entire month of January (you probably didn't), it's because I've been spending every free moment that I have…