For reading material, try Greek mythology. I had D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths as a kid, and it prepared me beautifully for reading the real stuff later (Homer et al). There's also a beautiful D'...
Nicest find, on my old block in Sunset Park: A giant, deep velvet chair, perfect for curling up with a good book, and miraculously free of bugs of any kind.
Weirdest find, years ago, ...
Ajax - I *try* to leave centipedes alone. I don't always succeed. I cannot stand them, they make me sick. I freak when I see one. But then I just try to remember....they eat roaches...I don't wanna...
I try not to kill spiders, but I am extremely arachnophobic, so I make my husband deal with them. However, we don't see many in Brooklyn. What we do see are German cockroaches. Twice, I have found ...
I found that Times article to be typically blinkered and out-of-touch. It was written as though New York consists only of a few sections of Manhattan island. Others in these comments have mentioned...
Underwater, meaning, in the Bosphorus? That could be very interesting, from an archaeological standpoint...I imagine the Bosphorus is full of interesting wrecks, artifacts, and remains. But what's ...
Shoes *OFF*. Off off off. The soles of your shoes track in grime, fecal matter, and, apparently, lead residue, and all kinds of other stuff. We don't have kids yet, so for us it isn't about that - ...
I had the honor of illustrating a really cool DIY gardening book a few years ago called You Grow Girl. The author included a lot of great crafty projects, one of which involved using wine bottle em...
Hmm...looking at the photos made me feel hemmed in and sad. This just looks like sleeping in one's office, and what could be more depressing than that? That's a notch above sleeping in your car.
Love "The Wire". It's the best writing on TV and better than most movies.
And "Kandahar"...wow, what a movie. Beautiful, wrenching, and perfect. If you like that, check out the films o...
I usually make my own scrubs, but this stuff breaks my homemade rule. It's amazing!
I prefer salt to sugar...sugar doesn't seem to do anything for my skin, but salt makes it glow. Don...
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For reading material, try Greek mythology. I had D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths as a kid, and it prepared me beautifully for reading the real stuff later (Homer et al). There's also a beautiful D'...
Nicest find, on my old block in Sunset Park: A giant, deep velvet chair, perfect for curling up with a good book, and miraculously free of bugs of any kind. Weirdest find, years ago, ...
Ajax - I *try* to leave centipedes alone. I don't always succeed. I cannot stand them, they make me sick. I freak when I see one. But then I just try to remember....they eat roaches...I don't wanna...
I try not to kill spiders, but I am extremely arachnophobic, so I make my husband deal with them. However, we don't see many in Brooklyn. What we do see are German cockroaches. Twice, I have found ...
I found that Times article to be typically blinkered and out-of-touch. It was written as though New York consists only of a few sections of Manhattan island. Others in these comments have mentioned...
Whoa, this is great. Reminds me of James Lileks' Interior Desecrators book: http://lileks.com/institute/interiors/index.html
Underwater, meaning, in the Bosphorus? That could be very interesting, from an archaeological standpoint...I imagine the Bosphorus is full of interesting wrecks, artifacts, and remains. But what's ...
Shoes *OFF*. Off off off. The soles of your shoes track in grime, fecal matter, and, apparently, lead residue, and all kinds of other stuff. We don't have kids yet, so for us it isn't about that - ...
I had the honor of illustrating a really cool DIY gardening book a few years ago called You Grow Girl. The author included a lot of great crafty projects, one of which involved using wine bottle em...
I wish we had this in NYC!
Ooh these look just lovely!
Hmm...looking at the photos made me feel hemmed in and sad. This just looks like sleeping in one's office, and what could be more depressing than that? That's a notch above sleeping in your car.
Love "The Wire". It's the best writing on TV and better than most movies. And "Kandahar"...wow, what a movie. Beautiful, wrenching, and perfect. If you like that, check out the films o...
I usually make my own scrubs, but this stuff breaks my homemade rule. It's amazing! I prefer salt to sugar...sugar doesn't seem to do anything for my skin, but salt makes it glow. Don...