132. bells, bells, bells
When Chris and I returned home after a long morning of wedding walk-throughs and picking up our marriage license, I found a pink slip from the U.S. Postal Service claiming that an Express package was waiting for him at the post office. Sender: “England.” O boy! It could only be one thing: Chris’s custom-made, tweed, … Read more
131. dancing up a storm
Chris and I went to Illinois for the wedding of our good friends Emily B. and Don T. I wore sleeveless dresses the entire time — Bloomington-Normal was muggy and hot — and for the ceremony and reception I got to wear my new Cacharel dress, which is sea foam green and trimmed in little … Read more
130. birthday dreams
dress from streetside store in Taiwan, my favorite necklace from a vintage store in Oakland, heels from SOGO (famous department store in Taiwan) I decided to go mostly simple for my 26th birthday ensemble — this particular dress recalls a much louder, 70s vintage dress that I bought from a consignment shop where I used … Read more
129. touchback
One of my favorite people in the whole world, Max Doty, wrote a novel a few years ago. He turned it into a screenplay, and now the trailer is one of 10 semi-finalists in Netflix’s Find Your Voice competition. I’m here to nudge you in the direction of the Find Your Voice website, where you … Read more
128. thin is in
Nowhere have I felt the pressure of “thin is in” so palpably as I have here, in Taiwan; I arrived here after a winter of gaining weight from hibernating in the frigid Midwest and my mother, upon my exit from Immigration/Customs (which was a nightmare in itself) saw my [ ]-lb. self, and immediately put … Read more
