Stephanie Klein Greek Tragedy

Just a quick screengrab from etsy. holy organized people!

Oh, yeah. It’s true. I’ve totally lost it, all sense of perspective and sanity. Poof. Because when you spend even half your day researching “Vintage Circus Theme” and “Under The Big…

Using the good china to eat a brownie
Formal teas, a tutu over her soccer uniform
Toothsome brioche sandwiches in the woods
Bringing champagne to a campsite
I believe in denim and diamonds. Not in the same way one believes…

You could pretty much add “fest” to anything and make it sound like a good time. Pickin’ up dog shit fest. See? Except here the fest bit is redundant because it’s always a good time on the 4th. Even if…

I have plenty to post, but you’re gonna have to wait for it. I need to collect myself, defrizz, hydrate, and sit with the thoughts. I need sleep.
We all screamed and wept like little girls when Sandy won. Sobs.…

Growing up, each Chinese New Year, my parents held a potluck, inviting their friends to bring their most treasured dishes from their favorite Chinese restaurants. Maybe they didn’t do it to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Maybe it was a…

We were out-niced again. That’s what comes with living in Austin: Southern Hospitality. And it extends beyond a well-appointed powder room fit with Neiman Marcus hand soaps. It’s beyond handwritten notes on social stationery. Miniature black bottom cheesecakes wrapped in…

 
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Happy Hanukkah! Happy potato and onion grating, happy latkes, happy applesauce, happy sour cream, happy tradition.
The festival of lights was always celebrated in my childhood home, lightly. We’d say a prayer over the candles, then open a gift each…