Last night I had this conversation with my husband: Him: “Virgin America is installing Nest [automated thermostats] into each of its seats.” Me: “That’s too much.” Him: “But still cool.” Today I see an update from […]
Author: Yev
Do you call your parents?
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Apparently British people call their mothers at least once a week in the evening, according to a recent study cited by the Guardian. I found this article via Jezebel, and they asked whether this applies […]
A week in Italy: Rome and Venice
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Find History and Romance Here Update— I have extra printed postcards from this trip, let me know if you’d like one. When we booked the trip, I did what I always do: looked for sample […]
A week in Italy: Frescoes in Florence
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Art is the soul of Florence That’s what stayed with me after a spontaneous trip to Italy. Since we work for ourselves, my husband and I take advantage of lulls in our schedule to travel. For […]
Happy birthday to my little brother
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Happy birthday to my brother who is actually not little at all — today he’s 21! He’s probably studying right now or making up on lost sleep time, so let me embarrass him quickly. First […]
Why I hate the “like” button
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The other day I went to Facebook and did something simple: I scrolled through and watched a video someone had posted. What to do after that seemed complicated all of a sudden. I had a […]
LessThanThree: Asking questions in the internet age
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What are the right questions? Some time ago I was browsing Pinterest and noticed someone shared one of my images. This person was Willo, the creator of LessThan3Questions.com*. When I discovered her site, the concept […]
What I want on Valentine’s Day
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Love isn’t easy to define. You can say it’s a feeling, or a lifestyle, or just a bunch of neurons going off in your brain. What I believed about how love should be shared has […]
A winter escape to Turks and Caicos
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It’s freezing in the Northeast and a lot of people are cranky. My area could get another foot of snow this week. There’s no denying that this winter is brutal. One of my favorite posts […]
“I could probably do that.”
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Sometimes I joke around with my sister-in-law (a pretty talented graphic designer) and tell her I’m looking at a new project. I’ll totally be Photoshopping someone’s face onto a kittens body like a pro, I […]