Living any portion of your life online increases the likelihood of the digital jump scare: spotting an ex on a dating app, say, or receiving a...
Hello again! Margaux here, filling in for Emily today. When Mia asked me to write this newsletter, I immediately turned to my mom group — a...
There is one detail that separates the birthday cake from the everyday cake. It is not candles. It is not layers. It is not a perfectly...
After last week’s newsletter about the food my children eat (and don’t eat), I got about 10 times the number of emails I usually receive, a...
Every refrigerator has furniture. You know, the items that are virtually always there, fixtures of the 40-degree landscape that you may take for granted. In mine,...
Here’s a mostly complete list of what my children, ages 5 and 7, eat for dinner: Plain pasta (spaghetti and farfalle only), rice and beans (any...
Growing up in Jérémie, Haiti, Elsy Dinvil often spent Sunday mornings watching her mother prepare meatballs: first at the market, picking the most marbled filets she...
In my relentless quest to establish a vlog-worthy morning routine, I’ve developed a bit of a fixation with fresh-pressed juice. How do I get it done,...
Happy Valentine’s Eve. It’s time to tell you about my situationship. We’ve been on and off for years. There was a time when I couldn’t get...
Today it all spreads far faster, mostly on social media platforms. Somebody eats somewhere, and before you know it, a line forms around the corner. A...
