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LATEST ARTICLES ( 213 )

• Just a Perfect Day / Moma

  

  It was one of those days, those days for the records books. Not because anything in particularly fabulous occurred, nor because any great plans came to... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 19/52

  

  * A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013. * Lucien: Your Mama remembers when her hand used to fit inside your Grandpa's hand just like that. Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happy Birthday Little Poppyseed

  

  One evening, before motherhood had entwined itself through my heart, before we moved to Brooklyn, back when Gaby and I would regularly sit by the window of our... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Around and Around

  

  While in L.A., my sisters planned a lovely little day trip to the Griffith Park Carousel. "We have carousel's in New York," I said, but they persisted. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 18/52

  

  * A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013. * Biet: blooms in the city like a little roseLucien: radiates the unwavering serenity of Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Little Things

  

  It's the way the aroma of the stovetop espresso billows through the apartment in the morning. I want so desperately to stay in bed for another hour, or ten,... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 29 Years

  

  We went on a little holiday in LA this past weekend in celebration of my 29th birthday! Twenty-Nine. I am now in the last year of my twenties. Something about i... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Golden Day

  

  There's a brief window each year, in between the first warm breeze of spring and the first sticky rush of summer's humidity, when the world is perfect. Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 17/52

  

  * A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013. * Biet: made "clock moo" (chocolate mousse) for the first time and adored it, both as a decadent... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• We Found a Magical Garden

  

  The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is pure magic. You step through the gates and suddenly the sounds of the city are replaced by birds chirping and water running... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 16/52

  

  * A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013. * Biet: As I ran the brush through her hair before we left the house, she leaned over and rubbed... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Welcome Ending

  

  Today I am lighter. The invisible brick that has been sitting on my shoulder for the past two years suddenly turned to dust, and with the first gust of wind... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Washington Square Park in Spring

  

  When you find a place that matches your energy, makes you feel alive, calms and excites and inspires you all at the same time- when you find that place, you wan... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 15/52

  

  * A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013. * Biet: first time in the sandbox. who knew a busted old bucket could be so much fun? Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Union Square on a Sunday

  

  The thing about having a pediatrician in Union Square (and one that's open on Sundays at that!) is that no matter how often you have to go for newborn weight... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Suddenly, i Got It (goodbye Adi!)

  

  We huddled on the sidewalk in front of our building smiling and trying to be strong, but the sorrow was already setting in. The driver got out of the van and... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• One Month

  

  My dearest Lucien,You are one month old. These first few weeks have slipped away so quickly, whisking away with them my skinny newborn, with his bony knees and... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Welcoming Spring

  

  We're not even a couple of weeks in, and I'm already beginning to forget the icy bite of New York's winter. Hello spring time. I have waited so long for you. Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 13/52

  

  * A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013. * Lucien: after our shower, hair parted and combed like a gentlemanBiet: picking the pocket of her Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• These Days...

  

  .These days I've been feeling both completely submerged in motherhood and totally disconnected from time, which is both a beautiful and frustrating place to fin... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION