Yesterday marked my first full week working from home, and two weeks since I finally took COVID-19 seriously. Just three weeks ago I was another millennial contrarian convinced that the coronavirus was something over-dramatized; I dismissed it as another strategy of 21st-century yellow journalism ... Read More
Hindsight is 2020
On New Year's Eve I was wired on caffeine and a few obligatory sips of sparkling white wine (not to be confused with actual champagne; I'm saving the Moët for another day). I donned a new outfit (shimmery, though not sequined; slinky, instead of skintight), indulged in a delicious dinner at my ... Read More
According to Bloodroot, Vegetarians Taste Better
Hold the turkey, but go ham on the vegan mushroom quiche. This New York Times-reviewed "feminist restaurant and bookstore" is easy to miss but hard to forget. How fitting that this little destination called Bloodroot (in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is right at the edge of the water, looking out at ... Read More