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A Love Letter to Dance

3 December 2010 • Kimberly

I miss ballet. It was everything to me when I used to take classes at a local dance studio, starting from when I was three. I constantly twirled around on my tippy-toes and refused to take off my [white Minnie Mouse] tights and matching tutu, and imagined performing in The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, ... Read More

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Post Thanksgiving Dieting 101

25 November 2010 • Kimberly

Happy Thanksgiving! Count your blessings, give your thanks, appreciate whatever you’ve taken for granted. Sit down, laugh, smile, eat your heart out, sip on red wine and pop sparkling champagne. Emphasis on the eating, of course. One of my favorite illustrators, the French La Flore et La Faune, ... Read More

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Maintenant | No. 009

24 November 2010 • Kimberly

Main·te·nant, adverb. Of the French language, meaning “now,” “at the moment,” and perfectly suitable for a[n American] culture which thrives upon this idea of instant gratification and living for now, for better or for worse. Live for the present and appreciate everything of the moment can easily ... Read More

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