The hardest six weeks to dress for are not the coldest ones. They are the stretch that starts in mid August and runs through late September, when a morning needs sleeves and the same afternoon hits 88 degrees. Nothing in the closet is wrong exactly. The summer clothes still fit the weather and the fall…
Most apartment living rooms in the US land somewhere between 120 and 250 square feet, and a surprising number of them are shaped like a hallway with a window stuck at one end. Then there is a radiator in the wrong spot, a front door that opens straight into the seating area, and one lonely…
My sister has the finest hair I have ever seen on a human being. Baby-soft, shiny, and completely allergic to holding any kind of shape. For years she wore it long and one length because someone told her once that layers would “eat” her hair. Then last spring she walked into a salon on a…
You know the moment. You save a photo of gorgeous tapered almond nails, walk into the salon feeling optimistic, spread your hands on the table, and then you see the tech’s face do that tiny flicker. Your nails are barely past your fingertips. Almond needs length. You already know what she is about to say….