Quick post today, sharing some salad inspiration. It’s been 96+ degrees lately in NY and I am not allowed to apartment cook unless its under 80. So depressing. So lots of salads this week and my favorite is with peaches and burrata. SUPER easy: Arugula, endive, ripe peaches, red onion, a few great cherry tomatoes, […]
This was our first 4th of July weekend in the city and we did not hate it. We pretty much had Nolita to ourselves. Check out Elle in these sunglasses, she looks like she feels invisible. . . I might be projecting. The photo above was taken in our city backyard, Elizabeth Street Garden, as […]
Few things smell more wonderful and comforting than Marcella Hazan‘s tomato sauce and this rainy weeknight I could tell my family needed some hygge. Thank goodness for this recipe, it is so easy! 3 ingredients and it simmers away politely making magic of butter and tomatoes. My dad introduced me to it not too long ago […]
This magical plot on Elizabeth Street is our back yard and I feel so grateful to be a part of it’s community. It is the heart and balance for Nolita locals and I hope we are lucky enough to keep it decades to come. Pulling photos for this post I feel nostalgic. As Ellie gets older […]
Perhaps there is something internally comforting about living in smaller spaces. Upon the news of my daughters arrival to be, we made the decision to hunker down in my apartment in Nolita. This rent controlled gem with two bedrooms, clean renovations, and a shower in the kitchen -also called the Bitchen. The separate shower particularly, helps to deepen […]
Enter the coziness zone. We’ve got the good lighting, the cheese, and a semi contented 15m old. Winter weekends in New York are my favorite and I might be one of the few that feel this way. I love vacation and eating outside in the summer but life in the city for me, is best enjoyed […]
