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room-lift: inspiration

For as long as I can remember, my favorite expression of personal style has always been the home. A collection of rooms and spaces that exude the essence of the person living in them, where you choose to spend your … Continue reading

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Prepping for: Zombie Apocalypse

Welp, it’s official. I am running my first 5k. Since I have always vehemently opposed “running” as a “hobby” it would take something totally ridiculous and once-in-a-lifetime to get me to sign up for an organized race. Enter: Run For … Continue reading

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Time for a Room-Lift

While I was in NYC, I got to spend one night with one of my best friends, Maria. This was my first time seeing her since she moved into her new apartment, a 3 bedroom on the Upper East Side, … Continue reading

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Cleaning House Like Kim Jong Un

Mementos, souvenirs, theater tickets, parking tickets, gum wrappers… I have a habit of hanging on to literally everything that passes through my hands. It’s a terrible tendency. Some call it nostalgic. I call it a hop, skip and a dead … Continue reading

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Weekend Snapshots

It has been a delightfully low-key weekend, punctuated by long brunches with friends, the first real snow fall, and a few too many bellinis at our favorite local restaurant, Angelina’s. To keep the relaxation going strong, Roomie #2 and I … Continue reading

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Besherit

Besherit, the Hebrew expression for “meant to be” is my word of 2012. My mom hates when I use it because “we’re not Jewish,” but the chosen people really nailed this one so I’m giving credit where credit is due. … Continue reading

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A look back!

To say I love WordPress is an understatement. I think it is hands-down the best platform for blogging that I have ever used- which is why I’ve stuck with it for so long. And to celebrate new years they sent … Continue reading

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Use The Force

If you could make one thing happen with your mind today, what would it be? Besides making a red velvet cupcake materialize on your desk, of course. That’s a given. yum. I seriously believe that if we as humans had occasional … Continue reading

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Well THAT was embarrassing.

While I have no intentions of starting my memoir before age 30, I have already settled on the perfect title: I know what you’re thinking. “But Samantha? How could someone as graceful, coordinated and politically correct as yourself ever find … Continue reading

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Through the looking glass(es)

I have a confession to make, I have owned the same pair of eye glasses since my sophomore year… of highschool.  Cue silent judgement. Now before you jump to any purple, coke-bottle rimmed conclusions, they’re fairly classic black frames, that I … Continue reading

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