Stop by for round one of furniture fun and give Wooster street some love. We'll see you between 2-6p!
Progress progress!
First and foremost: This weekend we will be holding our first open house furniture sale celebration, equipped with a glass of wine or two for those interested in stopping by to do some shopping. Be here or miss out on the fun — we've got to make the most of this place while we still can!
the life-changing magic of tidying up
This wonderful little book made its way into my hands yesterday. Gifted from a friend, it seems to be exactly what's needed in light of beginning our big "weed-through" session.
Living lean
What does that really entail?
We took our first set of bags over to Housing Works this weekend, and that felt like leaning things out a bit.
We're opting for dinner at home during the week instead of our typical date-nights out — and that certainly feels lean (both for the wallet and stomach..).
But there is something else going on here.
A Wooster St kind of morning ...with Turkish-dyed rugs and a minimalist coffee table
I've been typing these blogs out all day from a backlog in my notebook; and yesterday, we spent the majority of the afternoon finishing up the website. Happily, it doesn't look too bad! Cheers to SquareSpace for developing such a user friendly system, and salut to that Turkish rug seller for making my space so bright to work in!
To keep or to let go? Defining an object by emotional attachment
Talking about it to a friend yesterday, she told me that she's actually reading a book that discusses the concept of embracing a minimalist lifestyle at home. In the very brief moment where she described what the book teaches, she mentioned that one of the lessons of this minimalist practice is to hold your objects in your hands and reflect over them to see if you find a great emotional attachment.
Shabbat shalom, שבת שלום
[July 31st, 2015 [#2]]
Good morning Diego and Frida!
I put my head down last night and looked up. There they were: these more recent purchases we made to lighten up our bedroom.
Objects, with a side of compassion
I made dinner as soon as I got home yesterday — it was all simple and delicious: fish pan-fried in coconut oil, roasted veggies, and sweet potatoes. My friends and I, and my sister (who made a surprise visit after work) sat and ate as I told them all about leaving our apartment and becoming modern nomads. They too, were thrilled by the idea. I guess it's easy for women in a city full of "juicers" to accept any sort of act that involves cleansing.
Waste no thing!
Truthfully, I've always been someone who lived on the spur of the last minute to get things done — but somehow, ever since this idea came along, I felt a click in my mind and I became a doer. In the past few days I've found myself checking tasks off the list faster than the time it takes Tom Cruise to accomplish an impossible mission... :)
Anything but traditional
I am up this morning — standing over my brewing coffee and thinking again about what my mother must feel like when she receives these crazy updates about our life. I always have an inkling that even though she always gives her support, there is a large part of her that wishes we were just slightly more traditional.
Everyone does something spontaneous
My mother called during dinner; she and my step father had just finished a last minute purchase of a rare, and somewhat sultry Dr. Seuss print from a gallery going out of business in Laguna Beach.
And then again, with pasta...
On any other day, I would pass by this half empty bag of pasta hanging out in my pantry and not think twice about it, but today it evoked something different. I remembered the Shabbat dinner we had just a few weeks ago — where we had a table full of 7 guests, which has only ever been possible for us here in this apartment, at least comfortably possible :). Everyone so enjoyed this pasta in pesto sauce; tasty items that I rushed through the food aisles of Eataly to hunt down.
Morning moments with a spice cabinet
It's already made kick off — this mission to leave Wooster, just less than 24 hours after making the decision.