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December 31, 2013June 2, 2014The Next Dinner Party

‘Better Than Sex’ and Other Beauty Product Lies

I like to think I am somewhat impervious to the hawking of overpriced beauty products. But every now and then I find myself in a Sephora-type place and within five minutes, a small part of me almost believes that I’d be prettier if I spend $100 on lip gloss made from the stingers of Alabama […]

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December 11, 2013June 2, 2014The Next Dinner Party

Five Things I’ve Learned About Writing a Novel

I just reached a major milestone that I set for myself: I’ve written 100 pages of my novel. Allow me a moment to have another sip of wine in celebration and give a little “Hooty Hoot!” My time in New York is seriously winding down and while I sort of wanted to have written more […]

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November 27, 2013November 2, 2018The Next Dinner Party

Dinner Was Served

The Dinner Party of the Season (my season, anyways) was a success! I arrived over to the Glamorous Lady’s lovely, art-filled apartment carrying many, many bags of groceries. I’d been preparing all week, so I was equipped with Tupperware of balsamic reduction, caramelized onions, pistachio pesto, and homemade ricotta. As a general rule, I need […]

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November 19, 2013June 2, 2014The Next Dinner Party

The Fall Dinner Party of the Season

I’ve been consumed by food thoughts as of late on account of a big dinner party I’m cooking for on Saturday. Through Mr.YemenEm’s job, I met this glamorous lady who has written for Vogue for years and years. She is hosting a dinner party for 25 of Mr.YemenEm’s colleagues in her Park Avenue apartment on […]

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October 25, 2013June 2, 2014The Next Dinner Party

Know Thy Neighbors

Growing up, I loved having tons of neighbors to be friends with. Our subdivision was full of kids my age. There was the girl whose backyard was filled with McDonald’s playground equipment. And in addition to burger-themed slides, she had a trampoline, making her backyard pretty much the most fun thing in existence. Then there […]

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October 11, 2013June 2, 2014The Next Dinner Party

Style in the City

Someone once said “It’s not what you wear; It’s how you wear it.” Well, many people have said that, including me, when I realized soon after arriving in New York City that street style here is 95% how you put an outfit together. (And maybe 5% that you’re wearing somewhat serviceable clothing, and not, say, […]

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October 3, 2013February 16, 2018The Next Dinner Party

The Grey Area of Blogging

Last week, I attended a little meet-and-greet with President Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power. No big deal. Back in my former reporting job in Washington DC, I was in close proximity of the president and various “DC famous” people a good number of times, so I […]

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September 26, 2013June 2, 2014The Next Dinner Party

A (Green) Space of One’s Own

I was slightly annoyed by the incessant noise in our Manhattan apartment before, but it really got to me during last night’s sleeplessness and today’s endless honking, yelling, and traffic noise. I’ve been sticking to the apartment and writing through the morning. I thought this was working out fairly well. But today, the yelling Iranian […]

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September 20, 2013September 23, 2016The Next Dinner Party

I’m Writing a Book

“I’m writing a book” are easy words to say, but harder to actually mean. So I’ve taken to saying “I’m attempting to write a book.” That’s what I’m planning on doing with this gift of getting to live in New York City and not having to work. We’ve been in NYC for six days, and […]

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September 16, 2013October 23, 2018The Next Dinner Party

The Sounds of the City

I’m officially a New Yorker. At least for the next three months. Yesterday Mr.YemenEm and I picked up our beloved Diplocats, from whom we were parted for the past 14 months, packed a U-Haul van, and drove to a furnished apartment in Manhattan. This will be our base for the next three months. The place […]

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I worried that three days camping in the Sahara wilderness would be too much but it wasn’t enough. I visited Djanet in November, 2021 and I hope to go back someday. It captured my heart. New blog post up on that excellent trip (TheNextDinnerParty.com)
One last Algiers yacht ride. It’s easy to forget I live on the Mediterranean Sea but I want to remember.
Happy Mother’s Day to my mom, Kathy, a great cook, who on the day I became a vegetarian at 13, started making me meatless versions of whatever she was making for the family. She always fueled my creative projects, from drawing patterns for the Troll clothes I had a real phase with, to sewing me a Renaissance dress when I (for some reason) chose to be a famous Italian prostitute for a school project, to setting up a mock dorm room in the basement months before I left for college so I could envision my new well-designed room. When I moved to DC, we talked on the phone after every job interview, roommate interview, and breakup. In short, she supports me in all I do, always has. (She was also a bad ass boss who started at the bottom and left her company as a VP). Being far from her in Michigan for the past 10 years has not been easy. She’s the top of the list of people I’m most excited to spend more time with when we move back to the US in a few months.
From a cappuccino to a chenin blanc on a sunny Paris day.
Just spend a lovely three days in the Loire Valley, biking around and stopping at castles. My favorite type of vacation: active enough to not feel guilty about all the cheese and wine.
Our Zanzibar trip, while fun, was a little weird, partly on account of a message we received accusing us of being well-known swingers. Read about Sexy & Seedy Zanzibar in a new post in my blog, TheNextDinnerParty.com

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I worried that three days camping in the Sahara wilderness would be too much but it wasn’t enough. I visited Djanet in November, 2021 and I hope to go back someday. It captured my heart. New blog post up on that excellent trip (TheNextDinnerParty.com)
One last Algiers yacht ride. It’s easy to forget I live on the Mediterranean Sea but I want to remember.
Happy Mother’s Day to my mom, Kathy, a great cook, who on the day I became a vegetarian at 13, started making me meatless versions of whatever she was making for the family. She always fueled my creative projects, from drawing patterns for the Troll clothes I had a real phase with, to sewing me a Renaissance dress when I (for some reason) chose to be a famous Italian prostitute for a school project, to setting up a mock dorm room in the basement months before I left for college so I could envision my new well-designed room. When I moved to DC, we talked on the phone after every job interview, roommate interview, and breakup. In short, she supports me in all I do, always has. (She was also a bad ass boss who started at the bottom and left her company as a VP). Being far from her in Michigan for the past 10 years has not been easy. She’s the top of the list of people I’m most excited to spend more time with when we move back to the US in a few months.
From a cappuccino to a chenin blanc on a sunny Paris day.
Just spend a lovely three days in the Loire Valley, biking around and stopping at castles. My favorite type of vacation: active enough to not feel guilty about all the cheese and wine.
Our Zanzibar trip, while fun, was a little weird, partly on account of a message we received accusing us of being well-known swingers. Read about Sexy & Seedy Zanzibar in a new post in my blog, TheNextDinnerParty.com
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