July 2011
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HAMPTONS
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This is going to change everything. Let the magic unfold upon your eardrums.
Happy 68th birthday. Still a stone cold fox.
Such a sad story. What a beautiful, churning voice.
The perfect cocktail for me, and for the summer heat.
114 index?
Really, New York?
Really?
You’ve outdone yourself.
So I bring you, La Paloma! Arriba! Via mi lugar de trabajo!
2 ounces tequila
1/2 ounce lime juice
pinch of salt
grapefruit soda
Grab a tall glass, preferably out of the freezer (I learned this little trick from a dear friend, over the course of the past few hot...
On the road again: Maryland
Why think about that when all the golden land’s ahead of you and all kinds of...
– Kerouac, my travel guru. Great to get out on the frontier and into the wild for awhile. And to be with those who will always know and love you best. One of the best surprises and moments of my young life so far.
Out west
To celebrate a life.
An amazing life.
AND THE ROAD HAS ALWAYS LEAD WEST
Best friends
…since we were little girls. From matching outfits to card games to Philadelphia to Arizona to New York City. All of the art below was done by the hand of my wild and wonderful, imaginative and enchanting cousin, Jennifer. Finally reuniting tomorrow, after a year, or far too long.
In my room, I’m lucky enough to have a Franco, a Hirsch, a Moss and a Knightley.
You can purchase or...
Why do fireflies glow?
Fun fact of the day.
Because of love.
Or at least because they’re looking for it.
Sunburnt Saturday
1/4 cup watermelon, muddled
1/2 lime, squeezed
3 oz. Mt. Gay Rum
club soda
crushed ice
Mix, shake, enjoy, repeat. A happy sunshiney sky-blue summertime to you.
Xoxo,
Lydia and Marlena, mixologist extraordinaires.
The air was soft, the stars so fine, the promise of every cobbled alley so great...
– Jack Kerouac. Here’s to the summer of 2011.
Tai chi really just seems like a lot of arm flailing to me.
I’m a get-a-dress-at-the-thrift-shop
-but-open-a-bottle-of-champagne...
– Helen Mirren, Esquire, August 2011
America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing...
– E.E. Cummings
Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
– Jack Kerouac, On the Road, heading home for the fourth of July.