Learning to Fly

It's alive. I'm alive. While I was feeling burnt out on blogging, and thought I'd take a break for a few weeks, I really never...

"A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, ...

Or, rather, now you know where I sleep. Since I'd had the same comforter set since moving to D.C., five and a half years ago, I though...

Last month my friend, Shana, held her annual birthday cape party bar crawl. This was the fifth time she’s held it and the second time I’ve a...

Dante was foreshadowing the Crystal City underground when he wrote "The Divine Comedy." Because Crystal City is a circle of hell....

"I see the creative process as a necessarily thievish undertaking. Dig beneath a beautiful piece of writing, Monsuier Boustouler, and ...

I just finished watching the jury in the Jodi Arias trial deliver their "verdict" of no verdict for the penalty phase. I've me...

"It would just make my heart soar if someone out there saw this, and she said to herself, 'Be strong, trust yourself, love yoursel...

I was so very excited to have my Mom up this past weekend. It's been awhile since we've had a weekend in DC together and it was grea...

Scene: A small group of us were leaving the office to get yogurt Background: At a group lunch the day before, I had knocked over a water ...