"These things made us think of you..."

Yes, our friends Sarah and Courtney sent us a couple presents.

Including this amazing fisherman sweater!!!



Handmade by someone!



I LOVE IT.

Also, OH MY GOD this book:



Boy and Girl Tramps of America!

From the back cover:



(Note: "after the World War." There had only been one.)

Inside:



Fountain pen.



"Illustrated with Photographs by the Author"



"Where to, boes?"



"A couple of bindle stiffs..." !!!!!!!!!

[Speechless]

I can't wait to read this whole book. And wear my new sweater!!

Thanks guys, we totally LOVE YOUS!



And Nikita, Kitten, and the buns.

City kids

They work with what they got.

Oh. My. God.

We received the most INCREDIBLE parcel yesterday.



Details to come—it'll blow your mind.

IT BLEW OURS!!!!!!!!!!!

Winter food

Yep.

Note to self

Do not buy the cheapest shovel.

Churros

I bought a bunch of these on the G train for a dessert I wanted to make (mmm . . . warm churros and ice cream and chocklit sarse).



There were a whole bunch left over. . . . I had to eat all of them all at once to make them go away.

Sometimes it's the only way.

PERVERSITY

I have a perverse love for this cushion. Perverse because . . . it's "Christmas" plaid? And literally matches nothing in our apartment?





I found the cover in a bag of cloth on a trash can (there's a matching one), and I finally sewed a pilla inside it a couple weeks ago.

The difference

When you are reading a book made of paper, you can tell when you're coming to the end. With an audiobook, if you aren't watching the screen, you might have no idea it's almost over.



The ending of this book was so sad and abrupt I almost couldn't handle it.

Landlady Valentine's Day decorations

Blue-eyed love panda.

Made of . . . plastic?



Or something.

Roberts,

Clean off your damn desk!

(Tsk, look at all those coffee cups.)

Snow

From the office.



Around this time everyone started leaving early. I got ZERO emails between 4:30 and 5:30—IT WAS SO GREAT.

Then, after work, in Greenpoint:





Yoiks.

The most amazing invention!

Someone else does your laundry for you!

YES!!

Halp!

Snowstorm!



I can't see a goddam thing.

(Also: nose is red)

Notebook

By Greg.

It's good stuff, no?

Morning coffee

Ss-s-s-s-ip.



Get it in you.

MoMA store

Eighty dollars each!



WHY?!

One day I will own these birdies.

This book

Published by us.



Matches J.Crew spring collection.

Good job everyone!

New shelf!

Behind the door.



Rocking my world.

Thanks Greg!

Hello!

Goodbye (going on a little trip).

New Canadian friend!



































Body language indicates they are still getting to know each other...

Found (at work)

"Air-mail" envelopes!



Old logo.



Not type you see often these days.



Random dots?





Crosshatched!



Trilingual.



Airplanes!

Old timey.

New mouse!

Wireless!





Yep, no wires!

It's awesome.

Cushion cover

Stretch it on the back of the chair.

Cat-enhanced relaxation moment

Take a deep breath. Exhale.

Breathe in. Exhale.

Continue to breathe deeply.

Look at these kitties:



Breathe.

Continue to look at the kitties. Notice their curly tails. Notice their big paws.



Ahhhhhhhhhhhh . . . mmmmmm.

Breathe . . . and . . . stretch . . . and

OK, DONE! You are officially feeling AWESOME!

(My friend took this picture in Jeddah.)