Spring Sundays Vol. 5

Was I always into lighthouses? I’m trying to trace it back to where it started and I can’t pinpoint when it happened but I really can’t get enough of them.

ADDICTED TO

Reporting potholes. I’ve done it twice so far and they fix them immediately. The satisfaction of this makes me feel… powerful. It might be a problem.

BAKING

I made this incredible carrot cake coffee cake that will forever be in my spring rotation now. I thought it would feel wrong to do carrot cake without the cream cheese, but the honey butter was perfect.

CRAVING

A meatball sub. But I really want someone to make it for me.

EATING

I wrote that above sentence and then went to get a meatball plate from Cosimo’s on Dundas. Great place, lovely owners, meatballs were great. A true mom and pop shop.

EXPERIENCING

We’ve been having small seasonal parties at our house and there’s only been two so far, but I think this might be the answer to life. I already love the seasons. I love cooking seasonal food. I love people in our home. It took me 40 years to figure this out, but I can’t express how fun each one is to even plan. I have a document that lists everything that I made (and notes on what worked and didn’t work) and ideas for the next one. It’s also one endless long feeling of looking forward to something, I love it. The goal of each one is to basically have the vibe of this (below).

HATING

No one is more anti-GLP-1 than I am and I’m not sorry. So it was really disappointing to hear that Katie Lee Biegel is publicly endorsing it. And as I was digesting this new information, I then saw that she had Tieghan Gerard on her podcast this week!? Absolutely not. Unsubscribing from all her stuff. I don’t have time for this shit.

LEARNING

I saw a segment on making your own basil oil and I’m doing it today. I bought a basil plant from the grocery store a few weeks ago and somehow I’ve managed to keep her alive. I saw a video about how to keep a grocery store basil plant thriving and it’s done wonders, I can’t wait to plant her in the garden next month.

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LOVING

SHOPPING

I bought this perfect copper-toned mug for iced coffee from Simons. I absolutely don’t need another mug, but my new system of buy-a-mug-throw-out-a-mug is in full swing, so I’m covered.

WATCHING

There are coyotes that roam my parent’s neighborhood and I saw one in the backyard again. I promise that I will not approach or feed or try to be friends with them, but just look at his/her face. How could you not want to be friends with this guy??

WEARING

A henley shirt that’s $10 on sale? You know I had to.

WRITING

This week’s Google searches included:

And finally, god do I miss this girl. She really loved spring.

You can read last week’s Spring Sundays Volume 4 here.

Spring Sundays Vol. 4

Okay, I’m ready for normal spring weather. We’ve earned it. Enough already.

BAKING

I need to put these bran muffins back in rotation. And I need to add golden raisins to them. You can’t stop me.

COOKING

Nothing worse than when a recipe falls flat. I made this white bean, tomato & sausage pasta that I saw on The Kitchen and it was the blandest pasta I think I’ve ever made. It was dry and flavourless. It takes real effort to make a pasta bad, so that was fun.

CRAVING

A lighthouse bird feeder would fix me.

EATING

I tried the burger at Rosie’s (on a bed of lettuce instead of the bun) and it was fine. Don’t see the hype.

You can read the full post here.

The Best of March

Why don’t they make sky bridges anymore? Nothing better.

• I compiled the best tweet tweets/threads of the month over here.

• I finished up Winter Wednesdays and started Spring Sundays.

• I heard a tip for making extra crispy wings: sprinkle them with baking soda and then dry them out in the fridge before air frying. Well, I went a bit overboard and added too much and they tasted like metal. Probably the grossest thing I’ve ever made. It was honestly a little alarming that Nathan still ate them all? Sometimes I think I’m a great cook because of how much he likes my food, but then something like this happens and I think… oh no.

• I had a happy hour drink at Castell Terrace in midtown (remember when a $12 drink was the not-happy-hour price?) and the service was better than the ambiance, but I’d go again if I found myself desperate in Times Square.

• Another new midtown find: Dutch Fred’s. Uncomplicated and not expensive.

• Loving my new spring seasonal plates (as shown below by Irene).

• I went to Malaparte in the West Village and I think I’m done with village restaurants at 7:30pm. The noise level in here was ridiculous. The food was fine, but my head throbbed from how loud the space was. Never again. I really can’t tell if this is just a “welcome to your 40s” situation (it is) though because I looked around and every 20-something year old looked like they were also in hell.

• The chicken salad cup from Daily Provisions is a perfect small lunch, how am I only learning this now.

• I took Nathan to Kim’s Video because everyone who loved video stores should go and it made me realize how much I miss browsing for movies.

• Nathan and I saw Dog Day Afternoon with Jon Bernthal on its first night of previews and it was fantastic. Nothing that man can’t do.

• So you know how I like to peruse the cookbooks at Barnes and Noble for recipes (sometimes I buy, I swear), well the cookbook for Levain Bakery is sealed up in plastic. So of course that filled me with a special kind of rage to now stay away from the company.

• I went on a tour of the Woolworth Building and it was everything that I wanted it to be and more. Had no idea that it was Woolworth who basically invented the whole "five and dime” concept for a store.

The full post can be read here.

Spring Sundays Vol. 3

The full post can be read over here.

The Best Tweets of March

Just randomly remembered this and watched it again and laughed as hard as I did the first time I saw it. Could not script something this funny. https://t.co/cCcA0ELLOT

— Spongebob SquareAss (@thereisnojayjay) March 3, 2026

Actress Tracee Ellis Ross takes Paris in a great color combo outfit! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/I8LtTtmr3X

— LEGENDARY LADE! 🇳🇬 (@LegendaryLade) March 5, 2026

i’ve always liked the onion’s eyes on this one pic.twitter.com/0TIuQHvsn1

— Tommy Siegel (@TommySiegel) March 11, 2026

Fun fact: the scene with Garland and the little girl was 6 minutes long in the original cut. When we previewed it a woman stood up during the scene, looked back where we were sitting and yelled, “Why are you doing this to us?!” We trimmed it down. https://t.co/AtMBMkrD0b

— Todd Garner (@Todd_Garner) March 19, 2026

everything is working out. pic.twitter.com/ylgBkSaJpy

— 🍂 (@Lovandfear) March 21, 2026

Try this recipe and you will only be addicted like me😋 pic.twitter.com/OvZteGdfec

— Health Nest (@OurHealthNest) March 21, 2026

models should be glad he chose baseball pic.twitter.com/8XIciY3sxc

— shan (@nylsander) March 23, 2026

They do it in the sun. They do it under the stars. They do it in biting April chill and punishing August heat. Baseball is enmeshed with – and an expression of – the season. And they play every day. The game is part of the daily routine. It is life, from April through October. https://t.co/9mowd9epMf

— Jonah Birenbaum (@birenball) March 24, 2026

This woman said: My husband and I saw Gone Girl in the theater and when it was over, a man behind us with a southern accent said "Wow. I'm surprised." And 11 years later whenever either of us is surprised about something we say "Wow. I'm surprised." in a southern accent and then…

— Mia♡ (@luxemiaa) March 27, 2026

This is your sign to go on a flower walk 🥹💐 pic.twitter.com/sDOuk0dwd1

— bonita lo thee oracle (@TheDivineBruxa) March 27, 2026

pic.twitter.com/S6n0LkwW5q

— annie (@sweetndpolite) March 27, 2026

30 DAYS, 30 SCARF STYLES. pic.twitter.com/ojLIUYQxxK

— Fit_Fusion (@FitFusion__) March 27, 2026

Imagine casually looking out the window and seeing this pic.twitter.com/zx8A6nnG4M

— M🐝 (@CakeMcJabe) March 27, 2026

me when im not taking in single word that’s being said pic.twitter.com/qoKuBEGErV

— sky ✧˖°⭑˖ (@stoppedbysilovs) March 28, 2026

20-Minutes Garlic Butter Pasta pic.twitter.com/DKgAzUNNtD

— Snack Reel (@SnackReel) March 30, 2026

The richest relationships are lifeboats pic.twitter.com/g5tZN2veJz

— roobz 🌙 🌸 (@tishray) March 30, 2026

Yes please. Heirloom tomatoes, whipped lemon ricotta, toasted sourdough, white balsamic & chives. 🍅🍃 pic.twitter.com/8fm1LFzbcR

— Elle Lookbook (@EvaLovesDesign) March 30, 2026

Oscar's house pic.twitter.com/IXka6WRp2D

— Ben Zaehringer (@benzaehringer) March 30, 2026

when the mlb radio broadcast cuts out and there’s no ads between innings so i’m just alone peacefully with my thoughts pic.twitter.com/Q40yLfUzle

— katie (@sadfictionalmen) March 31, 2026

love how when max is done pitching, he immediately goes back to yapping in the dugout LMFAOOO #bluejays50 pic.twitter.com/SeE4d2c8PB

— -ˏˋ amethyst ˊˎ- (@charlessmithsgf) April 1, 2026

The best tweets of last month can be found over here.

Spring Sundays Vol. 2

Full post here.

Spring Sundays Vol. 1

The full post can be read here.

Winter Wednesdays Vol. 13

Welcome to the last of Winter Wednesdays! How the hell did it take so long to get here. I feel like you can see how cold that water is above.

BAKING

Made the Magnolia banana pudding for the millionth time. Stellar as always. It’s such an incredible (and easy) dessert to any gathering.

COOKING

I also made a sausage and mushroom strata, but with chicken breakfast sausage this time and it still tasted as good as it did with pork sausage.

CRAVING

I need to make this spring panzanella salad with crispy shallots immediately.

DRINKING

Attempting to make lavender vanilla iced lattes this week to usher in the springtime.

EATING

I’ve eaten so much cottage cheese lately (the good Trader Joe’s one) that when I had a bite this morning I audibly went, “Okay, it’s too much” so I think I need to take a break.

EXPERIENCING

On a weekend trip away, we stopped at the Friday the 13th diner again. Our fourth time. We might have a problem.

You can read the full post here.

Winter Wednesdays Vol. 12

Something about early March feels so good. It always feels like the beginning of the real new year is starting up right now. I’ll take ten fake springs, the garbage beneath the melting snow, I don’t care, just give me a long March.

BAKING/COOKING

Made this (no) butter chicken in our slow cooker and it remains fantastic. Also made these air fried carrots that 100% tasted like french fries. That sounds like eating disorder talk, but I promise you they’re so good.

CRAVING

I am firmly in the camp that Carbone is overpriced and overrated, so I found this recipe for their meatballs and I’m excited to make it at home this week. $30 for a meatball is a criminal offense and Mamdani should get on this.

DRINKING

I know that pistachio is everywhere right now, but this pistachio latte sounds incredible.

EATING

The gorgeous coffee toffee cookie at Levain is back (and leaving soon).

EXPERIENCING

Nathan and I saw Dog Day Afternoon on Broadway with Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach last night and it was ridiculously good. Jon Bernthal is untouachable as an actor. They gave out free hats, buttons and coffee cups (I’m assuming because it’s the first week of previews), which was also great.

You can read the full post here.

The Best of February

Welcome to March! I’m back in New York and I’m elated to be here for the beginning of spring. I happened to be walking through Times Square last night and you know how people who live here get so mad at the slow walking tourists? I absolutely hate it when people get mad at those guys. I get it, it’s frustrating to have to change your own pace to accommodate someone else but I think we could all stand to calm down a bit. It’s also New York: the mecca of tourists. Can we let them live? Can we maybe allow them to stop and look up at a building they haven’t seen before? Christ.

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