About Me

After living in the great state of New York for twelve wonderfully shmutzy, irritating, expensive — but enlightening — years, we were faced…

Week one in the RTP: a recap

So we’ve survived our first week down south. Here’s a recap of what’s gone down in Raleigh-town:

Don’t call me ‘Miss Sarah’

Seriously. Don’t. Just don’t. First of all, my name ain’t Daisy. You’re not driving me anywhere. This is 2012…

What am I doing here?

The last month here in NC has been hard. A lot of ups and downs. The approaching holidays and the prospect of having…

Goodbye, Westchester.

I’m out of here.

Bites of New York.

It’s happening. In dribs and drabs, we’re finding the comforts of home. The things people warned us we’d have to get used to doing without, like good bagels and pizza, we’ve actually overcome the odds and found it — right here in the town of Cary.

Where’s the normal?

North Carolina State Fair. Oh, how I wanted to love you. Over the last two weeks, every person we’d come in contact with…

In parenting, don’t make promises you can’t keep.

The Exodus

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Our Founding Fathers.

Soon, everyone will ramp up the debate about guns. Because really, that’s what’s on everyone’s mind here. Guns and mental health. But guns are what we’ll talk about because it’s really the guns we fear. It’s the guns we think don’t belong in the hands of civilians. It’s the guns that find…