PB, and J. Peanut, peanut butter….and jelly! Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Peanut butter and grape jelly sandwiches. Yum! Peanut butter and jelly is the sandwich of my life. My comfort food. The delicacy I associate, …
The Sandwich of My Life
The Biltmore Estate Up Close & Floral
Two weeks ago, we took an autumn drive to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I thought the trip would be pretty quiet for me. I’d write in the hotels, enjoy the food, and sleep-in while Jon …
Happy Halloween From Cleopatra!
As a half Middle-Eastern woman, you’d think Cleopatra would have been a go-to costume most of my life. But the reality is that I’ve never dressed as her until this very moment. Somehow this costume finally …
What It’s Like To Go Back To School
I’ve finally emerged after four weeks of classes at the New York Botanical Gardens. With quite a substantial amount of reading, homework assignments and trekking to the Bronx, I am done with my first course. And …
I Judge People By Their Toilet Paper
There I am, in the restroom of my acupuncturist’s office, amid the holistic practices of many feel-good professionals and I can’t help but notice the toilet paper. It’s single-ply. SINGLE-PLY! It is akin to wiping yourself …
At Sea in My Creativity
Everyone’s creativity works in different ways. Some people’s creativity becomes a trickling spring after digging through a well of inspiration. Others take their dreams and turn them into realities one sketch at a time (Karl Lagerfeld …
A Bouquet of Abstracts
A few weeks ago, my husband gave me a beautiful bouquet for our anniversary. And as if that wasn’t enough, he also gifted me with two brand new camera accessories: a macro lens that allows me …
Flower Picking With Blooms in Hand
It takes only a glance at this blog to know I love flowers. So when the incredibly talented florist, Anna Coy of Blooms in Hand, invited me to one of her workshops, I jumped at the …
Lately on Instagram
I used to have a love/hate relationship with Instagram. You know some of my thoughts from this article, which resonated with the blogger and creative community. But something’s changed. I’ve seemed to have turned a corner …
An Irrational Fear Of Seaweed
We all have our fears: spiders, being murdered in our sleep, coming into work late, or forgetting that critical project in high school. They’re all pretty normal things to find scary, but lately, I’ve noticed that …