Have you heard the The Great Gatsby soundtrack yet? NPR is streaming it here and I have to say, it’s pretty twenties-tastic with a thoroughly modern spin. I think the jazzy “Crazy in Love” cover by Emeli Sande and The Bryan Ferry Orchestra is…
The Time I Met My Favorite Writer
It was a normal day, sitting down to get work done, when I thought, Welllllll, I’ll just check a few blogs to warm up (sidenote: Friends, this is normally not a good idea when you’re trying to get work done),…
may day
It’s May! Can you believe it? It’s been months since I wrote a letter to Baby R the day after I found out he was coming. But when I woke up this morning, it was with joy and excitement that I thought, This is it. This…
when the girls’ bathroom becomes sacred ground
If you’re a girl, chances are that you’ve spent hours and hours of your life in front of the mirror preparing yourself for the world. And if you’re a girl who has ever been on a girls’ trip, I bet you…
Lennon & Maisy
Do you watch Nashville, the tv show? If you do, you’ll know these two girls as Rayna James’ tween daughters. What I didn’t know until last week was that the girls 1) have the coolest names ever {Lennon Stella and Maisy…
really, really good music
There’s just something about it, right? The Lone Bellow was in Dallas last week and I luckily convinced two friends who didn’t know them that we should go… they were both fans by the end of the night. I stood…