Winter is upon us, book nerds, and it brings its own set of book nerd problems. The deep freeze can’t last forever, but let’s commiserate in the meantime. Here is the worst of the worst of what winter can do to us (and our poor books)! 1. It’s hard to turn pages while wearing mittens. […]

Despite the blessing of etiquette grand dame Emily Post, the debate over whether one should wear white after Labor Day rages on with no polite end in sight. While we let savvy sartorialists argue the relative merits of cream culottes and pearl puffers, post-summer, there’s one thing we should be able to agree on: Reading […]

Summer is winding down, but it’s still miserable out here on the East Coast—nasty, sticky, humid heat that makes stepping outdoors feel like wading through a bowl of warm miso soup. It’s too hot to move, too hot to think, too hot to do anything except seek out someplace air conditioned and stay there as […]