Personal Essay

I Don’t Celebrate Nochebuena Like I Used to, and That’s a Good Thing Life

Togetherness does not have to be defined by proximity.

Lisset Lanza

Dec 21, 2022

An Italian Shopkeeper Taught Me How to Clean a Copper Pot—and the Copper Pot Taught Me How to Take Care of Myself Cleaning

The shine of the pot after I cleaned it with ketchup was satisfying in a way I hadn’t expected, considering I felt sure the Italian shop owner was trying to punk me.

William Horn

Sep 30, 2020

A Case for Putting Up Halloween Decorations Extremely Early This Year Life

Let me explain why Halloween is my very favorite holiday... and why you should consider decorating for your favorite holiday early this year (and maybe every year).

Adrienne Breaux

Sep 8, 2020

Why I Regret Buying an Older Home Real Estate

The problem with old houses, I learned, is that they are never not a project.

Sassafras Lowrey

Dec 4, 2019

I Became A Mother In That Chair Life

Ashlee Gadd is the founder of Coffee + Crumbs and the author of “The Magic of Motherhood: The Good Stuff, the Hard Stuff, and Everything In Between.” We ordered bunk beds yesterday. It was an inevitable purchase, I suppose, after having two boys in two and a half years. When we found out our second baby was another boy, I remember thinking: Someday they’ll share a room, probably bunk beds.

Guest of Apartment Therapy

May 3, 2019