1.2k 10 Comments February 20, 2018 How I gave up the house but found a life For 22 years my family and I lived in Westfield, New Jersey, by many measures, the ideal place to raise a family. There are great schools, quiet leafy streets, multiple transportation options, a walkable downtown, and cultural and religious options to fit diverse tastes. Even its names evokes wholesomeness. When I arrived there in 1995, I knew within 30 minutes that it was the wrong place for me. It took us 22 years to undo that decision. I spent years telling myself that it was not so bad but always hating it. This is a story of finding my comfortable place in the world… Read More May 31, 2016 The stop-you-in-your-tracks, awesome doors and windows in Morocco Remember when Ariel freaked out about the bathtubs in Puerto Rico? Well, I'm doing something similar with the doors of Morocco! I have not been able to take one walk through the streets of Morocco without stopping to take a photo of a door or a window… Read More 1.3k February 15, 2016 Buy YOURSELF flowers to make a good impression on your new neighbors In the midst of moving, and un-packing and re-organizing our lives, I didn't think much of the flower boxes. I hung the them from the balcony rails and tried to remember to water them. Without my knowing, those straggly flowers paved the way to good neighbor relations… Read More 6.4k 37 Comments October 6, 2014 How do you approach a neighbor about their dog's barking? My husband and I have no relationship with the people in the apartment next to mine, other than smiling at each other on the elevator, and so we're at a bit of a loss about how to approach them about their dog's barking. As far as we've been told, our building doesn't allow dogs. How can we bring it up without creating a negative relationship right from the get-go? Read More 3.4k 17 Comments September 22, 2014 Want to get to know your neighbors? Start a crazy-stupid, summer-long, front-yard project Over the course of 12 weekends, we transformed our weed-infested front yard into a landscaped, welcoming entrance to our home. In addition to a nice-looking lil front yard (and a racer-back tan that’s never going to go away), we also got an unforeseen benefit: WE KNOW WHO OUR NEIGHBORS ARE NOW. Read More 123…12
May 31, 2016 The stop-you-in-your-tracks, awesome doors and windows in Morocco Remember when Ariel freaked out about the bathtubs in Puerto Rico? Well, I'm doing something similar with the doors of Morocco! I have not been able to take one walk through the streets of Morocco without stopping to take a photo of a door or a window… Read More 1.3k February 15, 2016 Buy YOURSELF flowers to make a good impression on your new neighbors In the midst of moving, and un-packing and re-organizing our lives, I didn't think much of the flower boxes. I hung the them from the balcony rails and tried to remember to water them. Without my knowing, those straggly flowers paved the way to good neighbor relations… Read More 6.4k 37 Comments October 6, 2014 How do you approach a neighbor about their dog's barking? My husband and I have no relationship with the people in the apartment next to mine, other than smiling at each other on the elevator, and so we're at a bit of a loss about how to approach them about their dog's barking. As far as we've been told, our building doesn't allow dogs. How can we bring it up without creating a negative relationship right from the get-go? Read More 3.4k 17 Comments September 22, 2014 Want to get to know your neighbors? Start a crazy-stupid, summer-long, front-yard project Over the course of 12 weekends, we transformed our weed-infested front yard into a landscaped, welcoming entrance to our home. In addition to a nice-looking lil front yard (and a racer-back tan that’s never going to go away), we also got an unforeseen benefit: WE KNOW WHO OUR NEIGHBORS ARE NOW. Read More 123…12
1.3k February 15, 2016 Buy YOURSELF flowers to make a good impression on your new neighbors In the midst of moving, and un-packing and re-organizing our lives, I didn't think much of the flower boxes. I hung the them from the balcony rails and tried to remember to water them. Without my knowing, those straggly flowers paved the way to good neighbor relations… Read More 6.4k 37 Comments October 6, 2014 How do you approach a neighbor about their dog's barking? My husband and I have no relationship with the people in the apartment next to mine, other than smiling at each other on the elevator, and so we're at a bit of a loss about how to approach them about their dog's barking. As far as we've been told, our building doesn't allow dogs. How can we bring it up without creating a negative relationship right from the get-go? Read More 3.4k 17 Comments September 22, 2014 Want to get to know your neighbors? Start a crazy-stupid, summer-long, front-yard project Over the course of 12 weekends, we transformed our weed-infested front yard into a landscaped, welcoming entrance to our home. In addition to a nice-looking lil front yard (and a racer-back tan that’s never going to go away), we also got an unforeseen benefit: WE KNOW WHO OUR NEIGHBORS ARE NOW. Read More 123…12
6.4k 37 Comments October 6, 2014 How do you approach a neighbor about their dog's barking? My husband and I have no relationship with the people in the apartment next to mine, other than smiling at each other on the elevator, and so we're at a bit of a loss about how to approach them about their dog's barking. As far as we've been told, our building doesn't allow dogs. How can we bring it up without creating a negative relationship right from the get-go? Read More 3.4k 17 Comments September 22, 2014 Want to get to know your neighbors? Start a crazy-stupid, summer-long, front-yard project Over the course of 12 weekends, we transformed our weed-infested front yard into a landscaped, welcoming entrance to our home. In addition to a nice-looking lil front yard (and a racer-back tan that’s never going to go away), we also got an unforeseen benefit: WE KNOW WHO OUR NEIGHBORS ARE NOW. Read More 123…12
3.4k 17 Comments September 22, 2014 Want to get to know your neighbors? Start a crazy-stupid, summer-long, front-yard project Over the course of 12 weekends, we transformed our weed-infested front yard into a landscaped, welcoming entrance to our home. In addition to a nice-looking lil front yard (and a racer-back tan that’s never going to go away), we also got an unforeseen benefit: WE KNOW WHO OUR NEIGHBORS ARE NOW. Read More 123…12