Last weekend, Melissa and I examined how we use our apartment and all of the stuff in it. Where we are standing when we need this or that, or which items are used at the same time. Whether we were both likely to try and do the same thing in the same space, et...
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If New York State insists on printing only temporary licenses at the DMV, wouldn’t you think they’d have the courtesy to size them to fit the Magic Wallet? Or any other wallet, for that matter. Here are some posts to come (I hope): Melissa goes under the drill One day in the life of...
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For everyone who wanted to know how old our five-story walkup is, here’s the answer: part of a fire safety scoresheet sent by the city. (From the pamphlet, we also learn that despite what I’ve been telling visitors, the faux balcony is *not* a good way to escape in an emergency situation, which I probably...
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Last week, a frequent-reader-(sure) -first-time-commenter inquired about the movement of goods and services between the Tiny Fun House (central), the Units and the Reston Annex. First, let me clarify something. The tone of the phrase “goods and services” implies that we are conducting commerce between the various TFH branches. We are not. Rather, we...
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This evening, some dedicated TFH readers noted that they had almost no understanding of the actual layout of the actual Tiny Fun House. They are probably the only readers who haven’t actually been to the apartment, but for anyone else out there, here are two graphics to help out. The first is an organizational...
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We returned to our toasty fun house last night after a holiday trip with stops in four states, and it was clear that we’d lost some of the cardiovascular edge that five flights of stairs can hone. There are now numerous updates and additions to the TFH, not the least of which is my...
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