Our stockings have been hung by our secret fireplace, and we’ve collected our holiday greetings along our miniscule mantle. Just when it seems to be time for a long winter’s nap, however, I had to hop an early morning cab to the airport. Melissa left yesterday, so the TFH will be all by itself...
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I’ve had this roly chair since high school, or early college maybe. It has suffered through a number of moves, Knoxville to Alexandria, Alexandria to Syracuse, Syracuse to Knoxville (shoved into shed), Knoxville to Arlington (Shirlington), Arlington (Shirlington) to Arlington (Fairlington), Arlington (Fairlington) to New York. In the process of most of those moves,...
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What’s going on in the lives of our neighbors? 1) The folks down the hall just got back from an extended trip out of town. In the meantime, their apartment was forcibly entered by the N.Y. fire department, who sent a sizable detachment up all five flights to check a potential gas leak. Melissa...
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Living in the Tiny Fun House isn’t just about watching TV or washing your running clothes in the sink. We have to live here, too, and we have to eat to survive. Technically, our recipe box is filled with takeout menus. And maybe we’ve gotten at least one letter from the gas company noting...
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Apologies–I returned last night from the Tiny Fun House’s Reston annex, where I haven’t had much time to post. The trials for the U.S. Olympic men’s marathon team were held in Central Park this morning, and Kurt came to town to join us on the scene. Runners completed five laps in the park, so...
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Is it really a corner office if your building is immediately adjacent to another? Probably not, unless you count our fireplace as a window (yes, we have a fireplace. And it is tiny too). Still, here’s yesterday’s view out my (home) office window. The plant was on a field trip. It normally resides on...
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On Saturday, I eschewed another of my famous meerkat marathons by setting out for the Encampment, a temporary communal art installation dedicated to the memory of Roosevelt Island’s former occupants, including prisoners and patients from the smallpox hospital and the island’s asylums. Around 9 p.m.–the display was open over the weekend from 7 p.m....
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