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I barely know what Letterbox is but I know it’s a source of a LOT of tumblr discourse.

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A small slice of the week in Paris.

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This is just to say

I have enpopified the cardinal that was from chicagoland

and who has spent 2025 antagonizing JD Vance on twitter

forgive me father for I have sinned

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The London weekend was great.

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Work views. Even on a Saturday.

(Fashion never stops.)

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Bookclub continues to be great.

(We read Beautyland. Recommend.)

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u don’t have an excuse for “i bought a tesla before i knew elon was a piece of shit” unless you bought like the first ever tesla this is not news i remember as early as 2018 and maybe earlier everyone acknowledging that elon musk was a piece of shit

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Susan and Dawn got married in frozen Chicago on Monday and it was the warmest day.

I had my nails done in their honor: the lesbian flag as color palette, Susan and Dawn’s initials, books, stars, Luna moths, cats, fall leaves. And sparkle for Pippa.

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I made homemade gyro last week and there was some leftover so I was able to try and recreate Matt’s favorite thing from our time in St Louis: the Bill’s Special omelet from The Majestic Diner that closed in 2014 after over fifty years.

The omelet is gyro, feta, onions, and tomatoes (Matt also remembers olives, which he may have added special, but every review or post about this on the internet does not.). I went deep on old food blog posts yesterday (this place was not fancy. It was an after shift bar for the hospital workers, a grungy but excellent Greek diner in two wood paneled rooms). I saw a photo of the home fried potatoes and was inspired. Last night I cut and par boiled two small white potatoes I had leftover. This morning I fried them with a lot of butter and oil, onions, salt, and paprika. And fried them crispier than they would get at the Majestic.

I cut and seared the gyro. Added diced grape tomatoes that I deseeded (they would use tomato slices for the burger that made the whole thing wet - eggs and tomatoes are not friends) and red onion. Made it fritatta style as that’s what I’m best at. Threw in diced smoked Kalamata olives and feta after all the searing, with the eggs.

Matt loved it. I tried the potatoes, they were great. 10/10 would make him happy and do this again (plus homemade gyro makes Greek Salad Night [eat a bunch of green things night] more fun.

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Always love old maps of my neighborhood.

Map of Greenwich Village Village Voice August 29, 1963

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Childless Christmas in the country is great. 10/10. No notes.

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How are we doing today ladies. Are we still losing it. Are we going completely insane

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Bruno’s pre-holiday feels

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I always try for 100 and this year I started a new job that really sucked a lot of energy. 54 but hopefully 60 before the end of the year!

Honestly a few books I wasn’t vibing with also took a lot of time and I didn’t finish. And I NEVER don’t finish books.

yes audiobooks do count. put exactly how many and if you had a reading goal this year in the tags <3

also reblog for sample size please!!!

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Not pictured: cranberry sauce, which I baked earlier to free up oven space for later. Green beans and stuffing are prepped for the oven. Pecan pie truffles are a REVELATION. Mashers need to be made (but onions have been caramelized and garlic roasted). Gravy made with turkey stock, onions, red wine, sage, and bay is simmering, waiting for drippings from the smoker.