Margaret Crandall
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New neighbors, old stories
March 17, 2022
[Alt text: A panda at the National Zoo today, chomping on some bamboo or sugar cane] There's a Purim party happening right now in the parking lot of the...
overdoing it
March 3, 2022
[Alt text: The Pennsylvania/New Jersey state lines, painted on a bridge that crosses the Delaware River.] After spending 3-4 weeks in almost total solitude,...
Am I a hermit or is it Shonda Rhimes' fault?
February 17, 2022
[Alt text: The trash chute on my floor, labeled "RUBBISH."] Last Friday, I had every intention of leaving this apartment and going to a show and saying hi to...
Ice cream and bedframes
February 3, 2022
[Alt text: A vintage black round travel case with cartoon graphics promoting a movie (?) called Margie.] On big changes Last time I wrote this thing, I asked...
almost home
January 20, 2022
[Alt text: Wool slippers that look like badgers.] The last time I wrote, I think I was hunkered down in a New York hotel room, waiting for the results of my...
high line quaratine
January 6, 2022
(Alt text: A small bird with a hot pink fluffy chest.) Hi from a tiny room on the 35th floor of a NYC hotel near Penn Station. Yesterday morning in DC I got...
Bookends. Or something.
December 23, 2021
[Alt text: Christmas tree ornament that is a bust of Yayoi Kusama, with red hair and trademark yellow and white polka dots.] On February 1, 2001 I arrived in...
tipsy rant
December 2, 2021
(Alt text: A painting of a schoolgirl in midcentury eyeglasses, by Paul Morin) Hello hello, hi, this is the first time I am writing this thing while drunk...
quick link dump
November 25, 2021
(Alt text: A mini candelabra ring with five candles you can actually light on fire) Just a few links this week, and a thank-you for being here. I hope your...
post-op decisions
November 18, 2021
(Alt text: Jonathan Adler's "Full Dose Ornament Set" - four tree ornaments that look like prescription pills in bright colors.) Eight or ten or twelve years...
I left my gall bladder in San Francisco
November 4, 2021
(Alt text: A heart-shaped adhesive diaper type thing dated, literally, with a Sharpie, 11/1/21. There is also a lip balm in the photo to show scale.) Monday...
It's finally raining in San Francisco
October 21, 2021
(Alt text: Vintage booger green and white floral patterned Samsonite Fashionaire suitcase and train case for sale on Chairish for way too much money.) Lots...
Team Tunde
October 14, 2021
(since I can't figure out how to add alt text: This is a photo of a Russian spider brooch, with ruby eyes, green enamel, and diamond and sapphire legs.) Back...
Pretty dress, bunch of links
October 7, 2021
(One of my favorite dresses at the Brooklyn Museum's Dior exhibit) I didn't include any links last time, because the thing I wrote was already so long, so...
Welcome to #SkaFest5000
September 29, 2021
Dear Margaret (a message to you?): We know it’s been a long time since you left Ska Land, so we’ve put together a comprehensive guide for what you, a...
Adventures with contact lenses
September 16, 2021
(Sunset in Maine) Housekeeping note Yesterday, Intuit bought Mailchimp for $12 billion. It was the kick in the pants I needed to move my weekly email thing...