On Turning One – Again

It has been a full year since I last posted on 56AndTheCity, packed up all of our belongings, and transported our lives back to where it all began – Chicago. I’m not sure what prevented me from sharing more consistently, but here I am. So much has happened in these past 12 months. In thatContinue reading “On Turning One – Again”

On Leaving NYC: A Bittersweet Farewell

Not long after Ashay and I moved to NYC, he gifted me a book titled Goodbye To All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York. He knew, instinctively, that my love for New York would be a grand affair, but he also sensed it would not likely be our forever home. At the time,Continue reading “On Leaving NYC: A Bittersweet Farewell”

Life Is Like a TJ Maxx

Recently, I found myself inside a TJ Maxx on Wall Street, doing a little shopping. I’ve been searching for a new long, flowy skirt for the summer and thought I might find one there. The store was bigger than I expected. That’s always the surprise in New York—how a place can look modest from theContinue reading “Life Is Like a TJ Maxx”