Ten years ago, we sold our first home, and moved to a bigger house in Alameda. My husband, Alex, had always wanted to live in a Victorian, and so we got one. Our first house had served us well for ten... Read more >>

When I was growing up, there were few things than summer fruit! During the winter it was mostly apples, bananas and oranges, which were eaten more out of obligation than anything else. I came to... Read more >>

What prompted my musing was an email from a close friend, just settled in Hong Kong less than a couple of months ago. The message for Earth Day along with “peace, infinite possibility, and... Read more >>

The Brown family moved away from Milton Street when success at the American Manufacturing Company allowed Margaret’s father to build a house in then bucolic Beechhurst, Queens. They moved... Read more >>

The first person I met when we bought our “fixer upper” brownstone in Harlem eight years ago was a manic crack addict named Salami. This menacing apparition bolted out of the abandoned... Read more >>

Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans 2008, 68 minutes Directed by Dawn Logsdon and Lolis Eric Elie Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story Of Black New Orleans will have its... Watch this video >>

Director Dawn Logsdon talks about her film Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story Of Black New Orleans, the history of the Faubourg Tremé, a historic neighborhood in New Orleans. The film... Read more >>

Moving. It’s not like college where every year I had to pack up my stuff and change dorms. Ship heavy sweaters back to California and rip the posters off the walls. I’m an adult now, but I... Read more >>

Dear Presidential Candidate,  “Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity—it is an act of justice.” Nelson Mandela... Read more >>

I’ll never forget the day my favorite UPS delivery man told me he was changing routes. I was devastated. We’d gotten to know each other while I was temping as a receptionist and I’d... Join this chit chat >>