October | 2009 | Door Sixteen

Yiddish for Babies giveaway!

Oct 30, 2009

I never ever do giveaways here, but this is a very special occasion! My friend (and fellow book designer!) Janet Perr has a new book coming out, Yiddish for Babies, and TWO of my adorable nieces are featured in it. (Yiddishe kop and shnozz, if you’re curious.)

The book is SO CUTE and so funny, and I want to do a little giveaway to celebrate its upcoming release on November 10th. To sweeten the grand prize, I’m going to include a copy of one of Janet’s other books, Hip-Hop for Dogs (starring the fabulous BRUNO as the DJ!).

Here’s how it’s going to work:
Leave a comment on this post between now and midnight EST on Sunday, November 1st. On Monday morning, I will use the Random Number Generator to choose three numbers corresponding to the order in which the comments were received.

ETA: COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED. I will draw numbers and announce the winners on Monday morning!

Prizes:
1: Yiddish for Babies & Hip-Hop for Dogs
2 & 3: Yiddish for Babies

All books can be autographed and personalized, too!

To Arizona and back in seven photos.

Oct 28, 2009

Friends + Family

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Evan and I are back from a long weekend spent in Carefree, Arizona for a friend’s wedding.

Arizona 1

Arizona 2

A series of errors on the part of the car rental company culminated in us riding around in a red Ford Mustang. If there were ever a car less suited to our personalities, this is probably it.

The upside was the satellite radio. I still can’t believe I actually heard “This Corrosion” on the radio (introduced by Richard Blade, no less) in 2009.

From Evan: “That Mustang made me feel like an underage joyrider. Since I could barely see over the wheel, the entire car was a blind spot. Note to Ford: Please post height requirements on all vehicles.”

Arizona 3

The desert gets COLD at night! I was not prepared. We made s’mores.

Arizona 4

Arizona 5

Arizona 6

Arizona 7

The best part about leaving New York is coming back (even if you fly into New Jersey).

Get well soon, Morrissey.

Oct 25, 2009

Music + Movies + Books

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Please and thank you.

The world needs you. I need you.

Yay! Black trim!

Oct 23, 2009

Newburgh
The House

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First of all, thank you so much for all of the birthday wishes yesterday. They are much appreciated. I had a very nice, low-key birthday (just how I like it). Evan gave me the supercute J.A. snail box I’ve had my eye on, and we had mini-red velvet Bundt cakes from Junior’s. Yerrrmy!

I’m on a mini-vacation until Monday, but here are some photos of the exterior of my house, now with black trim (Benjamin Moore Black Beauty)! Keep in mind that the windows still need to be repaired and painted, and the stair treads still need to be stained to match the porch ceiling.

(Sorry for the weird sizes, but I’m not on my own computer right now, and have no access to Photoshop!)

And a before picture, for comparison. It’s hard to tell from the photos, but we’ve also had the bricks cleaned and repointed. Oh! And that ironwork on top of the porch? We had it sandblasted (it was really rusty) and powdercoated (by the same guys that did our bathtub, sink, and radiators!) in black. It looks great.

Bye-bye peeling, discolored, forest green paint! ICK: