the happiest of halloweens to all! love, the little tramp

where have i been? sasha and andrey know- they followed me all around my neighborhood not too long ago.







photos: sasha alekseyeva

love my apartment on these autumn afternoons- the sun spills all over the place and the time is just right for spinning some vinyl... dug up two gems at the resale store last weekend and spent my sunday reading the sleeves.

not quite ready to let the summer leave, i suppose- found the only patch of sun on my makeshift terrace this morning and tried to make the most of these fleeting warm moments...




photos: sasha alekseyeva

how i spent my summer vacation: chicago edition

















with days and days of feeling uprooted and disjointed, i spent my chicago august seeking peace in the sunlight and under the moonshine. beautiful summer, i will miss you and think of you fondly when i'm bundled and bound in blankets in my bed, watching the winter wind howl outside my window... (i'm not ready!!!)

after everyone had left and things quieted down, i spent the first night in the painted lady playing my accordion and listening to it bounce off the big empty space of my vacant living room.


the painted lady is my new home, and the space has such an intriguing energy. my roommates are just as beautiful and rare as the place we inhabit, and i am so looking forward to the brilliant adventures we share in the year to come!
photos: sasha alekseyeva

...i'm baa-aaack!

how i spent my summer vacation on the east coast





















on porches and rooftops, in classrooms and forests, with crazy little kids and some even crazier old ladies- i return to chicago exhausted, but i have greatly cherished these weeks in this place that will never fail to feel like home.