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AND SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS
We didn't expect it to be the best one yet.We always try to celebrate the holidays simply, and to focus on tradition and experience over tangible things, but this year we had intended to have very...
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44, 45, 46, + 47/52
44/52Biet: Back on our old block in the East Village, the block on which she was born.  This old car has been parked on the block for as long as I can remember, and keeps getting stranger and stranger...
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A New Year // Focus + Friendship
A new year is upon us, a new start, a renewal of all that we strive to be. Â For the second year in a row, I reminisce: this past year was a very beautiful and very hard year. Â I had high hopes, big...
View ArticleA WEST VILLAGE PICNIC | A FILM
Nearly 9 months ago, just a few weeks after Lucien was born, the ladies of Small Fry teamed up with Jenner Brown of Lumineux Films to shoot a few NYC families, and we were chosen to participate! I've...
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WALKING, EATING, DREAMING
We walk along the avenue together, you and I. You like to skip ahead sometimes, rushing to see what's in a shop window or around the next corner, or just trying to initiate a game of inner-city chase...
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ROMANTIC WINTER
There's something wildly romantic about winter in the city. The crisp cold air biting your skin, the toasty radiators beckoning you indoors, the frozen quiet that descends upon the streets- its all so...
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48, 49, 50, 51... FINISHING UP THE 52 PROJECT
48/52Biet, Lucien, & Mama: On a rare warmish day back when winter was just settling in, we pause in the Union Square farmer's market for a snack.  First baby Lou's turn, then Biet's.  These were...
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DAY OF LOVE
A few weeks ago, while running errands down on the west side, we stopped to sit for a minute in Christopher Park and enjoy the fleeting early winter sunshine. Â It was an unseasonably tepid day, and it...
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WHY CHILDREN'S BOOKS MATTER
"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. Â If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales."Â Â - Albert EinsteinA few months ago, out of the blue, a torn...
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DOUGH DATE + ARTFEST
Sometimes, when winter just begins to outstay its welcome and the entire city feels like an endless ocean of filthy slush, smoggy drizzle, and icy sidewalks, you look out of your window and want...
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GOODBYE BROOKLYN
Hello Manhattan, my love, my one and only.It's been too long.But now we're back. And dear, we have missed you.One week ago we loaded all of our worldly belongings into a moving truck and bid farewell...
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LISA IN THE AFTERNOON
In the blink of an eye, my sister Lisa flew into NYC, stirred up a whole lot of trouble and magic and laughter, and then jetted off, just as swiftly as she had arrived, back home to L.A. Â It was far...
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A THREE YEAR OLD GIRL
I stayed up very late the night before the party, sewing mountains of fluffy white tulle into tutu's for the guests. Â I tore the gauzy fabric into strips and layered them around the elastic as the...
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Matzoball Soup & FAO Shwarz
I partook in a brief interview with the lovely (and downright French-new-wavey-gorgeous!) Alyssa Boyer a few weeks ago and let her snap some shots of our family around our neighborhood here in the...
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HALLOWEEN
I rolled a sheet of paper into a tiny cone and slipped it inside of her miniature pointy hat to prop it up straight, being careful not to tear the ruffle we had just sewn on. Â Then placing it upon her...
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The Lost Summer {part 1}
Today, autumn slipped away for a moment and the icy winter graced us with a preview of her wrath. Â After bundling and hustling and shivering through the city for hours, I decided to come home and write...
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INGLESINA + PETITE BIET
This past summer, we partnered with the Italian stroller company Inglesina to be one of four families featured in their new 'Strollers of New York" film series. Â With grace and humor, they followed us...
View ArticleA DAY IN THE LIFE
Our Inglesina film is live! It was so much fun shooting this (despite the fact that Lou had two molars break throught the night before and we were all pretty much running on zero sleep), and I'm so...
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A NEW SEASON
The days creep by. The holidays approach. This year, the overall feeling in the city streets doesn't seem to match the season. The air outside is far too warm, crawling into the 60's most days, and it...
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IMPASSIONED- A STORY OF BECOMING
Soon after my first baby was born, I found myself floating in a sea of old friends and cherished memories. Amongst the singles and couples, artists and parties, and same glorious world of the downtown...
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TO NARNIA / SPRING BREAK
Spring break has never meant too much to us. It comes and goes each year without occasion, save for the noticeably fewer NYU students downtown. The streets quiet down a bit. You might randomly run into...
View ArticleDON'T CLOSE THE DOOR
If there are things I wish that I'd known all along, they would be (in no particular order):Write everything down.Take more photographs.There are no mistakes.Coincidences always end up making...
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TOGETHER, WE MOTHER
Happiness used to be the clink of cheap wine glasses on a windy fire escape and the laughter of friends trailing into the night.Then it was the way that a new pair of heels clicked on the pavement to...
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THE MOMENT WE KNEW
Nico was the first to know, as per usual.She tried to tell me all day, but I wouldn't listen.It was late summer and the city was awash in deep greens and yellows. Clothing was scarce, sunshine...
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ON SELF-LOVE
They say that there is no greater love than that a mother feels for her child. The moment we step into the abyss of motherhood, we tap into a love so great, so primal, so nurturing, it is unlike...
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