Archive - Drinking Alone

My friend Anna and I had just ordered drinks when a man in a sweater I’d been admiring (the sweater, not him) approached our table. “You're cute. Can I…

Aug 24 •

The scent is the luckiest thing that can happen to you. It’s nothing like the scent of a “spicy” yellow cab in August — eau de radiator fluid, body…

Aug 17 •

July 2025

You Deserve Nothing

I left Milan at 4:30AM to make an 11AM meeting in London. In the cab, I thought, I deserve for this to go well. I deserve to finally close a UK…

Jul 10 •

June 2025

Summer of Time & Space

We had hot girl summer. I nailed that one. Then brat summer. I think I was too old to understand that one. I’m calling this the summer of time and space…

Jun 28 •

I was never a pessimist for sport. It was a strategy. A rind. And like all armor, it got heavy — and started to rust.Optimism has never worked in my…

Jun 21 •

My dad was guest lecturing at HBS. I was set to start in the fall, so my mom and I tagged along. After class, a handful of women approached her — seated…

Jun 16 •

Emotional Nepotism

Someone told me my writing would be the reason no one ever loves me. Ok, it wasn't exactly that. That's just how I took it. Also, that someone was my…

Jun 10 •

The smarter you are, the more your brain becomes your enemy. Our brains move too quickly, think too much, and are so good at analyzing things that we…

Jun 4 •

May 2025

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