Nicolaia Rips
Jun 28, 2023 BY
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Collette. Zelda Fitzgerald. Eve Babitz. Elaine Dundy. Cookie Mueller (though her writing makes me seasick!!!!). Honorable mention to Nora Ephron for being a great, though neurotic, time.
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An oft forgotten yet seminal Sci-Fi rom-com musical starring Geena Davis and Jeff Goldblum.
Jun 28, 2023
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In the morning I attempt to predict my day based on the crema that sits on top of my espresso. Sometimes I have espressos with frightening inky splotches and my days are SCARY and UNFORTUNATE. Sometimes I have perfect espresso days and perfect things happen to me. Good friends will text me pictures of their coffee and ask me to read their fortunes and for them I do.
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I grew up there! And I wrote a book about it! And say hi to my parents if you ever stop by! And if you ever get the chance to wander around uninhibited by security, there’s a free standing pyramid on the brick roof that the artist Sam Bassett used to stay in. Used to be my dream to live there.
Jun 28, 2023
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Once a summer NYT newspaperman and personal BFF Alex Traub organizes a minor league baseball outing and vodka drinking shindig at Tatiana’s. This is the most fun event a girl can attend.
Jun 28, 2023
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My dentist’s office is in midtown between On Stage Dancewear (a tiny bitchy ballet store) and the Morgan Library (the best museum in NY after the Neue Galerie). After the dentist I treat myself to a visit to Morgan Library and a new flimsy Bullet Point Skirt. They come in colorways like Cappucino, Meadow and Cloud. I wear them with my Hommegirl’s tube socks and Tods.
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At the risk of sounding like your grandmother, I believe everyone should have a signature and impressive dish. For me, that is gravlax. Gravlax is the less briny, less saturated, and infinitely more elegant girlfriend of lox. Unlike lox which are smoked and pungent, gravlax is cured, creating a buttery texture and extremely fresh flavor. It is closer to sashimi and is stupidly simple to make. Here is the recipe, originally culled from the Silver Palate Cookbook but since bastardized by my mom:In a tupperware place one filet skin side down, cover with half of the salt/sugar mixture, place dill on top. Generously crack black pepper and put the other filet of salmon skin side up. This creates a sandwich effect. Add the rest of the sugar/salt mixture on top and pop the lid on the tupperware to really smush everything together. Each day, for the next three days, take it out of the fridge and flip the filets, redistributing the liquids that have formed with a spoon. On the third day it is ready to be sliced thinly with a sharp knife and eaten on a bagel, or over a burial plot of arugula.I have taught it to every roommate, boyfriend, girlfriend, roommate’s boyfriend, roommate’s boyfriend’s roommate, and culinarily curious friend I have. People beg for it, I promise!
Jun 28, 2023
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I have a strong sense of humiliation and a loose sense of shame. I think it’s best not to take things too seriously and the content I love reflects a certain snarky optimism - The Marx Brothers, Buster Keaten, scripts written by S.J Perlman. To me, Duck Soup is the greatest movie ever written.
Jun 28, 2023
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When I work I listen to Rufus and only Rufus and only the genius albums Poses and Want One.