I was born in Paris and grew up in Seattle, so I have the utmost appreciation for good coffee, beautiful views, and sunshine. Blame Seattle for my love of fleece. All of my immediate family is now on the east coast, and Boston is where I consider "home."

Life is busy with work these days, but I love my job and I like being busy in general, so it's a win-win. I'm making a big push to finish my dissertation in the next few months and I'm somewhat addicted to my daily gym class. Life can't be all work and Lululemon, though. Friends and family are super important to me, so I make it a priority to stay in touch and spend time with them as much as I can.

-sit ups
-discovering a band two days after they've played here
-navigating new places
-walking the middle path

-my smile
-I'm pretty laid back

Reading:
Regularly....
-new yorker, nytimes, ny mag, the atlantic, too many tumblrs to list but theyre mostly street fashion and architecture/design/art/food blogs...

Less than I'd like...
-Economist

Favorite authors:
Jonathan Franzen, Ann Patchett, David Foster Wallace, Ernest Hemingway, Oscar Wilde, Charles Baudelaire, Edith Wharton, Zadie Smith, Michael Lewis

TV (thank you Hulu):
-The Mindy Project, RHONY, Modern Family, Portlandia, Parks and Recreation

Music:
-the weeknd, the xx, cults, real estate, depeche mode, arcade fire, chris thile, pinback, john talabot, kanye, santigold, M83, neon indian, washed out, toro y moi, tennis, YACHT, grimes, lissie, ellie goulding, any collaboration of nicki minaj/justin beiber or dr luke and britney/rihanna/keisha

Restaurants:
-Picco, Darwin's, Life Alive!, Neptune, the Butcher Shop

-phone
-music
-things to read
-art
-passport
-bed

my family and friends, work, plans for the week, the summer, moving to nyc or paris or staying put, the importance of enjoying the moment, education reform, what's going on in the supreme court, how to use technology to motivate and maintain behavior change...

out to dinner/drinks with friends.

I check out bikes constantly when I'm walking around and will pretty regularly stop and take a picture of the ones I really like.

you are curious, creative, friendly, easy-going, and won't be grossed out when I order anchovies on my pizza.