Reading: I just finished At Last, the final novel in Edward St. Aubyn’s Patrick Melrose cycle
Video: Mr. Tinsel and I thoroughly enjoyed Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. One good summer blockbuster is a must!
Art: A recent visit to the Newark Museum
Drink: Palais des Thés Fruit de la Passion flavored black tea…iced!
Eats & Treats: I’m on a chia pudding kick.
Garb: A dress and a shirt from the latest summer sale at Comptoir des Cotonniers
Beauty Products: Local handmade soaps from Taproot Organics
Talisman: This Erica Weiner necklace (with Led Zeppelin lyrics), a thoughtful and timely gift from my friend S.
Pleasure: My first author credit at Biography.com, where I’ve been writing freelance (and anonymously) for nearly two years (time flies!)
Anxiety: The slow summer job market
How is your July going so far?
Image: via Boston Public Library, 2012.AAP.134.
TINSEL CREATION 
Congrats on the by-lined article on biography.com. Very interesting, especially the early photographers.
Thank you, Lindaloo! I enjoyed researching and writing it. There were a few others that I wanted to include (Walker Evans, Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe), but the image permissions were too complicated/costly. Oh well.