the best of barcelona

the ultimate guide to my favorite city

the four months I lived in barcelona were constant chaos: weekend trips to elsewhere in europe and weekday adventures around the city to check every tapas bar, museum, and gaudí house off my to-do list, all while figuring out how to pass the classes I was taking in spanish.

I was ecstatic to return to barcelona for a week in june with my friend taylor, who also studied abroad there, but a year and a half before I did. we took a more relaxed approach this time around…

nyc theatre roundup

happy tony day to all who celebrate!

I’ve gotten some wild ooo email responses from frantic assistants across manhattan as they prep for the 78th annual awards show.

people are always shocked when I tell them I wasn’t a theatre kid in high school. the closest I got was playing gabriella in a bare bones production of high school musical at my all-girls summer camp in new hampshire…

party for the end of the world

lady gaga’s recession pop reprise at coachella 2025

one of the first concerts I ever attended was lady gaga’s born this way ball in 2012. I was eleven years old, and my friend’s dad brought the two of us to staples center for her birthday. he imminently regretted this decision, when towards the end of her show, gaga lifted a fully nude fan out of the general admission floor area and onto the stage. “you’re over 18, right?” she asked the woman, before parading her naked body under bright lights in front of thousands of people…