Ice Cream: A Comprehensive Guide
When going out for ice cream, getting an exemplary hard serve cone should be your primary goal.
Catherine Kramer (’14) has a degree in English and works in publishing. Her continued existence is made possible by grace, warm hugs, and iced chai lattes.
by Catherine Kramer | Jul 13, 2018 | 0 comments
When going out for ice cream, getting an exemplary hard serve cone should be your primary goal.
by Catherine Kramer | Jun 13, 2018 | 0 comments
Peak Allison Janney right here, but with numerous parental triggers: “engorged,” “testicle retrieval,” “heinous bitch,” and of course, “Reginald’s quivering member.”
by Catherine Kramer | May 13, 2018 | 0 comments
In the movie, a skipping CD results in a boom box getting kicked in someone’s face. In the Broadway production, the song stops because of a wardrobe-malfunction-turned-social-media-scandal.
by Catherine Kramer | Apr 13, 2018 | 0 comments
Do they actually mean it, or are they just playing with the emotions of their fans, trying to up their follower and like count?
by Catherine Kramer | Mar 13, 2018 | 0 comments
Locusts. They were good enough for John the Baptist; they are good enough for your toddler.
by Catherine Kramer | Feb 13, 2018 | 0 comments
If you think this isn’t for you based on the off-putting title, get thee to a Netflix subscription—this show is definitely for you.
by Catherine Kramer | Jan 13, 2018 | 0 comments
It turns out I am not as hip to the jive as I used to be.
by Catherine Kramer | Dec 13, 2017 | 0 comments
What are your goals for the coming year? How can your manager support you in meeting these goals?
by Catherine Kramer | Nov 13, 2017 | 0 comments
Then one day it occurred to me how insane it was to keep a journal on the family computer.
by Catherine Kramer | Sep 13, 2017 | 0 comments
I really appreciate the time you’ve taken to get to know me. You, my friend, are the master of mixtapes. Each week, you introduce me a new crop of tunes.
by Catherine Kramer | Aug 13, 2017 | 0 comments
And if Regina Spektor happens to be giving a concert in Central Park on that particular Wednesday, who’s to say I have to move my painstakingly planned picnic?
by Catherine Kramer | Jul 13, 2017 | 0 comments
According to Google, there are twelve independent bookstores in upper Manhattan, the section of the city I call home.
by Catherine Kramer | Jun 13, 2017 | 0 comments
It felt like I was coming face to face with someone I’ve known my whole life: a trusted confidant, a wise neighbor and teacher and principal and professor.
by Catherine Kramer | May 13, 2017 | 0 comments
But regardless of his insistence that I follow his exact instructions or else something might go Terribly Wrong, I’d come too far to go back now.
by Catherine Kramer | Apr 13, 2017 | 0 comments
When I get a job, I will have a brand-new wardrobe to match my brand-new job. I’m not sure where all these new clothes will come from, but most likely Olivia Pope’s closet.
by Catherine Kramer | Mar 13, 2017 | 0 comments
As soon as we walked into West Park Presbyterian Church, we were already in the wrong place.
by Catherine Kramer | Feb 13, 2017 | 0 comments
0734:
Bobby pin located by companion, lock picking commenced. She picks. I pick. The lock is deemed unpickable.
by Catherine Kramer | Jan 13, 2017 | 0 comments
I can distinctly remember my life before I knew what Delilah looked like, but I cannot go back to that time.
by Catherine Kramer | Dec 13, 2016 | 0 comments
So there you have it: my NYC role models. Here’s hoping I learn from their mistakes and also make some non-fictional friends ASAP.
by Catherine Kramer | Nov 13, 2016 | 0 comments
The most concerning aspect of this new policy is that it does not leave any room for thoughtful, spirit-led discussion and potential disagreement.
by Catherine Kramer | Oct 13, 2016 | 0 comments
Eventually we’ll we end up here, at Martha’s, on a Tuesday, past our bedtime. For sweet treats, those blessed and treacherous confections.
by Catherine Kramer | Sep 13, 2016 | 0 comments
“All the lonely people / where do they all come from? All the lonely people / are they actually as lonely as they look or are they just having a bad day?” – Paul McCartney and me
by Catherine Kramer | Aug 13, 2016 | 0 comments
Barnabas
+10 Christian points and +1000 Calvin points.
by Catherine Kramer | Jul 13, 2016 | 0 comments
I have spent the past few months reading and laughing and feeling a part of a larger community of people who frequented the site. The Toastie community is known for its camaraderie.
by Catherine Kramer | Jun 13, 2016 | 0 comments
I don’t pray anymore. I feel like I should want to, but I don’t. I bow my head in church and before meals, but those are more habits than prayers.
by Catherine Kramer | May 13, 2016 | 0 comments
You wanted to see if you could get an appointment soon?! Like, within the year of our Lord 2016?! Don’t you know how busy we are?
by Catherine Kramer | Apr 13, 2016 | 0 comments
She is polite, she is professional. She has never met you before, and probably won’t interact with you outside of formal setting, or ever again.
by Catherine Kramer | Mar 13, 2016 | 0 comments
But where do our clothes actually come from? Before they get to the mall or the boutique or the bargain bin, before we buy them for their comfort, style, or perceived necessity in our wardrobe. Sure, the tag lists a country, but what does that really mean? Who are the people who make them? What are their working conditions like? Are they paid a living wage?
by Catherine Kramer | Feb 13, 2016 | 0 comments
“Galentine’s Day is about celebrating lady friends,” said the holiday’s founder, Leslie Knope of Pawnee, Indiana. “We leave our husbands and boyfriends at home and just come and kick it breakfast-style.”
by Catherine Kramer | Jan 13, 2016 | 0 comments
So, in the immortal words of Usher and St. Augustine, these are my confessions. Fellow lit lovers, I have failed you.