ESTHER POSTS

Disclaimer: while there are several brides-to-be in my life right now, I hope they all know themselves well enough to realize this story...

The Paris skyline from the roof of the Bon Marché, taken by me. There is a great power to being the executor of peoples’ needs, wants,...

I read Shalom Auslander’s heartbreaking, hilarious, staggering Foreskin’s Lament during Rosh Hashanah – an interesting time to do that to...

Francois Lemoyne, Narcissus watching his own reflection He stepped inside, one hand hovering above his latch as he waited for the door to...

The colorful houses of Burano, photographed by me NB: while I did get on a boat in Venice a few years ago, I have embellished and...

Medusa, Bernini Once upon a time there was a girl who was born with a knot on her head. Not a hair knot, although I can see why that’s...

Honestly, the way it started, it could have been anything. She just assumed it was fatigue (and it very well could have been - she had...

Image: still from the Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson I don’t remember making my way to bed, or waking up, or even getting into the...

Artwork by Orly Maiberg Thinking back on it, I’m surprised it took my mother a full year to kick me out of her flat: I spent 12 months...

Illustration by BAE Be An Explorer Have you ever been 18 and French? Believe me when I say it’s one hell of a sticky situation. You’re...

Artwork by KlunderBie for the Hotel Barceló Torres de Madrid I always start by explaining how much I loved the atmosphere in my mother’s...

For years after he did it, people would argue over whether he understood the consequences of his act. Some argued it was a lack of...