Author: Channing in the City

One of the toughest things about my move to New York City was leaving behind the hairdresser that I had been with since I was 12. She worked at the shop where my mother had been getting her hair done since forever. My brother got...

I love when my mom comes to visit. I get to play tour guide. I keep a running list of cool things happening in the city, tidbits of historical context I know she’ll get a kick of out, and some sort of cultural activity—always. Wearing: Doncaster Sweater//...

There is a particular scene I think about in Girls whenever something happens that breaks in my favor. It’s season 2, episode 7. Hannah is in the back of a cab, with Marnie and Adam (and his bike), a slow smile creeping onto her face right before...

This post is sponsored by Target.  Like most little girls, my very first idea of self-care came from my mother, specifically her relationship with her hair. She was a stay-at-home mom when my brother and I were really young. I remember her telling me that she told...

Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall, F. Scott Fitzgerald said. I mean, that’s basically what Carrie Bradshaw said about New York Fashion Week. Right? It’s definitely crisp. To welcome the new briskness in the air, I wore an ASOS A-line suede dress...

I sought out Vivrant Beauty’s owner, Desiree Verdejo—former lawyer turned entrepreneur—a self-described product junkie, to find out what every girl (namely me) needs on her vanity and in her bathroom cabinet....

“Do you like it?” I look up. A woman motioned with her head to my train read, Never Can Say Goodbye: Writers on Their Unshakable Love for New York. Two minutes earlier, I feigned a grimace to her when I saw a man lean his sweaty back...