Nestlette

Peepette no. 4: Hold the door.

It’s just common courtesy. I can excuse the occasional, absent-minded, quickly corrected elbow-on-the-table and I can even forgive the not holding of the door if there is a good possibility that the door could end up holding you (i.e., revolving doors, elevator doors, subway doors…). But it drives me berserk when I am walking behind someone and they slow down while the approach the door, turn their head around just so their eyes peek over their shoulder, look at you and proceed to enter not only without holding the door, but by opening the door only a few inches so that they can barely squeeze through sideways. At this point, you have caught up with the person watching them suck in and shuffle through and think, “Is this a private party at the post office?” It makes no sense.

On a similar note, what is proper etiquette for saying “Thank you” when someone holds multiple doors for you? I think one is sufficient followed by a series of smiles to acknowledge and encourage them to keep it up.

After moving halfway across the country, it was important that the few things we brought with us were well organized in our new home (apartment – they are homes too) and more important that they would be ready to go for our next move. Now, don’t get the wrong idea – we are not living nomadicly out of boxes. Simply put, I have “a place for everything and everything in its place.” All of this made possible by a trip to the Container Store. One of a Nestlettes best kept secrets. (more…)

No doubt about it, iBerries are a great invention – they keep us connected, they keep us safe, they keep us organized. However, like all great technological advancements, when used to excess they become degenerative and detrimental.

Peepette no. 17: Be a conscientious iBerry user.

Know when to put your device away (and not just when a big screen of floating popcorn is asking you kindly to do so or when your conversation is interrupted by obnoxious sirens tailing your car). Appropriate times to leave your iBerry behind: (more…)

“If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she’s late? Nobody.“

- Holden, Catcher in the Rye

Maybe this guy...

Sorry Salinger, a lot of people care. No one finds late fashionable. Everyone finds it quite annoying and rude. The inevitable, occasional “totally unexpected/forgotten thing came up” excuse is acceptable. But when people start to anticipate your tardiness and show up 15 minutes late yet still manage to arrive 20 minutes earlier than you, then it is unacceptable (even with the obligatory text, email or tweet that you are “on your way”).
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The Nestlette is a seasoned fashionista with the gap between fashion and function coming closer (slightly; not in an elastic/spandex/stretchy way). While I love a great pair of luxury sweats (does that even make sense?), I love them in the privacy of my own home, late at night when no one is looking or when I am sick in bed. Just because they are expensive does not make them flattering. And just because they are comfortable for you does not mean they put others at ease when they see you in them. Even on a blah day, the Nestlette looks well put together (because getting dolled up just makes you feel bit perkier and terry cotton is not going to get you sympathy) and a snapshot taken on the sly would never show it any other way.

Peepette no. 8: The Nestlette does not wear sweatpants outside of the house.