It's May. One of those balmy days, quite warm with raindrops speckled throughout the day. I'm walking down Orchard St, coming up from Grand and I see him, sitting outside. Erwin, with his strong, kind face, looking down at his phone. So I sneak up really quiet and drop into the chair in front of him. "Hello!" I say. He laughs. I laugh... "You know, I always remember you," he says, taking off his phone case to reveal a Hot Literati sticker. We grow up in a lot of places. If we

Myth and ritual performed by Charli XCX and Lena Góra I saw Erupcja in the iconic Kino Pod Baranami in Krakow. The theatre itself opened in 1969, but this screening was in the Niebieski Sala, which felt far too vintage and communist-era to have been built in just 2003. The vibe was perfectly funky; this is exactly how Charli would want it, I thought as I settled in for the 90 minutes. Having spent the last eight months in Poland, and being in active preparation for my second

Good morning my beautiful angels, I know the rhythm of this blog has been sort of funny lately, I just like to write as things come up and I'm trying to get better about writing about things that I go to, as well. And I sort of like the idea of people stumbling onto Hot Literati and having a lot to read through. Today, I want to talk about health and happiness, because learning more about it definitely changed my life. When I was a teenager, I struggled with body image as mos

hello all of my beautiful Hot Literatis. i have an undying love of the morning. I love the mornings. Fresh brain, and the way light is pure when it hits the trees, even in a place as urban as New York. I'm having some wind-y thoughts today so i'm going to do my best to walk you through them all with me. First off, I'd like to state The Importance of Having a Blog I attended this Startup Grind event where this Venture Captialist Charlie O'Donnell pointed to blogging as the "br

Houses at Murnau by Vasily Kadinsky I met Charles on a street in Charlotte Amalie about a week after I arrived in the Virgin Islands with two hundred dollars and no plan. He was Haitian, a contractor, and by the end of the conversation he had pointed me to a structure behind his house. Eight feet by ten, pieced together from boards that had never seen a lumberyard. “You stay there,” he said. “We work first. We figure the rent later.” The next morning he took me to the dump. T

hello beautiful people of the Hot Literati Universe. For those of you that don't already know this, I was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas. Which I was also recently told is the birthplace of Mr. Beast. I come home often, because the people are kind and humble and the sky feels so big in Kansas. I think of myself as a sort of nomad these days, wandering around a lot, a little lost but mostly happy. Wichita has changed a lot since I was a little girl, in really beautiful way

Hello! Today I'm joined by Jannah and Isabella of Art Dating Club. They are fabulous new friends of mine from London, where we hosted our own joint event together. They're two bright, kind, talented young women who joined me to discuss to dating scene, their experience starting and growing a rotating event, and their own creative work and how they find time for it. Follow Jannah here Follow Isabella here Follow Art Dating Club here

& Boston. America, I.R.L. Intro Hello. I am back. I needed to hide from the internet for a little bit. I did this performance art piece...

Hello beautiful people So I made this last weekend, but I subbed chopped almonds for the oats I also used chickpea flour and coconut...

Was buy a bunch of vegetables. A cauliflower. Two carrots. Red cabbage. I love red cabbage. I can't get over this feeling of having...

America, I.R.L. photos are all by Hailey Cognetti I decided I wanted to go to Princeton the same way I discovered much of the world from...

America, IRL with Hailo. I love America, Because I love Kansas An American childhood I grew up playing in the street, occasionally...

The City According to Hot Literati: Cocina Consuelo I’ve been chasing home for a long time. I moved to New York in July. It’s always been...

A weekend recap! Last week was fun and lively and it felt like the weekend started on Wednesday so this week’s recap will start with...

WEEKEND RECAP + HOT LITERATI GIFT GUIDE Good morning. I'm always really intrigued by my own mood in the morning. I do a lot of work on...

LE CAFÉ LOUIS VUITTON PT. 2, THE WHITBY, AND SOME MURMURINGS ON PICASSO I've asked so many people about media versus art. What makes...

ON HOLLY GOLIGHTLY Last year, I went to the Paris Review Spring Revel. I didn't know what the Paris Review was until I was twenty years...

THE NOORTWYCK, ERNESTO'S, AND THE NEW SOHO TELFAR ₊✩‧₊˚౨ৎ˚₊✩‧₊₊✩‧₊˚౨ৎ˚₊✩‧₊ On Thursday, my roommate took me out to dinner for my...