These items make me grateful to live in New York and grateful for my people. Lastly, the photo of my friends Ladin and Zenat DJ’ing my birthday party on Honey’s roof and the archival photo of my mom and I eating a meal together always make me smile. I’m also obsessed with the photo of my puppy, Mysa, with a bite mark taken out and the penny she accidentally swallowed as a puppy. Kandis Williams’s Cassandra Press pamphlet from their takeover of the education floor during the Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It’s Kept. Who or what is most prominently featured on your fridge? I’ve got a typewritten letter from artist Maia Ruth Lee when she moved to Colorado during the pandemic from NYC a congrats note from my little brother on Baccarat stationary, when he sent me carved crystal champagne flutes to congratulate me on releasing my first cookbook a one-off sculptural magnet from my friend and jewelry designer Hannah Jewett a top-hat-shaped magnet from artist Maggie Lee, which was her late dad’s magician calling card and a faux-aged scroll-shaped birthday card dipped in coffee with edges burnt and written with painted “Shakespearean font” that was given to me by artist Meriem Bennani, before my Renaissance-fair bus-party birthday trip last year. I have postcards and drawings from friends who all happen to be brilliant artists and love notes from my beloveds that I like to stop and read sometimes. They are sweet little landmarks on the way to food that make me chuckle or shed one single tear. What conscious choices, if any, did you make when decorating your fridge?Īll the things on my fridge make me happy. It’s just really funny to me in my gay and gorgeous apartment, especially with the scroll banner being held over his head by a dove that says, in all caps, “WELCOME TO THE CHRISTIAN WORLD, PAXTON.” Pax is pictured in his newborn form, just before he got cute, and is all red-faced and squishy, eyes shut as if he just got out of the womb. I wasn’t able to attend but made sure to grab one. My favorite thing is a custom-printed, clear plastic photo magnet from my nephew Paxton’s baptism swag bag. What is your favorite decoration on your fridge? Angela Dimayuga, chef and author of Filipinx: Heritage Recipes from the Diaspora Hot sauce, ketchup, a jar of pickled onions, and mini snickers bars. We consume so much of both!Ī fridge is not complete without _ inside of it. I want my fridge to remind me of home and the dinner I committed to last week, the shallots I need to grab, or the affirmations I need to read. Letters, birthday cards, and notes that I sometimes need to see to tell myself I am loved. An Ian Charms sticker that says “my tummy hurts” and reminds me to avoid dairy. A Montague Bookmill sticker that reminds me of my ex. (Go Dodgers.) A special magnet that I use to hold up my house keys. There’s a Little League Baseball trading card of my older brother. There’s a picture of my mom when she worked at Washington Mutual in the ’90s, covered only slightly by a smaller photo of her as a toddler. Around it sits a mix of bent photo booth strips and polaroids held up by heart-shaped magnets I found on Amazon. There’s no greater serotonin rush than crossing something off. I update it weekly with workout classes, big calls, and ongoing grocery lists. A quarter of it is taken up by a transparent white board that sits in the top center of my freezer. There’s an ever-evolving system, almost a controlled chaos in its aesthetics. It’s a testament to the people I love, the life I’ve shared with them, the things I like, and the way my brain works. It’s an amalgamation of all the versions of myself I have ever been. I often think if Real Housewives of Atlanta star Nene Leakes came over to my fourth-floor walk-up Fort Greene apartment (a recurring dream I have), the first words out of her mouth would be, “ Not a white refrigerator, honey-let’s go find you a home.” And while that might be fair, true, and comedic genius, I am obsessed with my fridge-specifically the landscape I’ve built on it. The kitchen might be the heart of the home, but the fridge is the soul. A fridge can hold the landmarks of your life, showing you the condensed version of your world made up by deliberate or even subconscious selections of memories that are meant to be seen and shared. Every home has a fridge, but what makes it special? Is it a sticker from a recent trip, an outdated to-do list, an inside joke, a note to self, a photo of an old friend or a new love? Adorning your refrigerator is an active choice, one that lets people know who you are, who you care for, and where you’ve been.
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