by Marguerite Elisofon | Sep 3, 2015 | "Keep the Change, bedrooms, college dorms, dens, film crews, film equipment, grandmother's house, Never Empty Nest, stuffed animals, Tiffany
Film crew in the living room After several serious blogs about worldwide events, I decided it was time for a light-hearted look inside my small family’s Never Empty Nest. Coming in for a close up on our 2ndAvenue, ninth floor nest, last week you would have seen...
by Marguerite Elisofon | Feb 6, 2015 | 1970s, artists, autism, careers, clutter, college grads, dens, doctors, empty nest, feminism, lawyers, Michelin's guide, pre-mature twins, public relations, publishing, spring cleaning, Vassar, women, writing
Despite our annual spring cleaning ritual— dutifully dragging out industrial-sized garbage bags of each year’s detritus— the Elisofon family nest has accumulated way too much, well, stuff. After over 20 years in the same apartment raising our twins, our nest...
by Marguerite Elisofon | Nov 14, 2014 | 50-somethings, Botox, dens, empty nesters, eyelid surgery, face lifts, furniture, lavender, Norwich Terriers, paint jobs, painters redecorating, Salvation Army
Despite being 50-something, I’ve allowed time and gravity to take their toll on my face. No eyelid surgery, no neck lift, no jawline lift, no Botox, no fillers, no nips or tucks of any kind for me—so far. Instead, I’m giving our home a nest lift. As many of my...
by Marguerite Elisofon | Sep 26, 2014 | " Upper East Side, "Curb Your Enthusiasm, autistic spectrum, books, Brooklyn, dens, East End, empty nesters, Gamecube, leases, Manhattan, millennials, rental laws, rentals, Second Avenue, twins, views, York
How will our family move forward into the future now that Max has moved out of our Second Avenue nest and into a Brooklyn studio with his girlfriend? Henry and I seriously considered moving to a two bedroom apartment in a better building with amenities, like...
Marguerite Elisofon is a New York City writer and the author of My Picture Perfect Family, a memoir about how her family navigated life with a child on the autistic spectrum before the internet and support groups existed. She also blogs about parenting young adults and disability related issues in The Never Empty Nest. Her writing has been featured in a variety of publications, including Time and NY Metro Parents magazine, and her family’s story has been featured by the NY Post, Fox News, The Daily Mail, and on Jenny McCarthy’s Dirty Sexy Funny radio show. A Vassar graduate, Marguerite was born and raised in New York City, where she still lives with her husband, Howard, in their mostly-empty nest. She is available to speak about a wide variety of issues relating to twins, parenting, and autism. 