I look out the window and I see the lights and the skyline and the people on the street rushing around looking for action, love, and the world’s greatest cookie, and my heart does a little dance.
Why would I even bother trying to sum up what it feels like to be back in New York, even after being gone for just four days, when Nora Ephron already did it perfectly?
I have friends who eat egg-white omelettes. Every time I’m forced to watch them eat egg-white omelettes, I feel bad for them.
Nora Ephron, “This Is Just To Say: The Egg-White Omelette”
She entered the hospital to die, answered no questions, and went off without having explained any of it. But if action is character, and she believed that it is, perhaps we have the answer after all. What doesn’t matter is whether we got to say good-bye or not. What does matter is that she was here for those she loved and those who loved her, and that now, while we were napping, she has gone.

Welp, I’m crying about Nora Ephron again.

(H/T Lindsey)

Source: New York Magazine

I put together this playlist of some of the best songs from Nora Ephron movies, from the underseen Cookie to Andie MacDowell’s song from Michael to the most obvious selections from You’ve Got Mail. Enjoy.

Source: Spotify

The Cinematic Little Nothings of Nora Ephron - Movies - BlackBook

One of the most wonderfully surreal moments of my time in New York was entering the Upper East Side building where her office was housed. She had personally assembled a collection of signed You’ve Got Mail memorabilia to be raffled off at our event and I was directed to pick it up in the lobby, where I rummaged through the oversized yellow orthopedic shoe store bag (I actually held Nora’s oversized yellow orthopedic shoe store bag!) to find a signed poster, DVD, and tote. I thought it would be painful to give the items away at our event, but being in a room filled with over 300 delighted Nora Ephron fans made parting with it—being able to share it—an honor.

I wrote a little something about why Nora Ephron meant so much to me for BlackBook.

Thank your, Nora. Thank your for everything.
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Thank your, Nora. Thank your for everything.

NOPE.
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NOPE.

It’s not weird that I spend time making posters for Nora Ephron movies that don’t exist, right?
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It’s not weird that I spend time making posters for Nora Ephron movies that don’t exist, right?

Movies Nora Ephron has written, from best to worst, minus “This is My Life” and “Cookie” because I haven’t seen them. Why? Because it’s Sunday. Why the hell not.

  1. You’ve Got Mail
  2. When Harry Met Sally
  3. Silkwood
  4. Sleepless in Seattle
  5. Heartburn
  6. Michael
  7. My Blue Heaven
  8. Julie & Julia
  9. Bewitched
  10. Hanging Up
  11. Mixed Nuts

Sometimes I stay up half an hour later than I intended because there are so many hilarious You’ve Got Mail tribute videos to watch on YouTube, then I show up to work tired for the most depressing of reasons and doodle my feelings using a famous moment from a movie that I’m ashamed to admit I’ve never seen. Ugh. Ephron. How many lives have you ruined/improved?
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Sometimes I stay up half an hour later than I intended because there are so many hilarious You’ve Got Mail tribute videos to watch on YouTube, then I show up to work tired for the most depressing of reasons and doodle my feelings using a famous moment from a movie that I’m ashamed to admit I’ve never seen.

Ugh. Ephron. How many lives have you ruined/improved?