leo

buzzfeed editor and co-author of "x vs. y: a culture war, a love story" (abrams, 2014).

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I spotted the coolest bike in Chelsea.

I spotted the coolest bike in Chelsea.

Recent Abrams titles.

Recent Abrams titles.

Watching a movie with dad

  • Me: I love him--Stanley Tucci.
  • Dad: Oh! That's Stanley Tucci?
  • Me: Yeah.
  • Dad: We had lunch with him.
  • Me: What? When? How!
  • Dad: Yeah we had lunch with him.
  • Me: Where? Why?
  • Dad: We were in the airport. We talked about our kids.

My first book, age 6, Saved by the Bell.

A Series of Halloween IMs

6:11 p.m.
Sister: omg i just went and bought halloween candy and now i’m eating it all.
Me: mmmmm. 

6:47 p.m.
Sister: I got a trick-or-treater!!! She was so cute.
Me: Yay! 

7:40 p.m.
Sister: THREE groups of trick-or-treaters. 
Sister: FOUR!! 

7:54 p.m.
Sister: I am so awkward.
Me: Why?
Sister: I was like “Happy Thanksgiving!”
Me: What? Why would you say that
Sister: I told them happy thanksgiving because I got halloween and thanksgiving mixed up.
Me: How do you mix those up?!
Sister: I dunno.

7:56 p.m.
Sister: um now they are not even wearing costumes
Me: they should NOT get candy then
Me: i think i may have heard a knock on the door earlier but i was in the bathroom…and i just stayed there for a while

7:59 p.m.
Me: what have the costumes been so far
Sister: um princesses and such. a bunch of them aren’t wearing them
Me: what were you for halloween as a kid
Sister: a cello, a calculator, snoopy…
Me: those are really cool ones
Sister: kind of.
Me: I remember once I had this Carmen Miranda costume and mom made me wear a sweatshirt underneath it. And then once I was an “antique ghost.”

9:10 p.m.
Sister: why are all these dudes into so many things? so ACTIVE. it all sounds exhausting.
Me: Yeah like spelunking and stuff
Sister: it’s like, “if i’m not halfway up a mountain then i’m probably planning a rave with my 50 best friends and making bacon whiskey. 

9:15 p.m.
Me: Surgery is so crazy.
Sister: Surgery? Yeah.

9:20 p.m.
Sister: i had to stop taking trick or treaters
Me: wow
Sister: they were getting older and none of them were wearing costumes 

Emma Stone in pink Valentino. Yes.

Emma Stone in pink Valentino. Yes.

Indulging in some floral porn today. Is there anything better than a mini-bouquet of ranunculus? Rancunculuses? Ranunculii?

Indulging in some floral porn today. Is there anything better than a mini-bouquet of ranunculus? Rancunculuses? Ranunculii?

(Source: verasmood)

All Gen Yers owe it to themselves to see “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” - in theaters now. This was such a crazy-important book to me.