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"   Photo: Ashley Jahncke  So I&amp;#039;m the new editor of ELLE.com, and I couldn&amp;#039;t be more thrilled to join this publication that I&amp;#039;ve long admired. For the past two years I&amp;#039;ve been running Fashionista.com; before that, I was a reporter with the New York Daily News. I&amp;#039;ll start my in-office duties on September 16, but in the meantime, I thought I&amp;#039;d introduce myself in proper ELLE.com fashion\u2014by answering The 10 Questions.  What is your favorite smell? Good food cooking. I love cooking. Just put some garlic, onions, and olive oil in a pan over heat and I&amp;#039;m happy\u2014though I&amp;#039;ll admit working in fashion has also made me a sucker for those fancy candles. I used to think, &amp;quot;How could a candle cost this much?!&amp;quot; But after going through a few Diptyques (Baies and Gardenia) and a Cire Trudon (Balmoral), I get it. Sorry, wallet.  What do you consider to be the epitome of happiness? Laughing with people you love. That sounds really cheesy, but I mean it! How do you define luxury? Time. Having time to relax and get everything done.  What is the last dream you remember? Recently, I had a dream I went to dental school at Northwestern. This is weird, because after years of braces and jaw surgery, I really, really hate anyone putting hands or sharp tools in my mouth. And I don&amp;#039;t think Northwestern even has a dental school. (I also went to Bowdoin for undergrad, so I have no idea what it means.)  What&amp;#039;s your favorite childhood memory? Luckily, I have too many to count. My family went to Maine every summer and I have lots of fond memories of climbing on the rocks, scavenging for weird sea creatures, and eating many, many lobsters at one sitting (my sister and brother once had a contest, and my sister lost after eating seven). We didn&amp;#039;t have cable growing up (yes, I was raised sans MTV and Nickelodeon), so I watched cooking shows on PBS instead. I think that must have started my love for cooking. I still often have the Food Network or the Cooking Channel on in the background.  What&amp;#039;s the last book you read and loved? My friend loaned me The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe, and I loved it. It&amp;#039;s essentially the original Sex and the City\u2014the book follows five young women working in publishing in New York in 1959. It was revolutionary at the time. (These women had sex out of wedlock! They had abortions!) It still holds up today. Also, I got totally lost in Collum McCann&amp;#039;s Let the Great World Spin. Next on my list is Choire Sicha&amp;#039;s Very Recent History. I&amp;#039;ve always loved his writing, and his work at Gawker and on The Awl, and I can&amp;#039;t wait to pick this up. Describe your home&amp;#039;s aesthetic. My boyfriend just moved in with me, so I&amp;#039;d describe it as a hot mess. At some point in the near future I hope it will be quirky and mid-century modern-ish. My boyfriend is a scientist and once worked as a taxidermist, so there will be bugs in boxes and antlers scattered throughout.  What are your vices? Staying up too late trolling around the Internet, falling asleep on the couch, Pinot Noir, dark chocolate with sea salt, and Utz&amp;#039;s Carolina BBQ potato chips. (Don&amp;#039;t go out and find them! They&amp;#039;re all for me!) Describe yourself in five words or less. Silly, hard-working, unfussy, nice, anxious (sad but true). What possession will you never throw away? I still have my stuffed animal from when I was a toddler. It&amp;#039;s Tom Kitten from the Beatrix Potter books, but it&amp;#039;s completely unrecognizable now. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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