Hope everyone had a delightful Sunday! This was my first weekend at home to just rest in ohhhh, over a month? A lot of walking, thrifting, a little Etsy-photo-taking, and watching the new Poirot. We’re like old people around here!! Sometimes it’s just nice to be cozy. Thursday & Friday were spent at Flora & [...]

I think now it is time to introduce my lovely Parisian host, Mathyld. She really welcomed both me and my coworker, bringing us muffins and mapping out quick walks while we were still on work-time, and welcoming me into her home on my last few days in Paris, which allowed me a little extra vacation! [...]

A little break from Paris, and mostly photos. We took the train to Bonn from Paris for our conference. 1st class seats were only 10 Euro more and included free internet and lunch, so it was a nice 4 hour comfy ride, watching the countryside roll by. I’ve never taken a train in Europe (and [...]

Sick of Paris yet?! But I have so many more images!! Maybe I’ll do a Bonn/Brussels post next to shake it up a little. I haven’t even come close to editing all of them, AND I just realized I never finished writing about this last Vermont trip. LIFE. YOU ARE GOING TOO FAST. Did I [...]

Stand out observations of Parisian style: everyone really dresses the same, and French women don’t wear pants. Why should they, with thighs like sticks? Just throw on a chambray button-up, belt it, and go. Personally, my thighs are in the realm of Lady Gaga, not Vanessa Paradis, so I’ll opt for stockings. Or, you know, [...]

Our first 2 hotels were in the 9th, so I spent some time wandering the 9th and Montmartre. The Rue des Martyrs is a gluttons dream, with a million gorgeous bakeries, ice cream shops, and restaurants. Perfect for exploring. We stayed in each hotel for 2 days, (sandwiched between Germany and Belgium) and this time [...]

I work as the Web Strategist for Fair Trade Certified, and every year there’s a meeting in Bonn, Germany, to discuss marketing and communications, to brainstorm, and to meet our colleagues overseas. This is the first time I’ve attended, and my first trip to Paris! We flew in and out of Paris because it was cheaper, [...]

I’ll have so so so many actual photos to edit and put up when I return (and i’m shooting some film, even! we’ll see how it turns out) but for now, i’m putting up a few iPhone shots on flickr when I think of it. I was fluctuating toward misery for the first week – [...]

Updating the shop with some Vermont finds! Classic looks – chambray blue, crisp white, sandy tan leather, with a touch of coral. My dream palette for summer! & more more more! This is the last batch before I head out on my travels, and when I return I have still many many lovely things to [...]

This is Dori! She is a witch. A little witch! Dori recently moved from San Francisco to New England – her blog from her new house is perfection – whitewashed walls, wide plank floors, spiral gardens – & bears in the backyard!? She is a spiritual counselor, magic apothecarian (that’s not a word) & I [...]

We kept saying “ok, we’ll think about the wedding when we get back” while we were in Vermont and now it’s “OK, we’ll freak out when I get back from Paris”  but holy cow, we are totally dropping the ball on this one. My wedding countdown says we have 120 days left. Whoa. Step it [...]

Remember Jim & Myra’s wedding? Well, besides having a gorgeous wedding, they have a gorgeous house and new baby! Jim has spent years building all this from scratch, and it’s still a work in progress. Hand hewn beams, strawbale, stained glass windows. This is the front door into the big, airy, warm kitchen. It’s one [...]