Tiny getaway! One of the big things in the “pro” column on the pros & cons list for moving back to Vermont was the proximity of East Coast weekend getaways.  Sean had never seen Boston, so we headed down. I used this app Hotel Tonight, which is pretty amazing last minute hotel deals (if you [...]

(oh yeah, THIS is why we moved back. please excuse the iPhone shots.)

I’ve been thinking lately about fear and just how directional it can be – a rudder in life steering you toward or away from what you need to be doing. When I thought about writing this blog post it basically made me want to throw up, so that means I should do it, right? I’m [...]

So my lovely friend Lynda‘s been talking about Baby Alpaca forever and I’m like “whatever, I like tiny fuzzy hoofed animals” but then I finally clicked this link (click it! it’s not letting me embed!) the other day and realized I’d been missing out. Do you like how all the music I like these days [...]

I’ve been having a bit of a grump lately. That’s an understatement. A sick-of-winter-want-sun-sick-of-the-flu-sick-of-paying-taxes major depresso-fest is more like it.  Since we moved to Vermont I’ve gotten more colds than I think I picked up in the whole of my living in California, and the trees are still bare and spiky, with snow squalls at random. [...]

Man alive, how much do I love the new Santigold? I’M SO GLAD SHE’S BACK!!!! Click for Santi inspired Polyvore!

I went a little crazy with Bay Area homesickness after Kate sent me a Lavande des Hautes-Alpes et Fleur de Sel Maison Bouche bar. So I placed an order for more, and luckily completely missed this whole Easter section. For the best, really. Easter is a non-holiday in this house, but I like all the Spring rituals [...]

Sunday night was spent sobbing through the last 40 pages of this book, with Sean asking me “What’s wrong!? What’s wrong?” and me choking out “It’s just so SAD.” It is. And beautiful and heart exploding and wondrous and perfect. Lauren Groff might just be my favorite writer these days. There’s an essay written by [...]

First off – if I’m related to you or I work with you, just stop reading right now, because I’m going to talk about my skivvies. At the beginning of February, Jen posted a giveaway for Lille Boutique on Honey Kennedy. Thinking “I never win giveaways” I ended up buying this Fortnight bra. Jen’s byline [...]

Here’s a project I’ve been waiting ALL WINTER to do (you can’t spray paint in the cold) and since then, a certain neon stool has made the blogging rounds. Well, dang it, I’m going to paint mine anyway, and I think it makes a great occasional table between the chairs in the living room. I [...]

I just noticed Metropolitan Museum of Art’s My Met, a way to create sets and save items from their collections. Instead of pinning random pretty houses on Pinterest, we can curate the pretty houses of Egyptologists from 1918 and Parisian ladies from 1895, all while learning about history, culture, and not violating copyright (example? I’ve been [...]

I’m a sheltered lady, it’s true. I’ve never had a TV and my first experience with “Mean Girls” (the people, not the movie) was college. So maybe I’m a little over sensitive, but there are really some nasty pieces of work commenting over on Pinterest. There are loads of other problems with the platform that [...]