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 [...]

2 weeks in the tiny cabin! The longest stay yet and it was perfection. I’m pretty sure I could live there for a whole summer no problem — all I really need next is a wood fired hot tub! We didn’t get as much done as we wanted, as usual – but left my brother [...]

What started as a just over a week vacation turned into 2 weeks – I was in a rush to finish Dori’s dress, we had to say goodbye to my Grandma’s earthly-form, sort her things, etc — there were so many business-type things to do that I felt exhausted and strained. So we added a [...]

Quick spring update! I’m going to try to add more to the shop tonight, & hopefully will be back from Vermont in 2 weeks with an even more restocked shop! Mmm spring! My mom wore shoes like this EVERY SUMMER in the 80s. I can’t even think about summer without picturing these sandals! This bag [...]