Peruse these lovely blogs for some home inspiration:
where have i been? there’s an entire website out there spreading love with daily give-a-ways. how clever…and nice. check out The Bright Side Project.
so i just spent the last few hours crying my eyes out. i just finished reading the time traveler’s wife. seriously. i even decided to ride a bike at the gym instead of my usual treadmill so that I could finish. and don’t you know i looked like an idiot just peddling my little heart out while tears streamed down my face. i’m excited to see the movie in august. (i just hope they don’t botch up the story line as they did with my sister’s keeper.)
If you’re a sucker for good packaging like me then this is a place you’ll love. The Dieline: It’s all about package design. It’s the best of all the stuff on the shelves that call my name. I can finally look at them in one place (and keep my money in my pocket!)
(all photos via TheDieline)
My sister is a magazine junkie (who isn’t really?). While staying at her place she convinced me to yield my aversion of fashion mags & consider reading Vanity Fair. I genuinely thought VF was for people who recognized “Page 6″ hoity-toities and label-lovers. Well, wasn’t I chagrined when she passed the oh-so-handsome Johnny Depp into my lap. Let me tell you, this magazine is not just for the fashion-conscience, it’s quite pedantic in it’s own right. I also feel like VF is always quoted on the news, radio, etc., and now I know why. I love how culturally expository this periodical is. July’s issue offers one of the best perspectives I’ve heard of the Bernie Madoff scandal (much less the fabulous 6+page interview with Johnny Depp — who I now want to be best friends with). And although I may have to wade through 20 pages of annoying adds before I can even find the table of contents, I think it’s worth it. The content is just as provocative as its visual counterpart. I already ordered my two-year subscription. (It was only $20!)
it was lovely.
When I leave Texas, I always go home with way more than what I started, but this may have been my best score yet. My visit could not have been better.
Those words don’t seem to go together in my mind; however they seem to fit seamlessly in my friend’s new baby room. She chose a lovely theme from CoCaLo Couture. If I was getting ready to decorate for a new addition I would definitely head over there.
(Is is just me or does it look a little Amy Butler-esque?)
I know. I’m obsessing about food. But when it’s a thousand degrees outside, what else are you going to do other than stay inside and eat? Visiting my family always delights my palate in a way no other place in the country can. You mix a little nostalgia with unexpected spices and a little humidity and you’ve got a fantastic meal. Friday night we celebrated being alive and together at a fabulous restaurant called Suga’s and Saturday we topped off a movie with martinis and tapas at a laid back old house.
Friday: Pan-Seared Tilapia stuffed with Lump Crab, topped with a Shrimp Cream Sauce, served with Herb Risotto and Seasonal Vegetables; cheesecake; white wine
Saturday: Grey Goose L’Orange Cosmo; ceviche – shrimp & fish, marinated in lime juice served with homemade chips; fresh hummus on homemade pita chips; goat cheese medallions of cheese drizzled with basil pesto, cayenne honey and mango poblano sauces
There may not be much landscape, and it’s too damn hot, but the best part of SE Texas is the food. Imagine the best of Southern, Cajun, and Mexican cuisine and you’ve got a culinary cultural explosion manifested on your plate. Visiting here always makes me want to cook too a little more too. And mostly I love that food itself is used in SE Texas as a verb. It’s healing, it’s hospitality, it’s love. And most of it is to die for!
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I’m so excited that tomorrow I’ll be in the motherland and I’ll get to have my most favorite ice cream ever: Blue Bell.
{This photo courtesy of a fellow BB lover rubbing in his immediate access.}
Here are pictures of the completed attic project I posted about a while back. I’m glad to see that my little shower project turned out quite nicely. And I really like the Joel Dewberry fabric for the room.
came across this print over at Share Some Candy. i’m always amazed at how many talented people there are in the world. i couldn’t take my eyes off of this. it is available for purchase here.
the new pete yorn album. it dropped yesterday and made it’s way into my itunes immediately. we LOVE pete. it’s pretty insane. if we had to choose just one artist to bring to a desert island it would be pete. and seeing him in concert is great. i feel like he is the essence of *cool*, real-james-dean-cool.
and i love that he is not associated with just one period in my life, but so many {major break-ups, a marriage, a move, job changes} and that he just feels like home when i listen to him. it’s just home. where ever that is.
:: Love the cover ::
it’s summer-time. i’m running. i want short hair. but i know i will regret it. i’ve had to accept the fact that i look better with longer locks. it’s just a fact. but oh, the ease and confidence that short hair gives. i also think you have to be wicked skinny to pull off short hair…and that i am not nor will i ever be.
but here are some looks that are inspiring me:
