Tasty

So sweet! In the future, when I have cash to blow and dinner parties to throw, I would like to use these delights from Paola Navone for Reichenbach. Is it tacky to add things to your bridal registry after you've ben married for a year?

Perhaps...

I might get this to commemorate my ageing!


It's on the list.

out in

I couldn't find the link to this Woods wallpaper from Cole & Sons, but I went hunting for it, and it's mine again. The blog is the new file folder.

a-travelin'

Too bad my major summer travels are over. They would have been a lot cuter with these from RoundTrip.

lounge chair

A design-y alternative to the cheesy beach chair. Adorable, yes. Affordable, not remotely.

from Coro.

yes, please!

I found 2 objects that delighted me at Takashimaya.

This Sake bottle, which I would use as a vase is only $38.

Sadly, this bangle is a scotch out of my price range at $850. Oh, what the hell, I'll take two!

Acrylic!

Aaron Thomas has some great acrylic pieces. Here are a few of my favorites.

I like this girl

I caught Diane Birch on Letterman last night and really enjoyed her performance. Plus, she's sporting my upcoming fall haircut. She's playing a free show on Roosevelt Island on Saturday.

Opportunity Seized

"In March of 2008, a large fire burned the roof and top floor of the 100-year old Brooklyn building that is home to Oso Industries. During the roof’s reconstruction, workers cut out and carted through our shop these huge charred beams with a thick, unique texture. We decided to take this remainder of a destructive event and turn it into something constructive, reinventing the burned wood as polished concrete surfaces for our furniture. Using rubber, we created a mold from the most interesting of these beams, and the Burn series was born."

Palin Prose

As a former editor, I can relate to turning a pile of crap into a masterpiece and not getting any credit for it. This one's a pile of crap for sure. You betcha!


Vanity Fair took Palin's resignation speech and transformed it into something far less embarassing. It's good for a laugh.

Chicago Adventures

Catherine Hammerton

Textile Designer Extraordinaire

craftyness

At the Renegade Craft Fair last weekend in Brooklyn, the hubbs and I enjoyed discovering all the new (to us) vendors. I'm going to call the highlight as Skeledog. Here's a sampling of their work.

Now I'm off to Chicago until the 20th...!!!

Dubai, why?

I found this awesome picture in a New York Times article about the changing trend of shopping malls. Interesting stuff. Dubai scares me.

Love!

Yesterday the hubbs & I celebrated one year of marriage. It's funny to have people congratulate you on being married for a year; wasn't that the plan? It was fun to look back at different times of the day and remember what we were doing at that point on our wedding day.



Sara & Sarma Photography

Back Home

Back in NYC after almost a week away. Road trips are always good for discovering nuances of this ridiculous country I live in. Here's a piece of Virginia's sky.

Pretty

Something delightful to lead into a long weekend. At $25 each, I only have to be a quasi-adult to buy them! Here's the delightfulness from Jean Pelle:


I'm off on my roadtrip to North Carolina!

Oh, Sheet!

These Marimekko sheets from Crate & Barrel are Springy and delightful. I think I'll buy them when I'm an adult.

a place for us...

The shoes that I wear most often are in a heap in the closet or a large Tupperware under my bed. If I had Charlotte Tangye's Footprint, I doubt it would change all that, but it's still kind of neat for display purposes. And who doesn't like to display shoes? (I do, but I think it's probably a little strange.)

one of these things IS like the other

I came across a few things today that reminded me of... other things.

This hand drawn rock by Yoran Morvant reminds me of the Havaianas I just got to kick off the summer.

Incorporating nature in an unnatural way is generally enjoyable to me. This grassy sheep by Grassland evokes a similar kind of joy as the sheep in Burberry stores.