Monthly Archives: August 2006

This Bluefly sale is pretty great! I wasn’t expecting to find much and have been blown away by the selection. I especially loved this teal shirt and decided to build an outfit around it. Each item here is from the $100 and under section: Tie neck blouse: This is a great color for transitioning through…

Did I mention I just got a new camera? I went a little crazy taking pictures of everything within five feet last night for my first photo series. If you really want to know about laundry night or what day-to day life is like in the Duboce Triangle part of San Francisco, today is your…

I hate the fact that I like shopping at Alloy. At this point in my life I imagined I would be decked out in nothing but DVF and Chanel…But still, there are some things Alloy has for fall that are undeniably nice. This bag is a good example. I love the colors, the pattern and…

My new Panasonic digital camera arrived today! It is so tiny! I am really excited because this is the first camera I’ve owned since I had a pink “brownie” camera in the 1980’s. I tried to take a photo of the camera to show how small it is. How sad, this is the last official…

Some of my favorite items from Gump’s are included in the summer sale! These peony plaques that I adore and want to put up in my bathroom are half off. The tomato slice table runner is also half off. Check out the sale online here. There are some really great deals on vases and mirrors…

I have some antique linens I inherited from my grandmother sitting in a big box at the bottom of my hall closet. They are ironed and divided into sets, but really hard to access without digging around. I have been trying to think of a better way to store these linens so that I could…

I just started The Mapmaker’s Wife on the bus this morning and I am already intrigued. Mostly I love the description of what Isabel packed for her perilous voyage across the Amazon (a trip that only a handful of people had undertaken at the time): There was the gear that they needed for the journey…

Check out this awesome hotel I get to stay at in New York! It’s called the Royalton and was designed by Philippe Starck. I am traveling on business so it’s going to be a super short visit. But I am still so excited! Oh, I almost forgot! I also get to be picked up at…

Our friend Sara in Europe wrote in with a request for help finding a place to put photos in her living room and maybe a rug too. I love to help! I suggest staring by putting a skinny “entrance” table along the back window. I chose this table is from Ikea for $179.00 because it…

There is a tiny floral shop down the street from us that makes lovely wedding arrangements. So when I needed flowers for Paul and Celeste, I immediately gave them a call. Church Street Flowers has agreed to do the bouquet for a really good price and I love their designs. All I requested was something…