Monthly Archives: May 2008

The printed blouse I wore rowing on Monday is from our shopping trip the previous day. It’s the Adrias Blouse from Brooklyn Industries on sale for $48, plus 15% off online or 30% in the store through tonight. I don’t know why the top looks quite so lumpy on the model, it is very cute…

This weekend in New York completely rocked! I had such a good time. I can’t believe how much we did in just a few days. You can see all the photos online here. Rob and I landed at 10:30 on Thursday night. We met up with the woman delivering us apartment keys, grabbed some snacks…

We’re off to New York tomorrow morning for Memorial Day weekend. I have a day of business meetings planned for Friday. On Saturday, Rob has arranged for an epic bike ride around the island of Manhattan. It’s a glorious harebrained scheme! Maybe to the Met on Sunday, we’ll see. Have a great weekend!

I’m happy about the vintage wedding band I found. It goes really well with my big ring, which is is also silver with diamonds and gold on the band. I don’t think I’ll usually wear them both at the same time, but I could. I know it isn’t traditional to buy your own wedding ring,…

Now that I saved approximately $480 on bridesmaid dresses, I feel like I can splurge on bridal party gifts. The hard part will be picking what to give. Should I go for an “heirloom” piece or something fun and functional? Here are some ideas I looked at while brainstorming: 1. Picture Frame– This would be…

I’m excited that my sister is making me a cake topper! Before she offered, I was just going to use fresh flowers. There are so many terrible cake toppers out there. The only lovely one I’ve found is this paper version from MissAvocado via Etsy (They’re named Esther and Edwin!). I like that it isn’t…

What is it about the start of summer that inspires nostalgic feelings? Nostalgia for things that never even happened. For rhubarb pies you didn’t bake, swimming holes that didn’t exist and garden parties you never attended. I blame it on the Country Time Lemonade commercials. That ambiguous nostalgia combined with the fact that I reached…

Yum. You can buy a big box of these tender little baby artichokes for only $2.50 at Trader Joe’s right now. They range in size from a golf ball to a pool cue. Rob and I ate them last night with a quick dinner in between the gym and the laundromat. This isn’t much of…

Every time I go to Nordstrom’s Rack, I leave vowing never to shop anywhere else again. I’ve found my favorite DVF dress there, my favorite red flats and my favorite pair of CoH jeans. Today was no exception. I went at lunch with Rob to get socks and left with a great pair of comfy…

(Arg…forgot my camera again. Photos are coming soon) Thank heavens the heat wave finally broke this weekend. I’ve never been so happy to see San Francisco’s thick fog! On Friday, it was still blazing when we went to the gym after work. Bikram bouldering! Back at home, a cool ocean breeze was finally picking up.…