Yearly Archives: 2009

Thanks to Random.org for picking Cara and Liso from the 76 entries on Friday’s giveaway post. Send me your mailing addresses and I’ll get your special Valentine’s Day mix CD and other goodies out in the mail tomorrow. And for all the runners up: I’ll be posting the complete playlist soon. Stay tuned!

My campaign to bring back the corsage continues! On Saturday, I had the flower shop down the street put together a gardenia with a few pink and white blossoms for the birthday girl. It smelled divine and stayed amazingly sharp the whole day.

Crazy weekend! We managed to fit so much into this small, rainy break. And we didn’t even do anything on Friday. Rob and I just hung out at home eating potstickers for dinner. Saturday morning we had a quick oatmeal and coffee breakfast and then a round of errands in the neighborhood. Safeway and the…

Anne has a big night on the town coming up soon: I am a stay-at-home mom who admires your sense of style! Your blog is a wonderful glimpse into a world where fashion is appreciated and not selected merely for its washability. 🙂 I have 3 kids ages 3, 2, and 6 months and have…

Valentine’s Day. Despite not being a huge fan in general, I am fond of the glue, glitter and construction paper aspect of the holiday. My perfect version would include mailing lopsided cards to friends and eating Chinese delivery by candlelight. Valentine’s fan or not, everyone can appreciate a good mix CD of love songs. And…

My new favorite dinner! Leftover pork loin was delicious in this easy little dish we had on Sunday night: Tostadas for Two1 can of black beans1 cup of sliced pork loin (or chicken, etc)1 avocado2 tablespoons of shredded cheese2 tostada shells2 handfuls of mache lettuce (I love this stuff!)Salsa verde Heat up the beans and…

So many food books recently! I guess they make for good and hearty winter reading. A friend gave me her old copy of Julie & Julia a few weeks ago. You’ve probably already read it and heard that it is being turned into a movie as we speak. If you haven’t yet, I would recommend…

I had a hard time finding wedding shoes and ended up dashing around the city like a crazy shoe-hummingbird every weekend before my wedding. Kiri wrote in with a similar dilemma for a rush order What to Wear request: I am writing because I am exactly 32 days away from getting married with no shoes…

I love wedding flowers that are loose, vibrant and a little wild. So I’m drooling over the designs from Portland-based florist Ink & Peat. Lots of bright colors, vines and unexpected elements…oh, and a delightful blog full of inspiration too!

I ♥ the internet! How else could you get access to hundreds of snapshots from weddings all over the state? Thanks to Flickr, my sister and I have been able to check out almost any facility in action. We’ve visited Emily & Peter’s wedding at Hacienda de las Flores. And Maggie and Tom’s wedding at…