Monthly Archives: March 2010

Rob and I are hitting the road for a long weekend. Off to Bishop, a tiny high-desert town on the east side of the sierras, for a friend’s wedding. It’s going to be snowy and romantic. Road trips always remind me of our honeymoon. Back Monday!

Spring for me comes in a few steps. The trees bloom, I swap out my tweeds for light sweaters, horrible March finally ends, Easter arrives and I switch perfumes. Arrivederci to the musky cedars and citruses of winter. Benvenuta to spring florals. I’m currently mixing Jill Stuart’s Night Blooming Lily or L’Occitane Rose with Chanel…

French Connection is having a big sale right now – which, combined with their pretty adorable new black and white ads, was too tempting. I picked up a enormously cute high-waisted tweed pencil skirt with pockets and a button pleat for $60 that I can’t wait to wear to work – it could easily pass…

A fairly relaxing weekend highlighted by gorgeous weather, who could ask for anything more? On Friday, Rob and I met a bunch of friends at the end of our favorite pier for a birthday picnic. I brought horseradish cheese, crackers, olives, tiny truffled potatoes and peanut butter cookies to accompany a few beers and our…

The apartment isn’t finished yet – there’s still a nebulous pile of boxes that we call an office in the middle of the floor – but it is coming along. This is a view from the bedroom upstairs down on the living room, dining room and patio. From a sunny day a few weekends ago.…

March always seems more like a month that you survive than enjoy. For a variety of reasons, for a variety of people in my life, the last few weeks have been brutal. Swim Until you Can’t see Land by Scottish band Frightened Rabbit is just the right song to shake off the last bit of…

Being invited for Easter brunch this year? Snap up a sweet hand embroidered rabbit tea towel on Etsy for your hostess along with a bundle of ranunculus.

I had a bunch of blown eggs leftover from the weekend and hosted an impromptu decorating party last night. Sharpies and metallic pens apparently work quite well to decorate the eggs before dyeing. Add a bit of embroidery floss to hang and some picot edge ribbon on the sides…a quick and lovely craft project.

I’m hoping you can help me get a wardrobe together for a weekend in rural Oregon at the beginning of April. I’m on my way to meet (for the first time!) a potential romantic interest. We have a mutual friend who connected us, and we’ve been e-mailing since September ’09 and talking on the phone…

Easter is one of my favorite holidays: The candy! The ham! The asparagus! The dresses! And, if your family is like mine, the decorations. I’ve been making blown eggs and painted ornaments since I was a little girl. The two straw bunnies and the duck are new this year from Cost Plus.