Encouragement from great friends

"it is ez to accidentally stifle oneself. but u r most sparkly. do allow yerself and yer adoring fans the sparkly momo"

On a permanent sticky on my lap top. Thanks Ashley

Stay Sparkly

--> Erin!

Design Sponge Feature Article on Erin!! Mazel Tov!!

photo via Design*Sponge

Guinness, Argyle and Velvet

Makes me want to curl up with a pint in front of a fire... in a pub across the pond.

What a fine looking family.

Christmas 2006- Buxton, England

City of Lights

Prettiest Window I've Ever Looked Out Of:

View of Sacre Coeur from Musee d'Orsay

Taken by Ginny, December 2006

Wish I was there...

4 days until Thanksgiving Break

It may hurt...

But very well worth it.

Herd Immunity protects those whose own immune systems can't defend themselves. Please get your medical information from medical sources and not the popular press (Mrs. McCarthy, I'm looking at you...)

article via slate.com

More apartment makeovers "On The Cheap"

I love black and white scattered frames...

Apartment makeover in Grammercy via NYTimes.com

No on 1

No on question 1- Portland Press Herald <-- article

http://www.protectmaineequality.org/

Erin is Famous!

Anthropologie display diva Erin has a bit of well deserved notoriety after making some amazing paper flower arrangements for the Design*Sponge nuptials.

Design*Sponge Wedding

Even Martha Stewart took notice!!

Well done Erin!

Pottery

In the midst of moving :::again::: I can't imagine packing any more kitchen items, though I do fancy these ceramics by Marianne Hallberg. It's like the pricey but classic Burleigh Ware my mum loves, with a modern edge.

Marianne Hallberg via Design*Sponge

Real Simple Closet Makeover

From the 3 ways to transform a closet, I've fallen in love with some wallpaper...

Start with a boring closet:

Add $1000 worth of wallpaper and voila!:

Rosabella Wallpaper from Osborne and Little

via Real Simple

NYTimes Apartment Makeover Photos

I love the photos of this big open space broken up by those blocks of cubbies I've seen used to transform spaces of all shapes and sizes. I also like the white and beige backdrop with smaller pops of color. Love it.

nytimes style section- apartments on a "budget"

The listed rent? Is that per month?

Portland Eats in the News

A little proud of the food culture here? Nope- I'm just happy to be around people who like to eat as much as I do...

NYTimes Article

Bon Appetit

553 Congress Street

more photos to follow...

but for now, here is a pic of Riley courtesy of Ginny

Antony Gormley in Liverpool

On a recent trip to England I took no photos of any family. Or of London. Or friends.
But I did take on pic of a jellyfish that washed ashore in Liverpool at Crosby Beach.
Also, I took a few photos of Antony Gormley's eerie cast-iron figures which seem to be walking out to sea...

Article on the installation via the BBC

It's like paper dolls only better

Polyvore fashion website. Make your own outfits, just like when you were little! Or in real life!

Polyvore article on NYTimes.com

My Blackberry. In Orange

The best notebooks.

Online or at Black Ink in Beacon Hill/Harvard Square.  A nerd's dream.

Sneeze in Style

NYC Hankercheif

MUJI at the Moma store.

Muji= "no name" in Japanese

4th floor walk up nightmare

Herman Miller Sofas at Room And Board

gah...

Empty Frames

Love the wall color and the empty, jumbled photo frames.

Anthro, obv!

Tea Time...

Furn Living organic tea towels.  Tea towels are for lining picnic baskets and to dry your hands.  Not to mop up spills or messes.  

Lekker home furnishings in the South End

Baggu-tiful

new baggu patterns... so cute.

My heart belongs to New Haven

http://www.newhaventshirt.com/

New Haven really IS better than your town

Michael Musto agrees: villagevoice

Dork

British Prints

Fun Prints at KeepCalmGallery

Vintage Halston Patterns

A bunch of Halston patterns, along with other vintage designers.

via vintagepatterns.wikia.com

Saw this framed in a shopwindow in Beacon Hill.

Found the print on DazeyChic's esty shop.  I may just frame it myself in honor of my new apartment!

Duck Fat

speaking of great Portland restaurants, I'll be dangerously close to Duck Fat... the amazing french fries ("Belgian Fries") are... wait for it... fried in duck fat.  They have a simple menu and a small seating area, but the wait is worth it.

Oh, and the beignets.  Fancy donuts.  Another amazing fried indulgence.

Five Fifty-five

I'll be living above 555, an adorable restaurant in downtown Portland.  Maybe I can make friends with the bartender!

And a City's top 101 restaurant

The chef (my land lord) was named one of Food and Wine magazine's Hot Chef's of 2007!

Sounds delicious

My new apartment

Congress St. in Portland

If I wasn't an anglophile before...

The White Company, London.

My wallet is thankful its not stateside.  I would have the most comfortable bed ever.

Super simple, refined linens.  Not cheap but unlike anything I've seen around here.  Really understated yet luxurious.