April 8, 2020
Though I was first feeling like this about the drastic shift in my work duties… …I’m feeling better now. Routines have been created and there’s no dress code, though I rocked the tutu yet again to make some example pictures for my students who I was assigning a homebound version Read more…
March 30, 2020
Finally my Mid Century Baker’s Pantry is finished! In the end, it’s a beautiful piece that is now the home to all my baking materials. But I am already onto drawing a schematic of my next home project… for my bedroom. Stay tuned to watch this project blossom in the Read more…
December 20, 2019
This holiday season came so fast–and I got a really late start on festivities. But now my space is decked in the ways I enjoy: with vintage stuff and nothing from Home Goods. With all errands complete, in my space I bask. My tacky mid century modern tree 🎄 I Read more…
November 5, 2019
Airport knees. Because I still sit like a 10 year old. The tail end. Good for them! I like my tables etched with love. She’s clockin’ my Banh Me Salad at Black Mountain Wine House. Or the wine. I love my “new” hutch. Having to get it in two trips Read more…
October 14, 2019
…continued from… I’m so pleased with how this project has turned out! All my baking supplies have a beautiful new home. But I don’t want to jump the gun. There’s still a bit to do. Step 5: Paint. Paint all pieces per the instructions on your paint can. Use a Read more…
August 3, 2019
This blog is many things. Those of you who have been keeping up with me since the old days know that the tagline once was “Food and other delicious things.” This is accurate still. Because I am always hungry for all sorts of things. And I feed myself in a Read more…
July 20, 2019
With apartment storage limitations, the tub of the old toys I used to play with needed to get out of the square footage of my back bedroom and serve a more decorative purpose. With so many memories within, and sanitary and safety concerns with passing them onward to other youngins’, Read more…
May 8, 2019
Picture purge–First, my umbrella holder. Ever since I had fantasies of having my own place I thought it quite the clever idea to buy a rifle holder to hold my umbrella. I finally did it. I painted it myself too! If you are ever starved for attention, walk around with Read more…
January 27, 2019
I get very to-do-y in January. In fact, you best watch out if you get in the way of me crossing things off my list. This is me. A productive winter sets the tone for fruitful year. Because you reap what you sow. That’s a saying for a reason. I Read more…
January 11, 2019
And since it’s hibernation season, I am motivated to begin fine-tuning my space, starting with two of my very favorite things: music and baking. My baking ingredients now are stored beautifully in the biggest “lazy Susan” I’ve ever seen. I won it from an estate sale auction and picked it Read more…
December 14, 2018
I kind of love my tacky midcentury modern Christmas tree.
November 25, 2018
There are many benefits to clearing clutter from your physical space. Though there is much that you are helpless to internally, much that litters your brain–things that you can’t easily sweep into a dustpan–this is not the case with your space. To some extent, you have total control of the physical space Read more…
September 19, 2018
As soon as I looked at my apartment during my search, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it. Now it’s coming along… nearing the end of phase one alterations. Most prominent is color. Aesthetically, but also as a means to divide the space. My work area. I’m Read more…
November 2, 2012
Happy, safe, and warm… and foolishly skeptical of the much-discussed impending storm, Hurricane Sandy. This is moments before all the cats were stowed for a trip to higher ground. I thought it unnecessary at first but… I was kind of wrong. I needed to use up the sliced mango in Read more…
July 26, 2012
It’s going so fast. I am trying to savor each day, but that seems to make them fly by even faster. Here are some images I’d like to hold on to. I become obsessed with the Electrician‘s butterfly bush as the the summer rolls on. Monarchs start fluttering around dancing Read more…
July 26, 2010
1. Watching the butterfly activity around the Electrician‘s butterfly bush. 2. Collecting hugs. 3. Trying to return to baking. Here is a two-layer orange cake with lemon glaze icing. For my Pop’s birthday. 4. Weekending in the Hamptons. That’s an outdoor shower next to the “Love Shack”. 5. Seeing the Read more…