Early tomorrow morning I will be heading west to Portland, OR. I have never been and am taking recommendations from people—so if you have your own set, I would love to hear them! If I don’t get a chance to check in for Wardrobe Wednesday or Thursday Threads, forgive me but I will be back…

Hello Monday! I hope you all had a nice weekend and enjoyed the holidays (if you celebrate them). We made the most of the egg hunt and made out like bandits courtesy of our 17 month old egg collector! So this weekend wasn’t just about eggs, family and pastel colored frocks. I also got to…

I hope you have a wonderful Easter weekend full of family, friends, good eats and may you find every egg in the hunt! XOXO

This Alice & Olivia cotton cardigan sweater is a whopping $330!  Here, Sheffield MacIntyre from BackInStyle.com shows you how you can do it yourself for around $100.  Our example even includes a cashmere sweater, and will only set you back $145, still less than half of the Alice & Olivia version. First find, any cardigan…

Hello Wednesday! Tonight I was with a new group of lady friends who were asking me about Wardrobe Wednesday. I was telling them how I pick my outfits for Wednesdays so carefully now!Here’s what I am wearing… 1. Ray Ban glasses2. My “Oprah” earrings3. J.Crew Turq. link frog necklace4. Old Navy pink tunic dress5. J.Crew…

A few years ago I pencil sketched this piece. I was thinking about my favorite color combinations, one of them being pink and yellow. This is the digital version of my Pink Lemonade pencil drawing.

I was a bit preoccupied last week. See on Friday March 23 after watching “The Hunger Games” my friends were talking about the current must read book, “Fifty Shades of Grey”. I didn’t think much of it, and then on Monday March 26 Summer in Newport blogged about the trilogy.  Curiosity hits me and when I…

Happy Monday! I hope you had a nice weekend. If you were like me and read the Hunger Games trilogy. at some point this weekend you made your way to a theatre near you and watched the movie of the first installment. The movie was great, a few changes to the book, but overall it…

 Today is the very very Happiest Birthday of one of my greatest friends, one of my favorite people, a woman I truly admire and strive to be more like. Never in your life will you meet someone as generous, honest, caring, patient or open minded as Jess (a.k.a. Singleton in the Kitchen). She’s bright,…

Spring has sprung and that means it is time to bust out your Lilly Pulitzer wears! Just this week on the Lilly blog, they announced that the famous …or rather infamous animal crackers are back! Have any of you ever scored these? Having a box of my own would make me so happy! The announcement inspired…