take the cake

in the spirit of my last post (re: cake), i thought i would follow up with some sweet cake accessories. take a look below!

{to go cake box from BHLDN}

{collage cake flags from BHLDN}

{pennant cake flags from herriott grace}

{beeswax candles from herriott grace}

when i grow up...

one thing i've become increasingly more aware of in the past several months is that i've never had to fully furnish a living space on my own. living with roommates typically results in a hodge-podge of pieces, which usually creates a less-than-cohesive aesthetic.

i'm looking forward to the day when i have enough dinero to make my personal design dreams come true--we're talking re-covering my grandmother's couch and adding a few new pieces to the mix... nothing too over the top. i would love to own one of these chairs (if not all) at some point in the not-too-distant future.








i also wouldn't mind some/one of these pieces to add to my non-existent collection (all of which can be found at anthropologie)...






what it basically boils down to is that i have expensive taste. it's the sad truth. the best way to remedy this? find similar pieces at flea markets or thrift stores! there's a thrift/vintage store i like in williamsburg on n. 6th called 10 ft. single (by stella dallas); they've recently opened up a furniture/home goods component next door. another great place to scavenge for furniture is housing works, which has several store locations in manhattan. (proceeds go towards the "twin crises of AIDS and homelessness.") i'm going to save my pennies and do some window shopping this weekend.

never too early

i stumbled across these swimsuits today on anthropologie.
i realize it's a tad early to be thinking about summer,
but it's hard not to when it's so gosh darn cold outside.
i'm adding these gems to my wish list.

note: i'm 60 years old at heart :)

here today, gone tomorrow

i've been on the road traveling for work for about two and a half weeks already, and i'm nearing the end of my last leg. i'm currently hiding out at a coffee shop in winston-salem, nc, crossing my fingers that the worst of hurricane ida's rains have passed. my trip south started off on a good note: highs in the 70s with clear, sunny skies. that all changed yesterday when our friend ida decided to beat the carolinas with all she's got. eek!

i'd be lying if i said i wasn't trying to prolong my stay in winston-salem for fear of bordem in the hotel room that awaits me in charlotte. i've mostly enjoyed my solo adventures (read: recruitment travel), but i'm ready to get home at this point. i still have a few more days left of my north carolina travel... once saturday rolls around, though, i'm heading back to le city. mmm can't wait to finish the sewing projects i left behind (new curtains and [gasp] an anthropologie-imitation quilt, perhaps?).

i swung through athens this past weekend to see my family (my sister and brother-in-law were down from baltimore, and my brother lives there now). what. a. treat. i stayed with my dear friends nathan and bridget, whom i've posted about previously. i always laugh about it, but the only thing i really ever feel like doing when i visit athens is eat at all my favorite restaurants... go figure! my friend andrew even told me that if someone was on the hunt for me in athens, they'd know exactly where to find me. my route is much too predictable, i suppose :)

alright, time to brave the weather/drive/boredom (in that order).

before you go: i just put together this slideshow for my friend katharine, who recently left to teach english in tolosa/san sebastian, spain for a few months. her birthday is coming up, so i made this little gem for her... set to the tune of "only you can make you happy" by au revoir simone.


happy birthday, love.