I didn’t really want you, but I want you now–was so empty in me. Feel you crashing down, into the empty world (the music stops), want to rescue want to scream out loud “you will always be mine”; (part one)

It’s a little ridiculous, as my husband would say, how much Nancy Botwin has influenced my style lately–I’m shopping at Anthropologie and American Apparel, embroidery and ruffles aren’t necessarily verboten anymore, and I bought two pink tees.  Pink is not a color I wear–living in a room colored in the stuff is enough to set [...]

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Yet another new site…

New city, new site:  check out our continuing food adventures at The Manhattan Food Project. Cin cin!

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Interlude of poetry:

in Just-
spring          when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman
whistles          far          and wee
and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it’s
spring
when the world is puddle-wonderful
the queer
old balloonman whistles
far          and             wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing
from hop-scotch and jump-rope and
it’s
spring
and
the
goat-footed
balloonMan          whistles
far
and
wee

–E.E. Cummings
(source)

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Arial is not Helvetica; Tw Cen MT is not Futura.

(source)
Found from swissmiss, and I think this speaks for itself.  I want a print of this so badly.

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That the author dedicates it to “A Century Of Fakers;”

Just saw this on Gawker, and my mind is completely blown.  Clearly, the ad execs who dreamed this up would have been better as futurists/psychics than as…well ad execs and creatives.
Just let Tom Selleck tell you all of the amazing things that AT&T would bring you in the future.  Except, as [...]

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Soir de fete;

One of my only serious designer indulgences over the past few years has been Hermès pocket squares–while I love the silk scarves, I have yet to figure out how I could realistically wear one that would justify their insane cost.  My tidy collection of squares instead give me great options to wear in my hair [...]

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It’s oh so quiet–shhh, shhh;

My apologies for my silence here–I’ve been hard at work over at Take Back Your Kitchen, but I promise I’ll be back here!  In the meantime, please feel free to check out the new site!
Cin cin!

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Guido e Luisa;

UPDATE: To see the meal we enjoyed while watching 8 1/2, click here.
As I mentioned last week, on Saturday we decided to base our meal around the movie we were to watch that evening, 8 1/2. For anyone struggling in the creative process, it’s a fantastic film to indulge in, as the lines between Guido [...]

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How can I tell you, that I love you? I love you;

I heartily enjoy anyone who can offer a scathingly hysterical send up of how marketers target women, so Sarah Haskin’s series on Current TV called, appropriately, Target Women was one I immediately took a shine to, and for anyone out there who needs a five minute brain break, I highly reccommend you check them out.  [...]

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Louie Louie, oh no, I said we gotta go. Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah I said Louie, Louie, oh baby, I said we gotta go;

In the five years I’ve either lived or visited New Haven, I had never found an opportunity to visit Louis’ Lunch, the famous, teeny joint whose claim to fame is having served the first hamburger.  It’s right across the street from BAR, which is one of my favorite restaurants thanks to its delicious, cheap pizza [...]

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