I’m partnering up with my friends at Lamps Plus to help out with their Treat A Friend contest for the holidays! I was invited to pick several of my favorite items from LP that are $50 or less (you can see all of my picks here on our Pinterest board!) that would make the perfect holiday […]

I spent the bulk of my childhood in a car with my mom, riding  from our house to school and then back again. Twenty minutes each way made for plenty of time for conversation. Mom always said that she never wanted to carpool with other kids because she really enjoyed that alone time with me, […]

Simon joked to me the other day that perhaps he’s in a nesting frame of mind too because he’s come up with all these things he wants to do to the house. Namely, putting in wood floors in the downstairs in lieu of all our (nasty) carpet. We had gorgeous wood floors in our first […]

A few months ago this post by Rubi Jones about getting down to the why of being inspired something really struck a chord. It reminded me of being a first-year art student, and learning how to write a proper critique of a piece of art. Step 1 is to describe the piece in minute detail. It […]