Yearly Archives: 2006

I am so tired of wearing flat shoes every day. All my beautiful heels are lined up in the closet while I wear the same pair of black ballet flats. And when I try to sneak on a pair of pumps or boots my physical therapist catches me. It’s one of the perils of having…

Martha Stewart has this great idea for hanging fall leaves from a chandelier over the table. How clever! I definitely want to try this with the Victorian chandelier than hangs in our dining room. It would be great for other occasions too. Imagine hanging tissue paper flowers for a shower, snowflakes for Christmas or hearts…

It’s the first ever EmilyStyle.com Contest! I’m stumped for ideas on how to celebrate my 27th birthday this year. Share your brilliant suggestions for party themes, restaurants or other fun birthday celebration ideas in the comments section. I think there will be about 6-8 people helping me celebrate. The person with the best birthday idea…

My gosh, it is turning out to be a crazy day. First I hauled across town for my orthopedic appointment. Two hours just to get a referral to a radiology and a warning that it will involve needles…long needles…inserted deep into the hip. Lovely. And the back at work, I missed my physical therapy appointment…

Rob and I are already getting so booked up for next week! Our good friend Seth is coming to stay over the weekend, we are RSVP’d to a Bombay Sapphire “culinary experience” on Tuesday and now we have ticket to the Warfield on Wednesday. Peter and his band Scissors for Lefty are playing the Warfield…

I just found out that tonight’s dinner party is pushed back to the weekend. Peter is double booked with band practice and a photo shoot and Rob is coming down with a cold. Before hearing this I had set the table this morning so I may as well show it to you anyway! I love…

Jill and Peter are coming over for dinner tomorrow night at 8:00. I bought a couple packages of pumpkin gnocchi from Lucca’s last week and we have some elk meat that a friend brought us from Colorado. How should I put all this together into a dinner party? Here’s the recipe so far: Elk –…

This porcelain carafe is so unique! Designed by Mint and sold by WishingFish.com, it also comes with two matching red glasses that fit in the top. I wonder if it would be difficult to pour? At $45 for the three-piece set, it might be worth the gamble!

I saw this at The Met Store in the new mall last night. Cuter and more glittery in person. Made from gold and white sapphires, the necklace is modeled after a 19th century Parisian design. Unfortunately, all that history comes with a price. $210 online from the Met. Alternatively, a set of these rose gold…

Oops! I left my camera battery at work on Friday. No photos from this super fun weekend, so I drew up some quick sketches for you instead. I hope you don’t mind! On Friday night Rob and I met up with Jordan and Paul for a night of opera under the stars. Rob packed a…