Yearly Archives: 2006

Last night’s party prep went really well. Not only did we catch up on laundry and polish the silver, I also baked the cookies and started on the CD. Rob and I did a bit of grocery shopping, but wine is heavy and we carry our groceries home on foot so we’ll have to make…

It seems that I always struggle a bit with evening outfits. My natural state of dress is covered up, so getting ready for a night out the bars goes against my instincts. Friends know that I always have to be talked out of wearing a black turtleneck and jeans before a big night on the…

Look at how adorable Audrey is in that photo! Doesn’t it help wipe out the memory of those terrible Gap commercials? There is no reason for using this photo other than the fact that Audrey is supremely girly and I’m putting together a CD of my favorite girly songs to play during the party. So…

Our apartment building (or really any apartment building) isn’t thought of fondly due to it’s smell. After a few decades of tenants, these buildings seem to take on a permanent chicken and cigarette perfume. This scent is usually only changed on Sunday, when it switches to bacon, pancakes, chicken and cigarettes. After a while you…

The Ladies Activity Club anniversary party is only four days away! Last night’s jobs were to dig up the paints and brushes for the picture frame project and repair the hem on my favorite party skirt. What’s on for today: Buy contact paper for the table – Done! One trip to Flax at lunch did…

Bluefly.com is carrying discounted bedding from Dwell, the superfabulous New York textile shop. Sheet sets and duvet covers are 40% off. If your bedroom uses green, brown, black, grey or jade colors, you’re in luck! All the sheets are lovely, but this ocean silhouette pattern is my favorite. Since the bedroom is all blue and…

I love the clean color palette of this tiny New York apartment featured in the latest issue of Domino magazine. The TV in the fireplace feature, which you could certainly construct in an apartment without a mantle, is clever and I really like the blend of modern and antiques. Plus, they managed to make the…

We were supposed to do laundry last night. Luckily Rob and I were already doing a great job of procrastinating when Matt and Amber invited us out for dinner at Blowfish. We dropped our projects (his, mine) and immediately drove out to Bryant street. This relic of the dot com boom is a gourmet sushi…

They say gold is best worn by women with dark and olive skin tones. I think you have to add the be-freckled to that category too. I’ve found that gold (especially rose gold) is really flattering for women with pale, freckly skin. I wear a lot of gold and my friend Shelly exclusively chooses gold…

I am obsessed with this classic BBC television sitcom. “As Time Goes By” chronicles the romance of two people (Jean and Lionel) who first fell in love in their teens, were separated by war and reunited forty years later. Judi Dench is fantastically adorable and Geoffrey Palmer is hilarious. I even love the set, it…