Yearly Archives: 2009

I ran across this amazing article on the Gourmet Magazine archive last night. It makes me want to apply for a job at a fancy hotel right this second. Read all three pages immediately and have a handkerchief ready. (ps: If you’re looking for a decor-inspiring magazine to replace Domino, I highly recommend Gourmet. Their…

What we need today – on this gray, rainy Monday – is some Gene Kelly in a suit…and roller skates…singing!…and tap dancing!…with french subtitles! Much better.

Congratulations to Makenzie! Her comment was chosen by Random.org as the winner of the Longhorn Love print from Jennifer Moreman: go ‘horns! this print is fabulous!!! so colorful- yet so versatile! Send me an email for your prize details. And for those of you who didn’t win, you can get a print of your own…

Rob and I dashed down to San Luis Obispo to spend the weekend with my parents. We hit the road after a stop at to the climbing gym and picked up Margaret along the way. I drove all the way home, quick and uneventful. On Saturday morning, we did the regular morning routine: a stop…

The thing about birdwatching is that you spend a lot of time outside. So over the last weekend, I gave myself the photo assignment to find heart shapes in nature in between spotting woodpeckers. I read somewhere that this sort of “shape finding” is a great way to keep kids entertained in museums and on…

Amy is going to “take a Napa” later this year. She’s got a big wedding weekend looming in the distance: I was hoping you could give me some advice on what to wear to this wedding. I am an east coast gal who has no idea what is fashionable on the west coast. I heard…

Jennifer Moreman is a favorite EmilyStyle reader and a budding artist in Texas. And she’s offered to give away a print from her collection this week! Just enter a comment below before Sunday at midnight to be entered for a 8.5 x 11 print called “Longhorn Love.” I think it would look amazing hanging in…

Our 100 year old apartment comes with very small closets. Instead, we have 13 doors and 3 radiators in under 1,000 square feet. So, Rob and I share about four feet for all our clothes. To make matters worse, I never set it up properly either. All the things I wore everyday were up on…

Our LAC last night was super fun and especially well suited for this tight economy! Susan hosted us all for a night of making DIY beaded earrings. Food: Susan served cream cheese wontons, prosciutto-wrapped asparagus and crab salad on endive “spoons.” For drinks, we had a choice of ginger ale or passion fruit sangria. Activity:…

Inspired by the World’s Smallest Postal Service, I created these tiny Valentines a few weeks ago. I kept them a secret so that the recipients would be surprised. Each envelope was about the size of a postage stamp and came complete with a tiny stamp, seal and letter inside. I made them from scraps of…