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Gorgeous weather this weekend! Hot but with a nice breeze to keep us from melting. On Friday, Rob and I walked home and then took the bike to Civic Center to register for Bay to Breakers. We had a mellow dinner of leftover lasagna. The next morning, we had our usual oatmeal and coffee breakfast…

Here’s a fun little giveaway for you this Friday: Win a special treasure chest filled to the brim with all the flavors of Pirate’s Booty (including the new bermuda onion and salt & vinegar) and other snack freebies courtesy of Robert’s American Gourmet Food, LLC. To enter, leave a comment below in your best pirate-speak…

Here’s a request from Lesley! (PS: The what-to-wear queue is a bit backed up. I’ll only be taking “rush order” requests for $15 each until things clear out a bit) I am a 25 year old living in Chicago and a big fan of your blog. When I’m not having to wear all-black at work,…

I hardly ever find anything good at the neighborhood Crossroads (I could use some pointers from Rebecca). But when I score, I really seem to score. A few years ago it was a tweed Prada skirt for $40. And Sunday, I found a lovely silver printed skirt from Corey Lynne Calter for $30. I had…

So odd that the lasagna I made with the least effort and the strangest ingredients turned out to be my most successful. On Tuesday I shopped for stir fry, but switched to lasagna while watching Giro d’Italia. The result was an easy and healthy midweek dinner: Healthy Lasagna1/2 a package of no-boil lasagna noodles1 zucchini,…

A few more barn bits, click on each for details.

Here’s a great example of less is more from Red Barn Studios in Washington. With those “bones,” you’d be fine with even just the paper lanterns and the red scarves.

I’m in L.O.V.E with this wedding I found on Flickr. Look at the elegance of that floral chandelier in the stone barn (bold, but can be less expensive than numerous smaller flower arrangements) and the dress, her ribbon tied bouquet and her loose hair! Gloucestershire…you kill me!

Plans are moving forward with the Center for Land Based Learning’s farm outside Davis. It seems like just the right place for Jean and Trent’s wedding. And it has a barn! When it comes to decorating a barn for a wedding, you need to go big or go bare. Regular little decorations can look scrawny…

My mother gave Three Junes to me a while back and I hadn’t gotten to it until last weekend. What a great read! I’m not quite finished, but I’ve loved it so far. The characters are realistic in a gentle way. Each one has distinct foibles and seem to share a certain blindness toward how…