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I’m not entirely sure what the Halloween plans are going to be– Halloween in the city or the small town? It should be said that I LOVE holidays. Adore them. I grew up with a mother who would give all of us cards at St. Patrick’s day, pull out all things patriotic on the Fourth of July, etc., etc., and her love of holiday celebration has definitely been inherited by yours truly.
So when mom and I were on the phone recently, she said to me “Well, I better go. Need to research zombies. Have a great evening!” I learned of her and my stepdad’s plans to be zombies at the hometown haunted house this year.
“Want to come be a zombie with us?” She asked.
Um…. Uh….
Well, if zombies wear shoes like this… I’m totally in.
(Thanks Notcouture.com!)
Is it possible to have pre-travel jet lag? If so, I think I may have it… I’m currently in search of a few travel odds & ends and Google is telling me to go here:
A luggage store that doesn’t sell luggage or travel goods of any kind. Gah! Way to make a (soon-to-be / somewhat spontaneous) traveler feel (even more) wonkey!
But like any good pre (or post) jet lagged explorer, I paused to investigate that which I’d stumbled upon. Apparently this Luggage Store (that doesn’t sell luggage) is an arts organization with the mission to “amplify the voices of the region’s diverse artists and residents, to promote inclusion and respect, to reduce inter-group tensions and to work towards dispelling the stereotypes and fears that continue to separate us.” Terrific!
Here are some of the featured works:
More of the Luggage Store works can be seen here.
So while it may have led to a dead-end, it was a nice little side-trip.
Cheers!
As my imagination has me sitting poolside in a chaise lounger sipping some sort of summer concoction, I take a moment to investigate the autumn couture collections (*gasp* please let it be summer for a while longer…).
Dear Valentino: please have this divinely dramatic piece of outerwear sent to me tout d’suite!
Merci!
xx
Exit imagination… (*sigh*)
As a child, I was convinced, CONVINCED, I would somehow be granted a driver’s license at a young age. I KNEW this was going to happen. I thought all I had to do was somehow get the President of the United States to grant me this super-special license and I’d be set. Of course, living in my community of 10 people, I didn’t actually know how this would happen but whatever, I knew exactly what I wanted. (clearly I was a bit of a car-loving, independent, big thinker…honestly not much has changed.)
Anyway, I’m sorry to say this didn’t happen but I can say that if this little bad boy had been around when I was little… it would have been item #1 on my Christmas list.
“This baby corners like it’s on rails.”
So while I’m decidedly a digital communicator, and while nothing beats in-person chats and conversations, I must say that I really enjoy receiving fun notes in the mail.
Snail mail. (I know. Antiquated concept. And no, I don’t know where the nearest post office is to my apartment…but to my defense I’m a digital nomad! I’m only in an executive apartment in NYC for another week!)
And I can’t say it happens all that often, receiving handwritten notes in the mail, but when it does… it’s delightful.
Adding another layer of delight are these “hello” envelope seals ~ great little greeting stickers.
Seal-the-deal stickers by KisForCaligraphy
Maybe these little deal-sealers will help inspire me to (locate a post office to purchase stamps and) mail a note!
Really? Do we require alternate footwear for those precious pedicure appointments? Apparently so– clearly my J.Crew polka dot flip flops aren’t cutting it. (See the toe-holes?) (Never thought I’d say “toe-hole”… come to think of it, it certainly sounds rather insulting, doesn’t it?)
Don’t be a Toe-Hole!
Great find by Notcouture. I’m totally wearing this to work today:
As I seem to have a slight addiction to creating collages on Polyvore.com, I decided to put this addiction to good use. So…here is my valentine collage to you! (Hey, it’s either this or a stick figure drawing of me sending hearts to you.) (Yes, I did send one of those out this year…)
xoxo
Tuscany is my Valentine – by Uptownsmalltown on Polyvore.com
How often do we hear things like “increase productivity!” in business.? But sometimes, we need a break from productivity to reconnect with the simple things in life. Like creating a collage. Great way to express a mood…and be completely unproductive.
Apparently, today my mood is Parisian Happy Hour:
(If there was a way to properly embed this darn thing I would…it has a soundtrack and everything. Click through at the bottom of the image to experience the collage in all it’s snazzy glory.)
I am blessed to have friends—friends who not only let me live with them for three weeks while I got myself moved across the country from NY to SF, started a new job, and fought off bronchitis, but who welcomed me with open arms when I was tired, grumpy, busy, and feeling generally chaotic inside.
So when I moved out of their cozy, calm corner of the seaside town of Tiburon and into my new snazzy apartment in the city, they gave me a house-warming gift (as if providing love, scotch, and a pit-stop place to live wasn’t enough) and I have to say, this gift is…fantastic.
It’s a Frother.
Now, I know, I know… it’s a frivolous bit of gadgetry, but I do have to say that while living with my saintly (and sometimes sinister but that’s another story) friends, Erica and Jim, I got a wee bit spoiled using a Frother to foam up my warm and delicious morning coffee.
And now, thanks to my Friends Who Froth… I, too, have become a Frivolous Frother.
Thanks “Party Cats!”
The Frother
