Mom’s Haul o’ Hall.

I’m taking credit for this. Mom and I walked into our favorite junk store on Saturday and I spied it immediately. I made that quiet-yell of “MOM! MOM! MOM!”. She knows that sound and slid over to me. I struck gold. Hall gold. Hall’s Autumn Leaf coffee pot and water pitcher was just sitting on the shelf. I [...]

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Put A Cork In It!

Mom and I went to our favorite junk store this weekend. Mom scored big. Pictures of her big score tomorrow. I found four more of those retro-cool bottle stoppers! That brings me up to a total of 5. Yay!

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Tiffany & Co. Score @ The GoodWill!

We ran away from home Wednesday and went to Pennsylvania. I don’t know what it says about me that I had nearly enough clothes & toiletries in my office to hop in the car and zoom off. I really should clean out of my office one of these days. Or, take more last minute trips! Today [...]

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Haiti Benefit

I can’t possibly say anything that hasn’t been said. So… Auction to benefit Red Cross’ efforts in Haiti. I made the bag (love that anchor button!). The journal is Pucci. For real. Pucci! The keychain? Grey Gardens. Tell me this isn’t a sweet little package? Start the bidding at $15 for the lot, please. I will pay shipping within the US. Auction ends [...]

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Molasses Cookies! Hurrah!

My Mom makes the best molasses cookies. The best. How good? My nephew Josh insisted that he did not want cake or cupcakes or anything other than Grandma’s molasses cookies for every elementary school birthday party. That good. They’re not very cookie-like to be honest, they are cakey and muffin toppy. I finally wrestled the recipe [...]

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Cannelle Patisserie

Cannelle Patisserie. Heaven. Love. Butter. Macaron. Napoleon. Croissant. Chocolate. Baguette. Choux Chantilly. I had the chocolate croissant and a macaron. We bought a baguette for later. Yum! Next time, I’m all about the choux chantilly…or the napoleon…or…well. You know. Another chocolate croissant. For lunch I’m going to use their baguette to try and recreate the sandwich I had at Le Grenier de Felix in Paris. Roast chicken, [...]

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Fairy Light Hijink.

I love good tote bags. I bet I own 15. Really. It’s bad. Perhaps I need a 12 step program? Penny too. She especially loves the LL Bean totes I have. The minute one of the bags is empty – or slight empty – she hops in. LL Bean should just stop manufacturing & marketing pet beds. What discriminating cats [...]

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Morning Pics.

One of my resolutions was to take more on-the-fly cellphone pics. This morning I took 3 pictures. The first picture is of a pile of walnuts (I think…) in a ditch. The park near us is filled to the brim with walnut trees.  Park workers were raking them up and bagging them. Enormous bags of walnuts [...]

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Hot Frothy Action

It feels like months since I’ve had a chance to sit still, relax, and read a book purely for pleasure. Holidays. They’ll do that to you. This morning I curled up on the couch with my favorite blanket and a new book. The kitties sensed some serious downtime about to happen so they plopped their chubby [...]

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Is It Just Me?

Is it just me? I feel like I spend too much time trying to organize things. I know this is normal – especially now.  Every January everyone wants to start the year off fresh. That said, I feel like I’m constantly organizing papers and bits and bots and cats. Too many projects and interests I suppose. Yesterday I [...]

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My Very First Apple Pie.

I know, what a dork! I live in New York, land of the most awesome apples – and it wasn’t till 2010 (aka the year I turn 40 but start lying and saying 30) that I made an apple pie. Madness. Complete. Madness! There was no canned apple gunk junk. Those are hardcore NYS apples my friend! Suddenly…there were 8 [...]

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Another DIY Ironing Board.

I made a big ironing board a few years ago and it has served me well (I have since taken the legs off). Occasionally it’s a bit too big. I have to pretty much clear off my whole desk to iron something. I thought it’d be nice to have a smaller ironing board to use [...]

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