i think my kitchen life is about to be changed. and yours too, if onions make you cry. thanks to one of my favorite bloggers, jackie fo. i give you onion goggles. seriously? best. idea. ever.
i'm not going to lie, though...i will first try my very own aviators to see how that works out - i feel like if they hug your face enough, it could work...
i love when the universe silently guides us.
these past couple days have been hectic for me - at home, at work, even in my mind. with the passover holiday, my work days have been shorter and busier and my evenings have been condensed and later than usual. everything feels a bit frantic...can you relate?
so i felt particularly thankful when, this morning, a little family of geese mosied their way across the street, stopping all traffic and freezing time for a minute or two. in those moments, i was reminded that you can't control everything, and that there are things in the world that just require time. and that they can be the best things (if you let them).
sure beats screaming at a gaggle of geese, doesn't it?
purple lovers assemble! loving these new le creuset colors exclusive to sur la table. i have a place in my heart for specific colors in this cast iron cookware, because i did a whole william sonoma registry when i was engaged only to get the le creuset dutch oven in "flame", which lives on my cooktop even now, two kitchens later (at the time, "flame" was only available at WS).
aren't these fish adorable? it was a folk art set that wisteria carried a while ago...i was saving them to share with you when the summer wasn't such a distant thought...but now wisteria doesn't have them anymore! should have seized the moment when i first found them all those snowy months ago. i guess we'll just have to look out for similarly handmade, happy pieces like them in salty beach towns this summer. i'm in!
i'm loving these fun, bright workout duffles from old navy. there's something kind of 80's fab about the whole look, and i'm sure we all know that any modicum of fun that can be attached to the gym is a good thing. for only $15 each, it's an even better thing.
small details like the side-drawstring action make them a little different, and there's a separate compartment on the bottom for dirty clothes. love that!
i love the words "get active, get going" printed on the side of all of them, but for some extra motivation (and an extra $4.50), there's the motivational print workout duffle, in pink or black.
what do you have planned this weekend, lovely readers?
for her present, i'm making a stop at one of my favorite childrens' gift places - little miss matched. do you know about it? so adorable - and all about not being too matchy, which i love. in addition to other cute clothes and accessories, they sell socks in "pairs" of three - each with a different design so they can be mixed and matched. one of my favorite items is their set of 9 which yields 36 combinations!
i'm particularly excited because getting to said birthday party requires passing an west elm store, which i have not yet inspected in the flesh. so there's that too, and we will be leaving with extra time for that. i can't wait to see certain things in person, like this, this and this. oh, and these lights too.
how gorg would this glass link chandelier (above) look over a really rustic farmhouse table like these?
sigh...
isn't this such a special, different idea? it's an inscribed glass shower enclosure, found in a home by swiss architects felber szèlpal architekten. yes please!
while we're on the subject of mani/pedis (and when are we not?), what are your thoughts about opi's hong kong collection for spring? thanks to vampy varnish, i have some on-the-nail pics to show you.
i've seen good things written about both the pinky shades - panda-monium pink and lucky lucky lavender...
and i've heard great user-reviews of meet me on the star ferry and chop-sticking to my story (which looks way different on the nail than in the bottle - below, it's second and above, it's bottom row, third from right...what's up with that?).
i love the way a good man-darin is hard to find looks, as well as dim sum plum and red my fortune cookie - perfect, creamy, opaque brights...they remind me of tropical punch, one of my favorites last summer.
though it's not a color i'd normally try, i'm kind of interested in bling dynasty, mainly because of how it looks on the nail. there's something sort of cleopatra-meets-ming that i sort of love.
but i don't feel that way about pearl of wisdom which just seems so sheer and boring. though maybe for summer, it would be a low-maintenance way to add a little glam...
what are your thoughts?
i have to tell you about the essie color angora cardi - they describe it as a creamy, deep, dusty rose, and i'd have to agree, though i'd also classify it as a cousin of both mauve and lavender...i think it's a slightly rosier version of essie's soiree mauve, described as a creamy plum mauve. what i'm really loving about it is that it's neutral but warm, rich but not dark. seasonally, i think it is totally universal, which is a great color to have in the arsenal, you know? what are you go-to universal colors?
i love the idea of a simple water carafe for the bedside. it can also be such a nice touch in a guest room, a bathroom, an office, even to have by your side as you relax through the evening. it's easy to get into using and reusing crunchy, noisy, cheap plastic water bottles, but carafes are such a greener and more elegant option.
