From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Claw-Hold-on-Summer Salad

September 30, 2009

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Thought it’s technically fall, this week’s CSA produce delivery is seasonally torn. Apples, potatoes and eggplant rub elbows with the last of the tomatoes, peaches and watermelon. Last night the ingredients amalgamated into an undoubtedly summer-centric salad: watermelon, peach, tomato and basil dotted with creamy goat cheese and grilled chicken. Read on for recipe . . .

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Etsy Roundup: Shoe Clips

September 29, 2009 Fashion

Get thee to Etsy for vintage shoe clips. If searching for vintage shoes in a slightly large or wide size bums you out, or if a new pair just isn’t in your future, pop a few of these in your cart and reinvent the ones you already own. Styles run the gamut from delightfully roccoco [...]

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Weck Have You Been All My Life?

September 28, 2009 Feathering the Nest

My friends’ bachelorette parties tend towards good food, wine and sunny environs.  For this I’ll count myself ever blessed.  The typical cakes and props are nerve wracking, the mandatory headgear humiliating.  Head garb ought to be a no-go zone for social coercion.  Thank goodness the tasteful trend continued this weekend.  We began my dear friend Amy’s [...]

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Pork Chops, Apples & Onions

September 24, 2009 Food

The other night I ate a skewered cube of foie gras swathed in cotton candy. If that’s one end of the culinary spectrum, pork chops and apples may be the other. I like both extremes (not to mention the middle ground), but when the evenings turn chilly I lean towards rustic, warm recipes at home.  [...]

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Not Exactly Camping

September 22, 2009 Fashion

We went to the Emmy’s this weekend. A perfect storm of extreme shyness, refusal to admit They’re more interesting than Us, and a general paranoia about getting thrown out resulted in only one celebrity picture. And even she would say I’m using the term celebrity liberally. Also, I’m pretty sure I called her “Kathie Lee [...]

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Num Pang Quells Tum Pangs

September 16, 2009 Travel

Don’t get me wrong.  I love my big suburban kitchen.  But I miss the sheer variety of quality food that was previously at my fingertips in New York, without me lifting a paring knife.  So when visiting I devolve into a flavor-crazed food zombie, planning my days around my favorites haunts.  “Museums?  But we’ll starve [...]

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Now That's Pluck

September 10, 2009 Fashion

I just picked up this teal number from Pretty Little World Vintage.  It’s gone a long way towards satisfying a recently acute craving for feathers. Good news – there’s plenty more on Etsy!

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Beach Boys Tune: New to Me

September 3, 2009 Flotsam

Am I the last person on earth to discover Marcella by The Beach Boys?  It’s like the music fairies delivered a big bag of infectious end-of-summer fun to my door.

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