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2010

In Profile: Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo of ABCD Design

December 6, 2010 Feathering the Nest
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Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo of ABCD Design Aren’t you always looking to meet inspiring people?  Thought so. Today marks the first ever profile on 5thjoy.  I couldn’t be more thrilled to have Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo – that’s right, folks, her initials really are ABCD – of ABCD Design for the inaugural visit. Amy talks [...]

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Friday Flotsam: 25 Amazing Gift Guides

December 4, 2010 Flotsam
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Whether you’re hunting gifts for The Modern Gentleman or The English Eccentric, bloggers have your back. Here are the 25 best gift guides, according to yours truly and in no particular order. Happy shopping, happy weekend! P.S. Don’t forget to check back in bright and early Monday a.m. for my interview with Amy of ABCD [...]

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Coming to Town Monday: Holiday Decor & Amy from ABCD Designs

December 2, 2010 Feathering the Nest
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{Chocolate- Malt Stump de Noel, a twist on the traditional bûche de Noël.} Next Monday’s #designtv Twitter chat topic is holiday decor, and if that doesn’t shake your jinglebells, howsabout these apples: Amy of ABCD Designs, the co-founder of #designtv, is popping by 5thjoy for a interview that very morning! She’ll talk about her roots, [...]

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A Nautical Holiday Table

November 29, 2010 Feathering the Nest
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Granted, it’s a bit late for a Thanksgiving post, but since our table didn’t include any turkey decorations other than the roasted kind, it may have more appeal than the leftovers languishing in your fridge.  We went nautical, in a nod to our seaside town. {US Navy mess hall plates (find them on Etsy and [...]

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NYC Weekend: Killer Party, Flea-ing and Brunches

November 23, 2010 Travel

{Jonathan Legate and Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo, hosts of Thursday’s Living With What You Love event and the weekly Twitter chat #deisgntv} There’s 32 lbs of turkey brining in the refrigerator, flowers to arrange and  potatoes to peel.  But before we delve into the holiday, let’s remember the glorious New York weekend, filled with brunches, [...]

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Friday Flotsam

November 19, 2010 Flotsam

Blanca Gomez’ city prints, via A Cup of Jo I managed to make it all the way to New York this week without a few important items: camera, contact soaking vessel, and glasses.  Missing items #2 and #3 meant spending the day bumping into walls, and nearly falling off the elliptical (positively epic arm flailing). [...]

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Make it at Home: The Meatball Shop’s Roasted Fennel with Walnuts & Raisins

November 17, 2010 Food

Restaurants these days are all about comfort food (farm to table of course), and one of the advantages to the home-cooking sea wave, besides the attending casual attire, is stumbling upon dishes you just might be able to tackle in your own kitchen. Such was the case at The Meatball Shop, where I encountered and [...]

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Drawingroom Dreams: Vintage Gold Barware

November 16, 2010 Feathering the Nest

Whimsicalvintage on Etsy For those who missed last week’s post on drawingroom inspiration, I’d like our as-of-now-empty entertaining space to resemble the design love child of a speakeasy and an old-school hotel, with a dash of library for good measure. Luckily Amy Meier will swoop in come January to transform my disparate ramblings into inspired [...]

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Got Green Tomatoes & Peppers? Make Chicken Chili.

November 15, 2010 Food

Green peppers fall in my Vegetable Achilles’ Heel category.  I don’t know what to do with them in large quantities.  Everyone says stuff them, but the thought of it makes me tired, particularly if I have a lot of them and they’re oddly shaped, which was the case last week.  Stuffing doesn’t temper their bitterness [...]

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Friday Flotsam

November 12, 2010 Flotsam
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Thanksgiving is 13 days away, or as Libby Mae Brown would say, “The show’s in two weeks, y’all!”  (Is it possible you haven’t seen this movie?  Netflix it, stat.  If you don’t laugh the first time, my sister advises watching it again immediately.  That’s right, just hit play again, right away.  She says everyone laughs [...]

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