fall

morning magic


my mornings are typically spent at home: writing articles, studying music, editing photos, testing recipes. it's my little bit of playtime before i head to an office, and lately this has included more oatmeal than even a picky five-year-old could fathom.

but today i called in sick for my own morning. we'll call it an executive decision. i got out my favorite dishes {the egg cups from zaanse schaanse, the cheese board from amsterdam, the plate from *hehe* staten island}, stirred a bit of halva spread into my yogurt, and took the extra bit of time to sprinkle just the right amount of salt and pepper onto my medium boiled egg.

i'd say it was magic. the kind you can't plan. the kind that seems to be happening more and more these days. maybe it's the brooklyn air?

after a second {or third} espresso, i put on my sweater* to be on my way to manhattan, but not before stopping at a little bakery for half of a miche and a chocolate chip shortbread.

-yeh!

*someone gimme a barf bag, i could puke in excitement over this newly arrived sweater weather.


plots to take over the fall


this year's halloween costume rhymes with my name. if you guess what it is, you get a high five. 

in working on a piece about oatmeal for the violet's fall issue, and feeling like a bit of failure, i discovered the oatmeal artist. it is pure gold.

soon it will be leg warmer and risotto weather and your girl will not look back.

does anyone care about anyone else's opinions about politics? or do people only want to talk about how they feel and agree with the other people who feel the same way?

apple pickin, nose pickin, sufjan stevens ballet!

i am counting down the days until dog days. also relearning the 100 pages of vibraphone notes and it is the most fun in the practice room i've had since famicom.

anyone got any good australian licorice recipes?


-yeh! 


shameless loves, by courtney


things that courtney loves
{but really probably shouldn't}

1. eating the leftover-from-halloween reese's peanut butter cups i hid from myself in the freezer that are so solid i almost crack my teeth on them.
2. reading blogs instead of vacuuming. or dusting. or doing the dishes.
3. dressing my daughter in outfits that coordinate with mine when we go out somewhere just in case the sartorialist happens to be in my tiny little town.
4. wearing my favorite brown sweater, embarrassingly purchased at forever 21 eight years ago, so much that my elbows are starting to poke through but figuring elbow patches will make it even cuter.
5. pretending that all of the clothes on my pinterest board were actually in my closet.
6. ordering a nonfat pumpkin spice latte from starbucks and acting like i have to think about it when they ask if i still want whip. (um, duh.)
7. calling my mom every. single. day.
8. watching king of queens reruns every night even though i've already seen every episode. at least twice. love me some jerry stiller!
9. heels. pretty much every day. even when i was pregnant.
10. taking home my veggie tempura roll from the sushi bar at hy-vee and daydreaming that i live a super swanky life in a way swankier place than i actually do.

thank you, courtney!
who says you can't celebrate no shame december?

-yeh!!!

shameless loves, by lottie


things that lottie loves
{but really probably shouldn't}

1.  spending hours huddled in my bed reading my book, even though it is nowhere near bedtime
2.  being addicted to hot chocolate and there being more cream and marshmallows than hot chocolate in my mug
3.  wearing my husband's jumpers with my jeans, if anyone asks i say the boyfriend look is so in right now but really it is just because they are so cosy and baggy
4.  wasting hours and hours watching all the harry potter dvds after each other...i can't wait for the final one
5.  singing really badly at the top of my lungs and changing the words and the tune...i like to think i am making it my own but really it's because i forgot them
6.  looking at the reflection of my new boots in anything: they are just so pretty
7.  hiding the pile of paperwork that has been collecting on my desk because i can't be bothered to file it...no one will ever know.

thank you, lottie!
and a very happy no shame november to you!

-yeh!!!