I’m not moving to NYC, but a good friend of mine is–which means I’m practically moving to NYC! Check out ‘our’ gorgeous one-bedroom co-op in the West Village. So him, so hot!
April Fool’s Joke – Italia Style
I didn’t have enough time to think of April Fool’s pranks this year. The day creeped up on me without any solid ideas. Dean hates surprises. He especially hates it when I scare him from behind a dark room when…
Staycation
I took a day off to frolic in the sun in Napa last Wednesday. Couldn’t have picked a better day. The weather was scrumptious. Plus I stuffed myself happy at the Oxbow. Yu-um!
Money Monday: Cutting Coupons
Remember back in the day cutting coupons and filing them in a coupon organizer? God that was a long time ago. Do they still have coupons in the Sunday paper? Do we still have newspapers?! For today, I compiled my…
Sober and Sweet
26 days sober, 18 more to go. If you’re Catholic and detail-oriented, you’ll know that takes me through Good Friday which happens to be my husband’s birthday and the start of our honeymoon. So I’ll be having a stiff drink…
Borders, Goodbye and Good Luck
My neighborhood Borders, the one at Union Square, is shutting down for good. Bright orange 60-70% off signs are posted on the windows. Everything must go. The non-functioning cafe was full of bare bookshelves. The third floor was closed. In…
Fashion Friday Book Review
I finished reading Mireille Guiliano’s book Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire. Mireille is the former CEO of Veuve Clicquot; she also wrote the bestselling book French Women Don’t Get Fat. I don’t usually read advice books, but…
First Fashion Friday Redux
It’s worth pointing out that yesterday GOOP, Gwyneth Paltrow’s blog, featured Moda Operandi–the online shopping site for fashion hot off the runway. I blogged about Moda Operandi two weeks ago in my first Fashion Friday column. Click here for the…
Graph of Giggles
This cracks me up. I love how the blog This is Indexed makes me think about concepts in terms of Xs and Ys.
Blogs I Follow
Lizzie had a good suggestion to list the blogs I follow so here they are. I’ve excluded personal blogs since they are password-protected, private, or shared to me via email. But please feel free to note your own personal blog…