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Navy and Green: Plaid and Stripes
Plaid Coat: Tommy Hilfiger (worn with white here, a skirt here, and a stripe sweatshirt here) Navy Crop Sweater and Blue Stripe Button Down: J Crew Jeans: Denim & Supply Ralph Lauren Boots: Ecco
Archive for November, 2014
FOOD
Chicken Marsala
This recipe (culled from this one) is for one of those decadent, Little Luxury-worthy dishes that look and taste like a million times more effort went into them than is actually required to create them 🙂 Ingredients: makes 4 servings 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, pounded flat About 10 crimini […]
STYLE
Stainless Steel and Zebrawood Cuff
Honestly, I don’t have (or wear) a lot of jewelry, but the pieces I do have (and wear) are special to me. This Tivi* stainless steel cuff inlayed with zebrawood, for example, was a gift from the hub years ago, and it always reminds of when we were newlyweds living […]
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Three Things: Orchids at the Atlanta Botanical Garden
These gorgeous pink, white, and striated orchids at the Atlanta Botanical Garden reminded me of an exhibition of Georgia O’Keeffe’s work that I saw at the High Museum of Art several years ago. (They also reminded me that I have books about both orchids and Georgia O’Keeffe in my studio/home […]
STYLE
Glen Plaid, Orange, and Cream
Blazer: Zara (paired with a gray cardigan in this post and denim-on-denim in this one) Red-Orange Cable Turtleneck: J Crew (styled with plaid and stripes here) Jeans (worn with a diamond ikat print and a bit of red here) and Belt: J Crew Crossbody Bag: Vintage Dooney and Bourke Boots: Ecco Sunglasses: Ray-Ban This […]
STYLE
2 Ways to Wear an Orange Shirt and a Blazer
With stripes and distressed denim: Navy Blazer: J Crew (worn with a hooded sweatshirt in this post and a concert tee and distressed mini in this one) Striped Sweatshirt, Orange Button-Down Shirt, and Anchor Belt: J Crew Slightly Distressed Jeans: Club Monaco Boots: Ecco With a cardi and hunter green pants: Blazer: Zara (worn […]
FOOD
Bacon, Arugula, and Heirloom Tomato Sandwich
Buttermilk Kitchen, one of my favorite local breakfast spots (Alon’s is the other one :-)), offered bacon, arugula, heirloom tomato, and house-made cheese sandwiches as a special recently. They were SO good that I had to try my hand at making them at home. I did not have any house-made […]
LOCAL
Atlanta Botanical Garden
There’s something about being in nature – being safely in nature, I should specify… I’m not really interested in hiking the untamed, uncharted wilderness or anything even remotely like that – that is incredibly calming and inspiring to me. Wandering through the Atlanta Botanical Garden surrounded by flowers in bloom […]
STYLE
2 Ways to Wear Hunter Green and Olive
Tone-on-tone: Houndstooth Sweater and Pants: J Crew White Button Down Shirt: Theory Jacket: Madewell Boots: Ecco With stripes and a pop of pink: Pink Striped Shirt: J Crew (paired with floral shorts here) Belt: J Crew Jeans: Denim & Supply Ralph Lauren
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Book: The Compound Effect
I just finished reading The Compound Effect, and it was exactly the straight-up-no-chaser, real talk type of informational book I needed to kickstart and maintain some sustained, positive changes in my life. The simple premise of the book is that small, seemingly negligible choices made consistently over time will create […]
FOOD
Green Smoothie: Super Greens, Pear, Banana, Grape
Ingredients: makes 1 large smoothie 1 cup seedless green grapes 1 pear, chopped 1 banana (essential to tame the bite of the arugula: I left it out once and did NOT like the result) 1 1/2 – 2 cups super greens 1/2 – 1 teaspoon honey (optional) Add ingredients to blender […]
