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Category Archives: Books
Holiday Gift Guide December 9th
Today’s Gift Guide installment is inspired by the last, oh, week or so of my life, in which my most-beloved laptop decided that it might not like to work quite so hard and reliably any more, and so began misbehaving. … Continue reading
Holiday Gift Guide Day ?
We got a little bit off-track with our days, but whatever. It’s the thought that counts, you know? For the purposes of this gift guide there are two kinds of people in the world: those who have read … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Pure Miscellany
Tagged charles dickens, kate spade, penguin classics (red), south park
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Sunday Book Review: The Handbook of Style
As a rule, I don’t recommend books that are mere compilations of magazine articles. They are usually poorly edited, and tend to appeal mainly to the audience that already subscribes to the print publication. Those readers are in on all of … Continue reading
Holiday Gift Guide Day 3
You know better than to be the person who says in their old age, “I should have learned how to cook.” However, if you know someone who doesn’t cook, save them from that frustrating realization by giving them this new … Continue reading
Holiday Gift Guide: Day 1
Holiday Gift Guide Day 1 by lauravs featuring booties shoes Just in time for so-called “Cyber Monday” (aka Carpal-Tunnel Mania), we humbly present, for your consideration, our take on the Holiday Gift Guide. Every day until December 24th we’ll … Continue reading
back in black
Picture-taking today started outside but I started melting pretty much right away so we moved the operation into my study room where I stood in front of the vent and mainlined iced tea. I’d probably have done better to bathe … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Hers, Outfits
Tagged frank gehry for tiffany, joie, marc by marc jacobs, movado, twitchy, william manchester
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puppy love
Just the one picture for today’s post ~ one that perfectly depicts how we spent the morning: trip to the dog park, wander through the farmer’s market, lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant and a stop-in at the used book … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Hers, Outfits
Tagged animal defense league, birkenstock, coach, movado, petfinder, tammy, target, ten thousand things, vince
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chop chop
Right, so, yesterday was Bastille Day and even though I’m late posting these pictures, you can rest assured that I did in fact dress up specifically for the occasion in tricolor (and a couple of my favorite French accessories). I wish … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Hers, Outfits
Tagged chanel, coach, hilary mantel, james avery, jenny uglow, loft, longchamp, moleskine, movado, simon schama, target, vintage, waterstone's
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a new look
I made an actual effort to get dressed the other day, helped along by this pinstriped trench I picked up at the Paul Smith sample sale. I wasn’t very familiar with Paul Smith before we came to London, but his … Continue reading
