Snow Day!

We got 25 inches in Philadelphia. What better time to drink good beer, throw together some lentil soup, and teach myself how to make bread?

jan 4

my thrifting take from yesterday. less than $40 total and from a secret spot a 10 minute walk from my apartment.





cross-country skiing love








it might seem silly to buy 4 heart-shaped cake pans when you live in less than 500 sq feet (with a husband and a dog and i often work from home), BUT they were only $1, they're not nonstick (i hate nonstick bakeware), and valentine's day is next week. i thought maybe i'd make some brownies or something. and then today i agreed to make phaea's wedding cake so triple-tiered heart-shaped chocolate cake with raspberry filling here i come.








cast iron trivet








a jar without a tight seal...perfect for holding sourdough starter








pretty ladies in pretty outfits








four cross-stitched linen napkins and a handsome wooden bowl








4 aluminum pie plates. i realized this summer at s&c's that it's stupid that i only have/had one pie plate. they store stacked and you often want to use more than one at a time. same goes for cooling racks.








lots and lots of buttons








i've been looking for a tasteful candlewick bedspread in decent shape for quite a while. this one is huge and will be like heaven on our bed this summer

feb 2

i've been sick quite a bit this last month and laying low at home whenever possible. i've watched a lot (for me) of movies and online tv. a nice surprise the other day was broken english. i didn't expect much, but it was sweet and included lots of nyc as well as paris. and falling in love in irresponsible ways. swoon. also, i'd like to wear every single one of parker posey's outfits and felt further encouraged to bring back my cute bangs of '07. maybe.

Crazy!

I thought about emailing this to everyone, but one of the purposes of this blog is to keep in touch, right? Hope it's okay that I'm sort of breaking our picture theme up with my word-posts.

I'm working with a Penn alumnus right now who shares the same last name as the two sisters who head up one of our favorite bands from Northampton. (Hint: the last name is the name of the band.) I hadn't made the connection despite the fact that he is a partner at a firm in DC, which is where these two ladies grew up. Low and behold, he's their dad! Totally cool!

jan 29

seymour antique company. love

jan 11-21

phoney

A question for my ladies: my little red smell phone is crapping out on me. It does the basic tricks that I need and it can make and receive calls (ain't it funny how that's the last function advertised for new phones?) but it's getting kinda crunchy in its old age (umm, just over a year). So I could use a new plain old phone, although I know I'd dig some kind of keyboard or something to make texting less of a pain in the arse.

The other thing - my Pod is about to be passed on to the mother-in-law. Just before Christmas, she expressed some interest in seeing what it's all about. Danny and I looked into getting her a new one, but we thought a touchscreen would be a little overwhelming and that a little minipod would be too little and a pain. So we decided on passing on my great big classic with the clicky wheely thingy - super easy to use, plenty of memory, and we can load it up with family photos and Irish music and whatever else.

So - I think you know where this is leading - I need a new Pod and a new phone. Whatever shall I do? Are any of you ladies podphoners? Are they stupid? Are they amazing? Are they can't live without it or get it the hell away from me? We're already hooked up with the right service provider, which happens to be the best service in AK (although I had TERRIBLE service the whole time I was in NYC). Danny says I should just get a touchscreen Pod and have a regular old phone. I say I dunno.

Welp, let me know. I'm hanging on your every word.