Evacu-ista

Looks like I'm falling into a blogging habit of taking the summer off and checking back in just time for a hurricane.  C'mon Irene.... turn East!!  Good opportunity to break out the "foul weather gear" as we pull in the rockers and board up the windows!  Hope you are all well, can't wait to check in with you now that we are back inland and have 'inter webs' access!


Heavy duty raincoat and boots, check.
flashlight and LOTS of extra batteries, check.
bottled water out the wazoo, check.
snacks, check.
magazines and charged up Kindle, check.
wine, check... whew.

Evacu-ista by troisrois featuring printed totes

Hunter wellington rubber boots
$125 - zappos.com

Anya Hindmarch printed tote
€118 - my-wardrobe.com

Amazon.com: Maglite M2A01H AA Mini Flashlight and Holster Combo-Pack,...
$11 - amazon.com

The North Face 'Resolve' Rain Jacket (Big Boys) Old Yellow Large
$60 - nordstrom.com

S.PELLEGRINO x BVLGARI Sparkling mineral water
€6,20 - colette.fr

The Hampton Popcorn Company™ "Caramel Corn" Special Edition Tin, 1...
$18 - bloomingdales.com

Easter Break

We are off to Florida for a week.  Starting here:

to enjoy some of this:

then further South to pick some of these:

and listen to this:

Have a safe and happy Easter!

Fruits De Mer Party

Pottery Barn entertaining:

Genius.  Printables, personalized invites, itunes playlists, recipes, all at your fingertips!

and they're free.

http://www.potterybarn.com/stylehouse/entertain/Fruits-De-Mer-Overview.html

go HERE for the complete list of party ideas!

enjoy!

Catholic? Easy Lenten Friday meals!

Perfect Halibut over Spinach : Recipes : do it Delicious

and how about Jessica Seinfeld's skin?  Beautiful. Oh, and kitchen? Beautiful.

Hello, Lover

60 and raining....

These cool spring days my thoughts always turn to the beach... ooh to have unlimited funds!  All images 




from Alys Beach.  And the best news.... all these homes are for sale!!

A tip and an invitation

Don't you hate it when you get home from Whole Foods and in just 15 minutes your flowers have wilted.  Two hydrangeas popped right back up but the third still looked like this after 2 hours in fresh water.  A trick is to boil some water, then make a fresh cut on the wilted offender.  Now dip the stem into the boiling water (after it has been poured into a cup) for 30 seconds, then replace into room temperature water.  Stay tuned.

ONTO  THE INVITE!

A friend of mine received this and shared it with me. 

  

An evening with Oscar....swoon.

and Miles Redd, swoon swoon.

and possibly the best part?  Each Honoree had a special reception at a fabulous Charlotte home like this one.  That you would GET TO GO INSIDE OF!!!!!

Sadly, this evening was cost prohibitive for me to attend.  I may just dress up and have a glass of wine in reverence.  Oh.... and my trick.... in the time in took me to take the photos, upload to iphoto and the blog:

VOILA!!!!!!

More rainy day shopping

If the sun doesn't come out soon I'm going to be bankrupt ;).  In my defense, I've been toiling in the garden for almost 2 weeks nonstop, and with my youngest still in pre school, I only get about 2 1/2 hours to myself a day, so my damage time is minimal.

This time my "target" was TJ Maxx, I really went in to return some flip flops but I got a little sidetracked.
My first find was this Two's Company silver embellished, footed shell.  I love that it has so many uses.

Also hit the jackpot in the soaps and lotion department

And some goodies I passed on, these boxes were so cute but the soaps inside did not smell very good, I was proud of myself for walking away because I am such a sucker for packaging and my mind is so on the beach right now.

I also passed on these gorgeous gray eyelet shorts from J. Crack, but I'll be stalking them on the sale 

 rack!

Here's hoping the sun comes out tomorrow, I need to get my peonies and boxwoods in the ground!