beach towels

Found (and love) these

beach towels in/on the new

Lonny.

Summer is here!

memorial day

A poppy is to remember.

Happy Memorial Day.

photo from here.

happy birthday mom

Today would have been 

my Mom's 76th birthday.

I miss you Mama

& 

Happy Birthday.
I love you!

Art found here.

another white kitchen

White kitchen love.

Open shelving love.

White dishes love.

Stainless steel love.

Toaster love.

Faucet love.

west elm kitchen

West Elm has a new kitchen line.

I like the measuring cups 

and that nice white pitcher.

Check out the whole line

here.

purl bee easy baby blanket

I have the yarn. 

I have the needles.

I have the beginners knitters app on my iphone.

I wish I had the time.

I will knit this blanket...

some sweet day.

From Purl Bee.

oh and I almost forgot.
I have the baby.

a perfect gray

I just stumbled upon a blog

all about the color gray.

It's called

A Perfect Gray.

Love.

Gray is the new white.

team charisse

This is my dear friend Charisse, 

photographer extraordinaire.

She has taken photos of both Everett 

(at Yale in the NICU)

and Piper at birth as well 

as all the perfect Christmas photos of my kids.

Right this minute she is at

Sloane Kettering in NYC 

getting ready for a

bone marrow transplant

next week to 

hopefully put the 

non-hodgkin’s lymphoma 

she was diagnosed with

7 1/2 years ago

into remission once and for all.

She has a blog,

TEAM CHARISSE.

Check it out.

If you can,

please make a donation to 

help with the huge cost.

You can do that

here.

Keep her in your thoughts.

oh and here she is with her boys!

titane tisane

Found these candles this past weekend.

I am so picky about what I smell.

This line of candles is divine.

My favorite is ST. JOHN'S WOOD.

Notes:

st john's wood: looking through the bent backed tulips. 

smoldering chimney smoke. dried vines & brick walls. 

EXACTLY!

You must check out the site.

If you want one...go here.

flower in my garden

We have this tall unusually beautiful
flower in our garden.

It's just about to bloom.

It's some kind of onion.

Does anyone know what it is?

Seen here.

smorgasburg

Now THIS sounds like fun.

A flea food market in WilliamsBURG, Brooklyn

starting May 21st.

Here is what to expect:

* 15-20 GrowNYC/Greenmarket farmers
* 100+ food vendors of every stripe (hot food, packaged goods, cheese/dairy, meat/fish, sweets, baked goods)
* A kids play area with weekly activities organized by Moomah
* A cool Kickstarter booth
* That beautiful skyline view, with access to East River State Park to the north and The Edge's public park to the south
* Easy access from both the Bedford Ave. L train and the new East River Ferry service at the North 5th St. pier (coming in June)

For more details and directions go

HERE.

cat found?

So funny.
This is for Jennifer.

She has the sweetest possum named

Pocket.

via you are the river

fish recipe

Another recipe for you.

I am loving the DOUBLE L's fresh fish.

You must go and buy whatever they have.

Halibut, Salmon or Cod...

just to name a few.

Lloyd told me how to grill 

the most perfect salmon.

Today I will pick up the halibut I reserved

and maybe make this!

It's a morrocan fish stew by that

Jamie Oliver

found on 

GOOP.

Jump on over to goop for the recipe.

summer

I can hardly wait for summer + the beach.

Covet Garden has a new issue out.

Very circa 1950.

Found this photo there though it's from here.

peonies

The peonies are coming!

I see them popping up

out of the spring ground.

My favorite flower.

This lovely photo

of a peony from our garden

last year,

was taken by my 

talented friend

Charisse Czaja.

our president

Nice work Mr. President.

Great photo from here.