Our friend Larry Schaeffer has opened a Silverlake branch of his West 3rd Street store OK. Check out the new location at 1724 1/2 Silverlake Blvd. It's a great spot for unique home accessories, art and design books, jewelry, gifts etc. And it was just featured in the New York Times Home and Garden Section! Read more
Saw this great little cat cabin in Readymade Magazine this month. It seems like every cat house, chaise, toy that is remotely stylish is ridiculously expensive.... yet still made out of cat-preferred corrugated cardboard. Well Marie-Pier Guilmain and Maud Beauchamp of Canada's Loyal Luxeagreed that these prices were ridiculous and came up with their own flat-packed version complete with antlers,... Read more
While in Beijing last week, I visited the new hotel (well, new-ish) Opposite House in Sanlitun. I remember when Sanlitun was just an alley with cheesy bars. Now there's Sanlitun Village and Opposite Houseall developed by Swire and Sanlitun Soho, another high end condo and shops development across the street. Sanlitun Village is replete with high end shopping and all sorts of dining options. And... Read more
While wandering around Dalian I came across the food court at the Qingniwaqiao Shopping Mall. The following sign made me cry out with glee!It says Sichuan Mala Tang Mian (which means Sichuan Numb Spicy Noodle Soup)Now, if you had been following my blog previously you know that Noodle Soup is quite possibly my favorite food - especially spicy noodle soup. The Sichuan region of China is known for... Read more
While in NY a few weeks ago, Scott and I stopped by one of our favorite stores. Fishs Eddyhas been a New York staple for quite a while. They started by repurposing and reselling vintage dinnerware and flatware from old hotels, cruiselines and airlines. Now they have their own line of fun flatware, dinnerware, dishtowels, etc. all with a sense of place a whimsical point of view. We bought these... Read more
So while in Beijing last week I had the opportunity to take some time for myself. I read about Tata Salonin Time Out Beijing and thought I'd give it a try. For less than $30 USD I was able to get a really good hair cut at a top notch salon. The guy spent 2 hours cutting my hair including a great head massage. And it's right at the north end of Worker's Stadium (Gongti Beimen), so you can hop on... Read more
We came back from our New York / NJ trip to find 2 peppers had grown from our pepper plant (unfortunately I was too rushed to take a photo, and Scott ate them while I was in China) and an artichoke growing on our artichoke plant! Actually there are two growing now.And look how the garden has taken off! Read more
This weekend we attended Eli and Becca's wedding at Congress Hall at Cape May on the Jersey Shore. The setting was quintessential old school beach town. Congress Hall which is the oldest beach resort on the East Coast has burned down and come back to life a few times. In it's current iteration, it was pure Nantucket meets Dorothy Draper.
Love the cute and clever beach themed table number cards... Read more
We leave to go to VACATION.First Princeton Reunions. Then New York - where I must stop to have a meal at Al di La in good ole Brooklyn - And if I'm really lucky I'll get some curry goat at Christie's Beef PattiesThen off to the Jersey Shore for a wedding. We are staying at this wonderful cottage. Read more
shhhhh...... this hasn't even hit Waterworks' website yet. The eponymous bathware line is launching a new line of plumbing products called Henry. I love the rubbed brass, the little finger indents and the refined yet industrial sense. They also have a new line of tiles (featured on the backsplash below) called Grove Brickworks that promises to give Heath Ceramics a run for their money. Read more
Along with hitting up the flea markets this past weekend with John Paul, we also patroned the new Pasadena gastropub Quadrupel Brasserie. So this is a little more upscale that your typical Father's Office type gastropub, but YUM. And the decor is so warm and inviting.They have a great selection of imported and local beers on tap as well as tons of wines and the food is to die for. Try the pork... Read more
John Paul was visiting from NYC this weekend, so we did a little flea market shopping. Along with the incredible 80's lucite lamp he scored (and had to haul back in his carry on), I got this fabulous brass wall-hung sculpture. Perfect for over the mantel. It still has to be hung up, instead of propped up, but we got inspired and did a little accessorizing. And found some other items from... Read more