Kitchen Must-Have

To ensure that my meals are next-level-delicious WHILE being totally respectful to my bank account AND easy to accomplish with my workaholic schedule, I pre-ordered the Working Class Foodies cookbook by Rebecca Lando. Lando is a culinary genius and is always the cool chick who arrives casually to a party with the most delectable dish in hand. This book gets us all one step closer to being that girl. In the meantime, you can watch her excellent recipes live in video form here.

// More: Rebecca and I make vegetarian pot pies. //

Double Rainbow

This is the most amazing thing I've ever seen. Thank you Refinery29 for bringing it to my attention, as I have yet to dive into the madness of Reddit.

Last Night's Dinner

Lemon tilapia / Sauteed brussel sprouts / Organic vine ripened tomatoes

10 Beachy Home Decor Ideas

I am FEELING a deep aching need for a beach vacation in my bones right now but sadly have nothing of that nature on "the books". Until I figure out that ole' chestnut, let's gaze dreamily at the beachy elements in my bathroom and just pretend.

Non-beachy but rad: the chevron vintage cabinet that I refurbished on Curbly.

10 Beach Decor Ideas:

+ A DIY Nautical lamp that I made on CRAFT.

+ A bamboo raft photograph taken in Thailand by Ben Freshman.

+ A vase filled with collected shells and rocks from the beaches you've traveled to. In mine I have  remnants collected from Siesta Key, Florida / Maine / Portugal / Lewes, Delaware / Cabin Point / and Montauk over the last 15 years.

+ A vintage black and white photograph of someone elses's beach house that I bought on ebay. Apparently, I am okay with having old photographs of strangers in my intimate spaces. 

 + A photo of my mom in college in a tropical South Moon Under frame. South Moon Under was always my sister's and my favorite store off of the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk.

+ Woven fans from World Market.

+ Ikat shower curtain from World Market.

+ Blown glass orbs with little fish inside. My dear friend Dejon gave me these and they have very sentimental value.

+ A vintage Latin astronomy print that my stepdad had framed and gave to Will for Christmas a couple of years ago. Star-gazing is my favorite night-time beach activity, by far, so anything astronomy feels like I am laying on the sand at night to me.

+ A vintage nautical oil lamp that I bought in Lewes, Delaware donned with Christmas lights because it's just ALWAYS the season for Christmas lights.

Robed Grace

Just because. 

You know you are flirting with summer when...

+ All of the windows in the house are open, the big fan is sending a cool breeze through the space, and your dogs choose to sleep on the hard wood floor instead of curled up in bed.

+ Instead of cozy sweaters you are dreaming of bathing suits.

+ You make your first Favorite Summer Juice of the season. Mmmmm piiiineapple.

Ate This/Bought This/Watched This

This cold and rainy weekend I...

Ate this at Brooklyn Seoul.

Bought this by Himo Art.

Coveted this Vanessa Mooney necklace.

Watched this eerily beautiful mini-series.

Plans

Trying to handle this.

Going to go here.

Making this for my next dinner party.

Watching this documentary recommended by Joanna.

Listening to this while reading in bed.

Photos via Buzzfeed 

Project Runway Video

I made a fun little video to document my Project Runway moment earlier this month. I was asked to come up with 3 home decor pieces in 3 days using sheets of Duck Tape and the Cricut cutter. I was them to show them at the Duck Tape Pop-Up Shop in Manhattan alongside this season's Project Runway contestant's and their Duck Tape Prom Dresses. It was a fun and fabulous day with favorites like the winner of this season's Project Runway Michelle Franklin, Seventeen Magazine, and more. Check out the video and see what I came up with in the short time-frame and the challenging rules.

Embroidery Hoop Parade

I am pleased and proud to have been asked to be a part of the launch of Well Rounded NY, the urban blog for cool moms. Knowing that expectant mothers and parents of little kids don't have two minutes to rub together, I came up with a DIY Embroidery Hoop Animal Parade that is so quick and easy, it fits into the even-a-pregnant-mom-of-a-toddler-could-find-time-to-make-it category. Make just one for your favorite tyke or create a statement wall hanging several of them in a cluster at different lengths.