Archive for May, 2008

inspiration in the strangest places!

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Sometimes inspiration just pops up in the strangest places. Here I was looking for any sort of color scheme to tie together Martha Stewart’s Rosemary colored-paint with SOMETHING, and along comes this gorgeous painting from Jen Lobo as I browse Creature Comforts today.
The plan is to paint one wall in this [...]

it’s out of the box!

shh…. don’t tell Mr. M that I unpacked it! Pistachio KitchenAid goodness!!! I must resist the urge to bake until we get some more unpacking done.
But seriously…. new cookie sheets and a new mixer…. why oh why can’t I start today!

life without Tivo

Some people said it couldn’t be done… and yet, we did. Nine long months without our little pop-up menu friend to save us from inane programs found throughout a strike-induced television world.
We watched too many episodes of “My Dad is Better than Your Dad!” and Mr. M fell in love with HGTV. We learned to [...]

well designed advice

Advice to Sink in Slowly is a wonderful British poster shop with great posters for your non-traditional office walls. At only £5, they’re still relatively affordable for those across the pond. I love the patchwork brain above, as well as the good sage advice in the posters below!

memories of Carolina

Mr. M and I had a great time in North Carolina over the long weekend and escaped from California for the first time since Christmas. We got in our history lesson visiting the USS North Carolina (p.s. they had both an ice cream shop AND a letterpress aboard… sign me up for the Navy!), had [...]

memphis

memphis the sleeping dog

Without the friends (& roommates) that we had in LA, we’ve been “forced” to get Memphis some fancier digs for our trips away. As she did when we went to Tahoe, she went back to the Wag Hotel, a swanky establishment in West Sacramento with 24-hour pick-up/drop-off and pool time.
She got [...]