Metropolitan Home is done for.
ANOTHER ONE. You’ve got to be f-ing kidding me. And yet Log Home Living continues circulation….someone please explian this to me because I DO NOT FOLLOW.
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I am going to a fashion show tomorrow night for Boston Fashion Week and guess what? I have NOTHING. TO. WEAR. It’s really frustrating because I know exactly what I want to wear but don’t have the $$$ for it nor the time to shop! So I am torturing myself by sitting here creating the outfits I would wear if I had the time to put them together (or was Gwyneth Paltrow). Suffer with me, people….
A cobalt blue belted mini dress with tights and booties….
Event Outfit 1 by elementsofstyle featuring Miu Miu
Or a more casual look with decontructed denim, a sequin tank and sharp black accessories:
Inspired by this article, I began to think about how these days people are often having to consider what their “Plan B” in life might be. Layoffs and budget cuts typically leave their victims one of two ways- devastated and immobile or inspired to make change and see what else is out there for them beyond the expected. This article in Psychology Today was particularly interesting and I wanted to share it with you while I pondered what my “plan B” would be…. it’s kind of fun to think about, no? A little bit of an escape fantasy!
I think moving to a sunny, beachy island and running a B&B like India Hicks would be perfection…granted, that might take a little capital! Oh how charmed her life appears (and her home- yes, please)…
…or maybe moving to the quiet countryside here in New England and opening a sweet little bakery (like the folks at Heaven, which I posted about here.)
…or be a yoga teacher and live a more spritual life (and a fab Indian inspired home too…of course).
…or scrap everything and move to Paris, work in a boutique while writing and painting at the same time.
So what would your dream Plan B be???
images via Cookie Magazine,Apartment Therapy, Point Click Home, LivingEtc, Flickr
I actually WILL be in NYC this weekend, but won’t be able to make it to this but thought you all should know about it in case you are in the area and free! Domino staffers and designers are puttin’ all their gorgeous photo-shoot goodies up for sale on Saturday! Check the article here for more info and the address!
Kinda sad, no? Such a revolutionary, beloved publication reduced to having a yard sale?
This economic meltdown is for the BIRDS.
I love John Stewart’s title for it “Clusterf*ck to the Poor House”. So true, John. So true.
God, I miss Cottage Living.
I was flipping through the back issues I’d saved this weekend and felt a big ol’ tear about ready to form…. I loved than damn publication! Looking through those old issues combined with the warm sunny weather and green things popping up in my mini-garden made me want a cottage. But I want one close enough to the city that I can still do stuff.
But I also want to be near water.
And I want it to be a bungalow with good bones.
And it has to be under half a million bucks.
Hmmmm, somehow I think if I typed those parameters into MLS a pop up would flash on screen with the words “you are a delusional idiot”. So instead I played my favorite self-torture game- looking at real estate where it’s actually affordable. In places like the Carolinas, Texas, Georgia, Alabama…where you can get a perfectly adorable bungalow cottage for a reasonable price and places there is probably no chance I’ll move to! I spent two hours this weekend doing that, and I HIGHLY recommend it if you want to depress the hell out of yourself. :)
Anyways, some yummy images from Cottage Living, may she rest in peace (and resurface when this economy decides to leave us alone.)
My husband sent me the link to this resort on the Seychelles called North Island last Friday and I literally almost dropped my afternoon coffee while perusing the website. I had to share, on this gloomy Boston morning- even though I cry a little when I look at the photos. Woe is NOT me however, since I’ll be in the Turks & Caicos in a mere two weeks and could not be more thrilled. In the meantime I’ll try to get in an island state of mind by obsessing over the gorgeousness of the design of this hotel (oh, and the views)…
Turquoise and orange towels? Hello….
The villas are incredible, as they should be for the jaw dropping price that they charge (I warn you, don’t look, it’s really terrifying- although maybe they’ll deal now).
Open aired and the perfect blend of simplicity, rustic chic and luxury…
I love the mix of island casual with sleek modern furniture…
COuld there be a better place for a soak in the tub? I think not!
Places to lay in t he sun… loving the inventive woven canopy at right.
This is not what my morning shower will look like, sadly.
Do you want to kill me for showing you these pictures? Because I’m a little upset with myself too. The spa looks like just what I need right now (note the strung stones as a privacy curtain? Incredible!)
Even the little bottles of bubble bath are a sight to see!
It’s been a gloomy, damp week here in Boston and I am FED UP, I tell you. Every February/March I go on a “why the hell do I CHOOSE to live here??” tirade (super fun for Andrew to listen to annually) and imagine life in sunnier, warmer climates. Alas, I am a New Englander born and bred and this comes with the territory- we bitch and moan but never, ever leave. As Linda Richmond would say “discuss”…
If only the economy wasn’t in the crapper I might be able to take a short break from all this doom and gloom and run off to one of my top “places I want to go”,Las Ventanas al Paraiso.
I’ve been drooling over this place for years- the whitewashed exteriors, thatched roofs, clustered tin star chandeliers… *le sigh*
I’ve been drooling over this place for years- the whitewashed exteriors, thatched roofs, clustered tin star chandeliers… *le sigh*
Even the tablecloths are mexican chic- recognize them ? Domino would approve, may she rest in peace…
The pictures below kind of make me want to kill myself.
Love the headboard (same shape as this Adler number, no?) and the simple, antiqued, authentic look of the rooms.
The blue and white vase reminds me of M. Weinrib’s Amagansett pattern…
They even set up doggy cabanas next to your lounger by the pool- and offer doggy spa services (that guy must be like “Really? Is this my job?”) Baxter and Ollie would be in heaven (and so would their mommy, as she sips fine tequila in the sun…)
Calgon, take me away….
Cottage Living is done for! Read here- Time Inc. has decided to shut it down.
I literally want to cry.
THIS SUCKS.
