Weekend Top 5: Back Home
May 28, 2012 at 5:50 pm | Posted in Children's Activities, Daily Life | Leave a commentAfter 14 hours in the air and a 9-hour car drive, we’re finally back home! Memorial Day was spent relaxing and doing chores, but we also managed a quick visit to the neighborhood spray park and enjoyed a home-cooked meal – our first in over a week. So good to be home!
Some of our Paris bounty
Jenna and Daddy make a map of Paris
Jenna’s Souvenir: Play Macaroons
Battle at the water park
Grilled Veggies
Friday Favorites: Paris Shopping
May 24, 2012 at 10:05 pm | Posted in Travel | Leave a commentTags: paris, shopping
We’ve had a great week in Paris, and I have to admit, one of the best parts has definitely been the shopping. It’s so much fun to explore the city and find new things. Although I made a list of stores to visit (Merci, COS, and Le Petit Atelier de Paris among them), most of our shopping has been more about happening upon a place by accident than following an itinerary. And that’s definitely been part of the fun.
Here are a few of our favorite ‘discoveries.’
Fleux
Located in the Marais, Fleux is my absolute favorite by far. It looks small from the outside, but inside is a vast array of home furnishings and design objects. If I were granted a spending spree in any store in the city, I would run immediately to Fleux.
Le Case de Cousin Paul
This tiny shop is located in Montmartre, just down the street from the apartment we rented. I wanted so much to buy Jenna a strand of lights here, but between the transport home and the necessary electricity conversion, it seemed a bit too complicated. But these lights are absolutely gorgeous and very reasonably priced.
BHV
Unlike most of my favorites, BHV is a large department store. In addition to clothing and housewares, however, they have an entire floor dedicated to office and craft supplies. I love my local Michael’s store, so you can bet I absolutely went crazy here. Even the most basic school notebooks are cool!
Muji
Muji is like a Japanese version of The Container Store, but with a better curated collection and an impressive focus on the tiniest of details. Like at BHV, I pretty much went crazy over the notebooks.
Happy Weekend!
Paris + Pompidou
May 22, 2012 at 8:15 am | Posted in Travel | Leave a commentTags: art, paris
When I was in college, I had the opportunity to study in Paris, and as an art history major, it was pretty perfect. Much of my time was spent roaming the halls of the Paris museums. One of my favorites, by far, was Centre Pompidou.
Yesterday was crazy rainy in Paris, and we pretty much spent the whole day exploring the galleries of 20th century art.
Me and Joan Mitchell
An Installation
Alexander Calder Mobile
Escalator
Contemporary Art Galleries
Furniture Installation
Centre Pompidou Main Floor
Scenes from the Paris Flea Market
May 21, 2012 at 1:30 pm | Posted in Travel | 4 CommentsTags: paris, travel
We had an awesome first day in Paris. The predicted rain was little more than a 5-minute shower during our walk from the metro to the marche aux puces, and the remainder of the day was perfect.
Here are a few photos from the flea market at Porte de Clignacourt:
A Bientôt
May 18, 2012 at 6:18 am | Posted in Travel | 4 CommentsTags: paris
I’m heading out this weekend on an amazing trip. I can’t wait!! I’ll be sharing lots of photos via Instagram, so please follow me if you’d like to view a few scenes from Paris throughout the week.
I Heart: Paris in the Rain
May 16, 2012 at 5:45 am | Posted in Clothing, Travel | 4 CommentsTags: outfits, paris
The forecast for Paris next week: rainy and cool. While I’m a little bummed by the weather outlook, I’m happy to report that it’s making my packing a little easier. Looks like I won’t be wearing my new flatform sandals or any pretty spring skirts. Instead, I’ll be hiding under a trench coat, which means my packing list will pretty much consist of jeans, comfy flats and a few basic tops.
Something along the lines of this:
Trench Coat, Crew Sweater, Striped T, Bright Pink Blouse, Skinny Jeans, Large Tote, Nude Flats, Ankle Strap Black Flats
An Alice-in-Wonderland-Inspired Tea Party
May 14, 2012 at 6:05 am | Posted in Children's Activities, Parties & Holidays | 7 CommentsTags: alice in wonderland, tea party
We celebrated Jenna’s 4th birthday this weekend with an Alice-in-Wonderland-inspired tea party. When I asked her later that night what her favorite part was, she said ‘the goody bags,’ which was hysterical to me because 1) she didn’t actually receive a goody bag and 2) the goody bags were the one thing I didn’t get a picture of. Oh well. Here are the things I did manage to photograph:
The outdoor Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
The teacup cake, inspired by this adorable cake
Playing tea party
Jenna as the Cheshire Cat and the Queen
Tea Party Photo Booth
Outdoor tea party set-up and Jenna blowing out the candles
We served fruit, cookies and petit-fours
Lots of petit-fours
Jason as the Mad Hatter
A game of croquet at the Queen’s Court
Tea for mommies and daddies
Jenna as the Queen, sitting on her new throne
Pre-party dress rehearsal, which turned out to be the only time she would wear the dress
The invitations and thank you cards, which you can download here.
Friday Favorites
May 11, 2012 at 6:45 am | Posted in Daily Life, Design | 2 Comments
Me and my mom (in the 70s)
Some favorites from my week:
- It’s mother’s day weekend, so maybe your family members will sport one of these in your honor.
- J+J would love to have this in our neighborhood.
- I’ll be using this how-to to help me pack for our upcoming vacation.
- I thought this was an interesting summary of the mommy blogger phenomenon.
- I always love a low-tech take on high-tech toys.
- What if Instagram became a real camera?
Happy Mother’s Day Weekend!
Creative Captures Week 5: Perspective
May 8, 2012 at 6:35 am | Posted in photography | 4 CommentsTags: perspective, photography
Last week was the final week in my photography class. The assignment was related to perspective and how shooting from different angles and at different heights can add visual interest to an image. For this assignment, I went to the Fort Worth Zoo and took a series of photos of architectural details. I shot most of these with my camera angled directly upward, and it turned out to be a fun exercise because I captured a lot of details that I would have otherwise missed.
Here’s my final submission:
Here are a few other photos from the series:
Juice Ice
May 7, 2012 at 6:46 am | Posted in Food | Leave a comment
Does Pinterest ever have an overly influential effect on you? Sometimes I see an idea for a recipe/craft/diy and feel absolutely compelled to try it myself. It’s much like watching a commercial for McDonalds and suddenly craving french fries. A couple of weeks ago I saw these ice cubes being pinned and repinned, and it wasn’t long before I was at the grocery store buying up a selection of juices in varying colors. While the original involved ingredients like Campari and Galliano, I limited mine to a mix of cranberry juice, apple cider and lemonade (since they were ostensibly for the kids). The results were pretty good … not french fry good, but refreshing on a hot summer day good.
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