oh hey, hi!

hey it's been a while! hoping you are enjoying the heck out of your weekend!

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i have been busssssssssy at work, it's that time of year at harvard. also changing jobs, so lots going on the past month! i may write a more personal post about that soon. i experienced sensations about job stuff/change that i didn't think i would. ok, enough about that for now.

my son is with me this weekend so we are off to the beach today to lay like a lump and watch the waves. that's it! and some fun finds from around the world wide web:

these pretties for the kitchen. and this pillow in pale pink.

veeeeeery into earthy sunset colors right now, so these sheets might be my next splurge. plus this furniture line, i could go crazy.

camping this summer? take along this suitcase grill.

yum.

this commencement speech is perfection.

these freshwater pearl drop earrings are gorgeous.

i'm currently reading this. have you heard him speak to oprah here? reminders we all need to hear.

and just picked up this book. can't wait. read more about the author here.

get married in a national park, amazing idea.

these pillow chairs are super fun for summer.

this floor lamp is a statement piece.

the most beautiful console i've ever seen.

a very wow kitchen table set.

a pretty kitchen backsplash.

loving this one piece swimsuit.

what? i want my office to feel like a vacation too!

are we forgetting how to cook our own food?

if you are in the mood for a chunky sandal, these are super pretty (but um, that price).

an oozy boozy gorgeous commercial interior.

such precious things here, my favorite is the noah the whale rattle.

omg these ice cream cones! i seriously want one!

enjoy!

happy mother's day weekend!

💓happy mother's day! to my guy who i love goofing around with (he can make the BEST faces)...

what are your mother's day plans? i am lounging around the house (rare!), but plan on taking a spring walk, shopping for a gift for a friend and watching this (go celtics! i hope that your mother's day is everything that you want it to be.

and for a fun weekend, some finds to share from around the world wide web:

these pink wedges are divine.

these black slides are super cute too.

gah! this white blouse is everything!

want this bikini.

i'm still a sucker for the pink phase we all just experienced.

a lovely bench loveseat.

a gorgeous summer dress.

this white velvet lounge chair is💋

this swirl pendant light!

for your desk.

soaps like crystals.

feeling this hair style.

vacation inspiration.

for the love of built in furniture.

kind of really liking this sun hat for the beach.

loving this do it yourself for the table.

this wooden still/side table is perfection.

etsy (vintage) love!

even more etsy love.

maps on walls are just so great.

ooh this wallpaper!

i keep hearing amazing takeaways from this book. have you read it?

bold in turquoise for summer.

just love this dress so much.

just bought airline tickets to here to start a summer road trip.

yum.

and for this weekend, i could use some forest bathing. it's a thing.

enjoy!

have a fantastic (long) weekend!

hey! you made it to the long weekend! what are you up to? anything fun?

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i'm attempting to pack this weekend with all things that make me feel happy. i just saw him last night (ahhhhmazing!), really want to see the florida project, and my son is coming up to stay for the weekend, might hop on this, then hop off and grab dinner. can't wait.

i hope that your weekend is everything that you want it to be! and it's friday saturday, so some fun finds from around the world wide web:

i take candid photos while i'm on the train heading to boston most days, so of course i love this nyc series! and he has a book!

mad for this cropped cable cardi in jungle green...(um, but not the price).

she's launching a bedding line, can't wait!

his stunning armchair in white linen.

cute.

this primary colors night light is just the best.

i just really like these.

bead loving.

a super fun rainbow shelf.

what he is doing with venetian glass.

i'm kind of really into sweatshirt dresses for fall. this one looks super comfy (& cute!).

love her "everyday" napkins.

the prettiest doormat.

my beach blanket for next summer.

speaking of loving summer, i just purchased this surf shacks coffee table book. beachy goodness.

would wear this "day heel" everyday. want one in every color!

loving this simple wine glass set.

i like it spiked.

anyone who knows me knows that i'm a smoothie junkie, so this is dangerous.

these african sisal utility baskets, i could use these everywhere at home!

simple, beautiful.

no.

organic play dough.

want this prism top, bad.

to add to my current cheeseboard loving craze.

these origins earrings are do die for.

just a really fun iphone case.
enjoy!

have a relaxing weekend

happy weekend! what are you up to this weekend? anything fun?

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you'll find me reading this and sipping coffee in bed this weekend. in and around that, i'm taking my son to dinner, (hoping for greek food here), revisiting my fall clothes out of storage, and walking & watching the leaves begin to change here. i hope that your weekend is everything that you want it to be...

and it's friday saturday, so some fun finds from around the world wide web:

veeeeeery into velvet this fall. this blazer, add it to the list.

would love to put this away for next summer.

loving every inch of this space.

a seriously wow chaise.

i really like her lines.

head over heels for this line too. i mean those blouses?! i want every single one.

a woven viking beard for kids, so fun!

super fun sweater shorts for fall.

this print.

these herring plates, pure love.

very cool new jewelry line.

when thinking about design, creating, inspiration, i love this, this week.

lovely vases.

yum.

add in fig, and i could eat this for dinner. seriously.

imagine eating here?

SO much goodness here.

these vintage sketches, to die for.

these wall sconces, and named after my favorite jazz artist.

ooh and this wall light, amazing.

ok, one last one.

this moon garland.

i wish that this painting wasn't sold.

look up.

loved this, this week too...on the art of telling stories.
enjoy!

sunday & angelique kidjo.

when my son was little, and as we drove in the car, i wore out bob marley & the wailers cd's. it was all he wanted to listen to. funny how such young people can already be drawn to very specific sounds & styles of music. i love this version today, already dancing around the house to it...

enjoy!

out with the whales.

i seem to be posting less about design this week and more about summer. if you'll indulge me, here are a few (and, ahem, i took a alot a ton more than this!) images of my day with the whales yesterday...

it was seriously one of those picture perfect days for boating, and whale watching. clear, calm, clear...so the whales were very easy to spot and to really see detail. they were known in the area to the boat's captain, he knew their names. some had calves, some were resting, some were playful. it was a perfect day on the water.

and i have to say, being out there, as cliche as it seems, with no cell phone, no computer to check, nothing but watching, listening, breathing, well man oh man it did me wonders. it was actually quite theraputic. maybe i'm in the wrong profession i thought at times, (half jokingly, half not). maybe out on the water is where it's at? well it was for me, if only for one day. enjoy!

have a great monday!

i'm off today, and so is my son. so...we are headed out on a whale watch cruise to see what we can see...

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my camera battery is charging and if we (cross our fingers!) see beaucoup amounts of whales and who knows what else, i'll be sharing for sure.

to start your week, here are a few fun things from around the web i spotted over the weekend.


imagine if your hotel balcony looked like this?

i think these are pretty enough to leave on all summer.

these would make interesting coffee tables.

a cool paris apartment.

loving these high tops.

a clever storage rack.

um, now that's a skylight.

33 incredible hammocks (loving #6, and #9).

going old fashioned on bathing suit style.

a perfect summer couch.

these (at least to me!) look delish!

today life feels pretty fantastic. have a great start to your week everyone! enjoy...

hello friday!

i hope that you have a great friday, and an even better weekend!

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what are you up to? anything fun? i won tickets on a radio station to this event. it sounds spectacular and perfect in remembering my dad this weekend as he worked with flowers all of his life. it would make for a beautiful father's day even though he can't be with me.

i'll be sure to take some photos and share them next week. hmmm, sipping champagne, listening to jazz music and viewing all of those amazing gardens and flower arrangements? sounds perfect. i hope that you have the best weekend ever! enjoy!

monday and isi.

i hadn't planned on stopping at a yard sale yesterday but there it was, on my way down to spend a couple of hours on the beach. the chairs stopped me, they were cast metal, off white and simulated bamboo. oh and they swivelled. cool right? they were part of a set of 4 with a table. my deck is tiny, so i only needed 2. she would not part with just 2. darn.

so my summer chair search continues. this spanish line offered up by isi stopped me today. the lines, the fun sherbet colors, the simplicity yet loungability of them (yes i made up that word). they are just kind of perfectly cool, the whole line. i thought i'd share them this monday!

how was your weekend? i discovered that my favorite fried fish restaurant (conveniently within walking distance from my house) makes amazing fish tacos with a spicy yogurt dressing, grilled corn, fresh tomatoes, & cabbage. not. even. funny. delish. so. i ate one for lunch and took my son straight back there for dinner after his summer job ended. 2 fish tacos in one day? that's what i'm talking about. have a great start to a brand new week friends. enjoy!

my graduation day.

if you are interested, i'd thought i'd share just a few snippets of my harvard graduation that took place last thursday. it was a day to remember to say the least...

my son was taking photos and i seemed to be waving at him every chance i got, which was fun! i'm not sure where to start about how i was feeling that day either, but proud is definitely one word i would choose. getting to this point, of finally receiving my graduate degree was at times, fulfilling, at times daunting, and at times it seemed as if it was never going to happen.

someone asked me the other day, (a woman who was thinking of going back to college), how did i do it? how did i do it while working, while life gets in the way, or just how did i have the energy or determination to start, never mind go through all of the work and finish? the only answer i could offer was that you have to want it. but then i started thinking about that statement and it's true of everything right? to get to the position job-wise in life that you want to be? to end up in particular relationships that you want to be in? to just get to all of those places that you want to be, you have to plain want it. once you get to that point, of truly wanting something, all of the other stuff in life somehow stays on the outskirts, on the peripheral.

maybe i'll be able to clarify more at some point how i'm feeling right now. but for now, i'll leave you with what i wrote in my harvard thesis acknowledgement: "i want to thank harvard university, for i have never before been as nervous, inspired, enthused, and tested with regard to my education. i feel privileged to have spent every minute of the day and night in the presence of my harvard professors. to have spent many hours on the grounds of an institution that has educated presidents and many of the world's most innovative and provocative scholars, philanthropists, and changers of the world, i am forever honored."

enjoy!

here's to the weekend!

happy friday friends, have a super relaxing weekend too!

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it's been another whirlwind week.

but here's to things i'm looking forward to: my graduate graduation is next week. on that note, i'm staying overnight in boston that night, eating at my favorite restaurant, and just taking it all in.

the weather is (sort of) warming up in my part of the world, i'm looking forward to morning runs as the sun comes up (and waving each morning to an elderly gentleman who sits in his car, in the same spot, ever. single. morning. to watch the sun rise.) it wouldn't be my morning run without him waving to me.

my son is home from college so i'm sucking up lots of time with him.

i've discovered this, THE best chocolate chip cookie recipe. i'm NOT kidding, this comes out completely perfect. EVERY TIME. (even the chocolate chips are nice and large, and the chocolate is such good quality). i make the dough every sunday lately (i know right?) and leave the dough covered in the fridge for the week and make them at will in the oven. (i know right?). yeah.

i'm feeling strung out and invigorated at the same time lately. is that strange? i don't know. i guess it's what is invigorating you that's important.

so here's to the weekend! to you! to all of us! enjoy...

the weekend!

this month is starting out beyond words busy, like i said i think everything and everyone is kicking into high gear all around me...

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i came home during the middle of the day yesterday and layed straight out on my tiny deck with no furniture...i layed right there on the deck, on the wood, flat as a pancake and just felt the sun on my face for a while. sometimes it's the simple things that get you through the day.

i'm picking up my son from college today, and plan on driving slow and listening to some music to get in the weekend mood on the way up. what do you have planned? anything fun?

it's almost getting instantly warm here so i'll already be changing a few winter to summer clothes around, but thankfully of course! i feel like i need a giant dinner soon to rejuvenate, so that's on the menu too. wherever you go, whatever you do, enjoy!