Last winter, I wrote of my passion for Inhabit sweaters. They got me through my first freezing cold snow season in my little ski town, and they did so in style. Chic, classic and timeless style. With an edge. These sweaters are fantastic. I have a closet filled with them. I cannot live without a [...]

I have a lot of people in my life who, when it comes to gifting, stump me. Nearly every time. These are people who 1) have absolutely everything that they need, and 2) if they don’t have absolutely everything that they need, will go out any buy everything that they need. Humph. Some thoughts on [...]

I hate surprises. Don’t tell me that you have a surprise for me. And that I have to wait for it. Or anything remotely similar. Because I can’t wait. And I will tear up the house looking for whatever this surprise might be. Well, as it turns out, I don’t like to give surprises, either. [...]

I’ve been doing some preparation for this year’s holiday season. And it’s going to be very, very merry. This is the first year that Pea really gets what it all means. Perhaps that’s because she attends a Christian school. I don’t know. But the preparations have been on a very grand scale. Starting with the [...]

Willie Bird Ranch. In Sonoma County, California. Where they raise their turkeys well. Eating only the best grains and protein. Free to roam. No pesticides. No chemicals. And the juiciest, most delicious Thanksgiving bird you will ever eat. I ordered one last year, and I’m telling you, once you eat a Willie Bird, you will [...]

The one beauty product I refuse to live without (excluding lip balm) is my Touche Eclat, by YSL. This stuff is a miracle in a bottle. Well, tube, actually. Or pen. I am lucky not to have dark circles around my eyes, or lines, or puffiness. I equate that to my obsession with eye cream, [...]

As we prepare the house for the long winter ahead, I have cozy on my mind. A few of my favorite cold weather items, to keep me (and my kids) toasty warm in our home… Flor tiles at our back doors. It’s the entrance for our dogs from the wet backyard, and I can’t figure [...]

I never have any clue as to what to get my mother-in-law as a gift. Just no clue. What do you get for the woman who literally has everything, and if she doesn’t have it, she goes out and buys it? (She has a black belt in shopping. No kidding. And her husband? He’s very, [...]

Okay, Ann. This ones for you. I can tell, within a few hours, that it’s going to snow, because my hair suddenly ‘sticks’ to everything it passes. Walls. Sofas. You name it. It’s not a major problem, in the grand scheme of things, but it is a problem. It only affects me in the winter. [...]

So I mentioned yesterday that it’s now winter here. Pretty much. Cold. Snowing on and off. It’s definitely putting me in the holiday mood. I love this time of the year, Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and we’re on the cusp of Christmas and Hanukkah. It’s perfect. Add in the snow, and it’s even [...]

It’s winter here. It’s official. We barely had a fall. I’m kind of disappointed about that. One day, it was summer. The next day, it chilled a bit. Then it went back up to the 70s. And then snow. A lot of it, already. I had no time to reflect on the changing of the [...]

I don’t think that there is any one book that evokes such vivid memories of my very early childhood as” “The Snowy Day,” “Peter’s Chair,” and “Whistle for Willie.” The first was not read quite as much as the last, which I have to say is probably my all-time favorite book. I never tire of [...]

Happy Election Day. Hope everyone got out and rocked the vote. You know, because… vote or die. Just kidding. A quick trip down Memory Lane of MTV’s election coverage of days gone by. Since I turned 18, I have never missed a vote. Not even mid-term elections. It is my civic duty, I truly believe [...]

I love Muji. The Japanese store. But I could never find an American shop, outside of NYC, that stocks any of their products. And since I’ve moved away from NYC, that’s not really an option. And although my husband is known to travel to Japan now and again, I very well could not ask him [...]

Years ago, before Pea was even born, my mother-in-law gave me a box of “Animal Parade Alphabet Cards” which are made by a company called eeBoo. I never paid much attention to them, at first glance they looked like your typical child’s cutesy themed cards. But I recently started to notice a growing trend in [...]