My favorite stationer has come to Philly. Paper Source is now open. Their grand opening is on March 5th.
This past Christmas I stocked up on a couple of things to give to my favorite ladies.
Mini Desk Calendar (they are currently 50% off!)
I love this White Pom Pom Scarf
I am looking forward to checking out the store on Walnut Street.
I think that was a long enough break. And I took an extra couple of days this week to handle some things that I was procrastinating about.
We had an extra sweet holiday and New Year. How about you?
at the Brandywine Conservancy
For those of you who are in and around Philadelphia (or will be traveling to Philly), AroundMainLine.com is organizing it's first ever Main Line Restaurant Week this fall and I'm so proud to have joined them as a Blog Buddy. So far there are over 25 restaurants participating in towns across the western suburbs from Exton to Bala and more will be joining.
Participating restaurants will offer special, prix-fixe menus showcasing their chefs' greatest dishes. Menus will feature discounted, three-course dinners (e.g. appetizer, entrée and dessert) priced at $15, $20, $30 or $40 per person. The week also includes a special calendar of food-themed events.
A couple of my favorites are on the list like Brickside Grille and Great American Pub. I have always wanted to try georges and Legal Sea Foods and this will be the perfect opportunity. I am lining up my babysitters now!
Go to the Main Line Restaurant Week site to learn more about news, events and giveaways. And join them on Facebook and Twitter.
AroundMainLine.com is a great website. It is actually the Philly Region's first online magazine published by the lovely Sarah Lockard and I go there all the time to look for local info. Check it out.
Lollycrisp Vintage has been on of my favorite etsy shops for awhile now. And they have opened a new brick and mortar store in Northern Liberties in Philly called Oma Vintage. I love the clean, simple website and I can't wait to visit the actual store. They sell clothes and accessories for men, women and children.
For those of you with any interest in architecture, my alma mater has a new building they are showing off in the East Village of NYC. Slide show and article are here.
I feel blessed to live in a nice, dense, walkable town and then drive 5 minutes out into the country to see beautiful things like this. Obviously the picture does no justice to the real thing. We were on our way back from dinner Saturday night and turned around twice to take pictures of the moon and the mist that had fallen over the farm. On the left, barely visible, is the sweetest barn in our county.
Coming back from a vacation, even just a five-day one, is hard. The three of us had a great time, relaxing, eating and laughing a lot. When I got home yesterday I threw myself back into normal life unpacking, sorting and doing laundry and moving our bed (more about that later!). I still felt a bit sad last night and today I thought I saw a few palm trees on my way to the library during lunch (and I can tell you for sure that we do not have palm trees here in WC).
Is that not the saddest palm tree ever?
to Key Largo for a few days with two lovely ladies for some needed head-clearing and R&R.
by flickr member larkatz Key Life Pie
This is my first official beachy vacation (other than to Jersey and Delaware). We'll see if I can get myself to really relax. ?!? I have two books to take with me. Eat, Pray, Love (technically my second reading of this, since I had to return it to the library and skimmed through the second half) and Mediterranean Summer (given to me by my mom, it combines our loves: cooking and traveling!).
If any of you are also on Goodreads, you can find me here.
I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. I will be back on Monday, June 1st.
