We went to Ottawa, Ontario over the weekend and had the best time. I know going north to Canada isn’t necessarily the first place a lot of people think to travel in February, but Ottawa is a city that really makes winter fun — and...
One of our favorite things to do is make pizza at home. It’s really fun anytime but especially when we have friends over and everyone can get whatever they want. We have go-to dough and sauce recipes that Andy has made a ton of times,...
I’m really loving the new book Kate Spade New York: Things We Love. Over the last 20 years, the creative team at Kate Spade has been collecting little bits of inspiration — from the color of a shoe to a funny saying to a gorgeous...
It’s around this time every year, when it’s been cold and dreary and grey for far too long in the upper Midwest, that I start to daydream about living somewhere sunny and warm and near the sea. I imagine a bright house full of light...
You guys, Olly’s first birthday party was on Sunday and we’re STILL recovering. I’m going to be tired for a week. It was so so so so good. I can’t wait to show you ALL the photos and tell you all about it. Here’s one...
A big part of our wedding to-do list is actually a list of things to do around the house. We’re hosting an open house brunch the morning after our wedding. And of course the house has to be perfect! A lot of our friends and...
I sure hope so! I’ve seen a few really amazing garage makeovers lately that have me daydreaming about someday turning mine into something, well, tolerable. I know the garage I have will never be amazing, but I’ll be happy with functional, organized and safe. Um, yeah,...
We woke up Easter morning with grand plans of making ourselves a huge french toast brunch. And then realized our “day-old” bread was actually about a week old and hard as a rock. French toast fail. We managed to scrape together 3/4 of a cup of...
Ok, let’s talk details. Or as I like to call it “the sauce.” Andy and I like to say that he is all about “the meat” of a project and I’m about “the sauce,” and neither one would be any good without the other. So last...
I mentioned before that I’m feeling somewhat less than motivated to get out my boxes of Christmas decorations. But there are a few things I’ve come across lately that could still inspire some holiday spirit in me. I ADORE these simple stockings that I saw...