By far the best thing I've discovered this summer...smoothies! Not just any smoothie recipe, but the ones by Kelly LeVeque, author of Body Love. This one even manages to take away my cravings for caramel sea salt gelato. This smoothie has just 4 ingredients, plus two for the topping. And mixed together in my new Ninja Blender, it's creamy and so delicious. For dessert, you can easily ...
Verandah Place – Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
New York City is full of secret streets and alleyways known as mews, but unless you've stumbled upon them, they remain little secret gems. They create a patchwork of beautiful treasured homes around the city. The history of these mews dates back to NYC's horse-drawn carriage past.The other day, Madeline was showing me around the Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill neighborhoods of Brooklyn. We split ...
Bookmark This Carroll Gardens + Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
For our second installment in our Bookmark This series, we decided to highlight our favorite places in the Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens neighborhoods in Brooklyn. These neighborhoods are easily accessible from Manhattan, yet they feel like an oasis from the hectic city. Keep reading for our favorite spots and a downloadable PDF that you can take with you on your Brooklyn travels! Madcap ...
Bookmark This: 5 New York City cafes that will make you feel like you’re in Paris
Welcome to Bookmark This, a new series we're doing on Most Lovely Things. We love writing about food and travel, so we thought, why not start putting together travel/neighborhood guides for our favorite places? We'll be doing "Bookmark This" in the form of blog posts and accompanied by downloadable PDFs that you can take with you anywhere. What better way to start this series than with our ...
5 Summer Salads You’ll Want to Make Right Now
Our summer has been beautiful and we've had lots of great picnic weather. I'm teaming up with Mary Ann and Cindy and two other bloggers, The View from Great Island and Pine Cones & Acorns to all share our favorite summer salads for our latest Project Design. Sometimes design means salad...at least in our worlds! Dijon balsamic olive oil with shallots, garlic & fresh ...
Amazon Prime Day + Deals on simple art supplies for summer projects
DIY art supplies for card making & other projects When my kids were little, we used to set aside one morning in the summer to make birthday cards for everyone in the coming year. Back then I actually had a birthday book. We would go through the book month-by-month and make cards for every person. We would put them in a folder with addresses and about a week before the birthday, we would ...