In these uncertain times that we are all in, I wanted to continue showing my support for small businesses by maybe introducing you to a few that might otherwise not be on our radar. There's that quote that I'm sure you've seen... “When you buy from a small business, an actual person does a little happy dance.” If there were ever a time to support small businesses, this is it! Here ...
Best Ever Tomato Soup
Comfort Food in the way of tomato soup and grilled cheese How is everyone doing? Are we starting week three? Oh my gosh, how can that be? And even longer for people in some areas. Today I'm joining my dear friends Cindy and Mary Ann and we are all sharing our favorite one-dish recipes. Have you been surviving on comfort food and pantry dinners? Today we made a pot of the best ever tomato soup ...
A visit to Plain Goods in New Preston, CT
Field Trip A few weeks before we knew much of anything about the current health crisis, my friend Diane and I went on a little field trip to a lovely shop our friend Karen had shared on Instagram. We knew we were going to love Plain Goods. It's a shop that takes you back in time when life was a little simpler. It conjured up memories of reading books like Little House in the Big Woods when there ...
The Collected Look
Today I am joining my friends Mary Ann Classic Casual Home and Cindy Rough Luxe Lifestyle to talk about one of our favorite things, The Collected Look. Perhaps now more than ever we need our homes. Not just for shelter, but to bring us comfort, calm and peace, maybe like never before. These are very unsettling times and so we thought it would be interesting to show some of our favorite collected ...
Buvette + West Village + NYC
I've updated this post with new photos on a recent visit to Buvette: Since we can't go to Buvette right now, I'm cooking from the Buvette cookbook. We made two recipes today using what we had in the house. Homemade potato chips and apple and cheese fricos. Frico means cheese crisps. Buvette's recipe calls for Montasio cheese (or any cow's milk aged cheese). It's so simple, but the result is ...
DIY Hand Cream using Essential Oils
With all the handwashing and hand sanitizing, my hands need some deep relief in the way of some serious hand cream. I made this before (you can read that post here), but this time I used lavender and lemon essential oils. The result a wonderfully smelling, super soft hand cream that I might feel is a bit too greasy during normal times, but these days...it's perfect! Make your own hand ...
