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The SoHo
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a guide to food, fashion and fun from the southern hostess
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Long Weekend in Photos

It was hot and humid in New York with some thunderstorms thrown in, so I plodded around all weekend in flats and sundresses. We paid a visit to Pok Pok in Brooklyn. Weve been to their chicken wing-on...

9 h ago

Thoughts of the Week

It never hurts to add a little color.This kind of card doesnt need a present to go along with it.Pie season begins .How did I miss the dance parade?For those days when you need a glamor...

4 days ago

Watch This

I think the last time I wore a rubber watch, I was in the third grade, but it might be time for another one. The bright colors, gold details and casual look of these watches from Anthropologie s...

5 days ago

Making Pomegranate Mojitos

Im declaring it the summer of the mojito. Its not like I have the authority to make these sorts of declarations, but come on, whos gonna argue with that. After seeing Mono+Monos extensive mojito...

6 days ago

Bird Housing

These adorable birdhouses, designed to look like retro trailers, are handmade by a husband and wife team in Oregon. Each one comes with a personalized license plate, and yes, birds actually do l...

22 may 12

Weekend in Photos

Jonah and I decided to do something fun and easy for our anniversary on Saturday, so we headed to Long Beach, New York, not California. It was just an hour train ride to a nice, white sandy beach. It...

21 may 12

One for the Books

Like I mentioned the other day, this Saturday is our fifth anniversary. I never made a photo album for myself after the wedding. I know, what kind of bride was I? So after five years, I finally took ...

18 may 12 1 person likes this

Warm Afternoons and Cold Drinks

Some days are just made better by things like an iced latte on a warm afternoon, flower shop displays on the sidewalk, colorful signs and walking directly behind a man in Brooklyn whos wearing the sa...

17 may 12

Italian Cream Cake and True Love

Italian Cream Cake was one of my favorite sweets growing up. I think of it as one of my grandmas signature desserts. Its a recipe out of her church cookbook, and it was usually my birthday cake reque...

16 may 12

Painting for Beginners

 Over the weekend, I took a painting class arranged through Course Horse. Its a website that sets up New Yorkers with classes in all sorts of things like wine-tasting, cooking, dancing, knitting...

15 may 12

Weekend in Photos

It felt like summer hit New York this weekend. It was absolutely beautiful here, so we welcomed it, mojitos in hand. I baked a cake and took a painting class, more on both of those later this week. W...

14 may 12

Like Mother, Like Daughter

I love this sweet Mothers Day card from Rifle Paper Co. It reminds me of how I always watched my mom get ready in her makeup mirror -- the white plastic kind with different light settings like "o...

11 may 12

Walking Coaster

From far away, it looks like a roller coaster, especially when its all lit up at night. But its actually a walkway with very steep stairs for visitors to take in the surrounding landscape. The coaste...

10 may 12 1 person likes this

Restaurant Crush: Casa Enrique

A new Mexican restaurant opened in our neighborhood of Long Island City about a month ago, and Jonah and I got around to paying them a visit last Friday. Its called Casa Enrique. The whole place is p...

09 may 12

Watercolored

I love the watercolor look on clothes, but its just as charming on home accessories. I found pillows, glassware, pots and coasters with those gentle strokes of muted color. It seems like a ...

08 may 12

Weekend in Photos

We had Mexican food two nights in a row this weekend. Thats what I call living it up. I made my familys version of Derby pie on Saturday because Ill take any excuse to make a pie. We saw The Ave...

07 may 12

Mothers Day Music

Mothers Day is in just over a week, and I think this little hand crank music box from Kikkerland Design would make for a sweet gift. I suppose it should be called a music box without the box. I bough...

04 may 12

Lemons, Poppy Seeds and Wimpy Doughnuts

The combination of lemons and poppy seeds is like edible happiness for me. So when I pinned this doughnut recipe months back, I knew Id eventually break down and make them. It was my first time using...

03 may 12

Yard Games

Croquet is typically my lawn game of choice, but giant Connect Four, Jenga, Twister and Scrabble would be too fun to resist. When I was in the third grade, I played Jenga against a family friend of o...

02 may 12 1 person likes this

Cute Cookies

Im not usually one who describes things as "too cute to eat," but these cookies come close. Made to order by BB Sweets, the vanilla shortbread cookies are each decorated by han...

01 may 12

Weekend in Photos

We kicked off the weekend with Shake Shack and a show. Death of a Salesman was great, horribly depressing of course, but the performances were amazing. We rarely see Broadway shows, so it felt l...

30 apr 12

Thoughts of the Week

Whod think you could make jewelry out of straws?I like salads you can eat with a spoon.This makes me want to get my hands dirty.Its like jamoca almond fudge ice cream at Baskin-Robbins...

27 apr 12

Shake Things Up

My visit to a speakeasy got me thinking about vintage cocktail shakers. There are so many beauties out there, and theyre easy to find on Etsy and eBay. Dont you think they would look great fille...

26 apr 12

San Francisco Eats

Discovering new restaurants and finally tasting food Ive heard about is one of my favorite things about traveling. Heres what I found in San Francisco:Bourbon & Branch is a dimly lit, cozy speake...

25 apr 12

Weekend in Photos: San Francisco Edition

We got back last night from our short but sweet trip to San Francisco. It was so nice to just be in vacation mode, explore a city and eat too much. The weather was perfect for the most part, alt...

24 apr 12

Savannah by Instagram

  Thank you so much for indulging me in all my Savannah posts this week, including this one. Next stop, San Francisco! Hope you all have wonderful weekends!Photos taken by me and the husband. Fi...

20 apr 12

Eat Local

One of the restaurants where I ate when I was home was Local 11 Ten. Its in a restored 1950s bank building in downtown Savannah near beautiful Forsyth Park. They rely on locally sourced meat, pr...

19 apr 12

Southern Sandwich Trio

In Savannah, we had a lunch one day consisting of three classic southern sandwiches: tomato, pimento cheese and egg salad. My dad whipped everything up from scratch, and then we hauled it all to my g...

18 apr 12

Weekend in Photos: Savannah Style

I got back from Savannah last night. It was three days that went by much too fast, but was such sweet, precious time with my mom, dad and grandparents in the city that will always be home. My heart (...

17 apr 12

Weekending

Were heading to Savannah tonight for a three-day weekend spent with my family, and next weekend, were sneaking in a trip to San Francisco tacked on to the end of one of Jonahs business trips. All thi...

13 apr 12

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