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the wilder things
www.thewilderthings.com
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an experience of curiosity through art, fashion, books, and music.
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Wilder Style: Window Shopping the NET-A-PORTER 50% Off Sale

The great thing about having a blog is that I get to write about whatever I want whenever I want to. That freedom means that if Im lusting after oh, say, $10,000 worth of beautiful clothes from the N...

2 days ago

Wilder Words, Pictures, + Beautiful Thing of the Day: Country of the Pointed Firs (and) Some Big Ne...

 Oh, Rockport, Maine. You are the most perfect place in the world to me. Being up here right now is bittersweet; for the past twenty-three years, coming up here at this time of year has meant kn...

3 days ago

Wilder Pictures: The People of Paris

Well, dear readers, the time has come for me to post the last batch of photos I took in Paris. These are some of my favorites from the whole trip, and while I feel like Ive said that about every phot...

4 days ago

10 Things I Like: Memorial Day Weekend Edition

I have been slacking on the weekly "10 Things I Like" posts, and for that I am deeply sorry. I dont know if you missed them as much as I did, but with a trip to Europe and some sweeping life ...

25 may 12

Wilder Style: My Uniform as a Child (or) Commonwealth Proper, Beautiful Clothes for Men

  There are few things I like more than soft, well designed T-shirts. This probably stems from the uniform of athletic shorts and a graphic T that I wore to school every day from 1st to 5th grad...

24 may 12

Wilder Street Style: Sunshine at the Louvre

Some of the people milling around outside the Louvre were in school groups, most were tourists, and a few were French ladies out for an afternoon of art with their friends. Different languages swirle...

24 may 12

Wilder Style: Pamela Love for J.Crew (or) Gimme This Outfit (please?)

I know, I know, two posts in two days about a J.Crew collaboration? Id apologize if those espadrilles from yesterday and the belt above werent so totally awesome. Look at it; the leather, the studs, ...

22 may 12

Wilder Recipes: How to Crack and Roast a Coconut (or) When the Cats Away...

My mom went to Maine this past weekend, leaving my father and me (and Rosie The Dog and Snug The Kitty) to our own devices. Even though hes a man of a certain age and I like to think Im a fairly matu...

22 may 12

Wilder Style: 5 Awesome Espadrilles (and) 1 Ugly, Overpriced Pair

Ive loved espadrilles since I first clomped around in my mothers at age 3. Theres something inherently inviting about them; they look so casual, so summery, so easy-going. They say, "come hang ou...

22 may 12

Wilder Street Style: Wedge Sneakers in Paris (or) Shoes I Want, Women I Want to Look Like

Wedge sneakers have been a big deal for a while now. Ive seen both Isabel Marants and Marc Jacobs versions a fair amount in NYC, a few times in Boston, and absolutely never in Maine. But I must say, ...

18 may 12

Beautiful Thing of the Day: How to Sit by the Water in Style (or) 8 Knots Knows Whats Up

  When the weather gets nice, all I want to do on the weekends is listen to country music (Ive tried fighting it with no luck; Ive been a sucker for twang since eighth grade) and sit by the wate...

18 may 12

A Wilder European Trip + Musings: The End of Paris (and) On Connections and Reaching Out

Our last two days in Paris were a heavenly blur of museums, stores, walking, food, and friends. Strangely enough, a lot of people my mom and I know were in Paris at the same time we were; we had luxu...

17 may 12

Wilder Street Style: 2 Men at Cafes in Paris with Dogs

So the French not only know how to dress well, they know how to accessorize...(more after the jump) ...with dogs.  

16 may 12

A Wilder European Trip: Paris, Days 2 and 3

I’m good at shopping. This I know. What I learned in Paris, however, is that I’m even better at shopping in Paris. If you read my blog, you’ll know I’m obsessed with Bensimon sneakers and Isabel Mara...

16 may 12

Wilder Street Style: 6 Parisians, from Behind

While some may call Paris the city of light, Ive coined it the city of people-watching; Id never seen so many beautifully dressed citizens in my life. While this revelation isnt necessarily ground-br...

15 may 12

A Wilder European Trip: The Chunnel to Paris (and) The Most Beuatiful Apartment in the World (and) ...

Our last morning in London fed into our first afternoon in Paris; after a long, leisurely breakfast, we got ourselves to St. Pancras station. We boarded the train, I picked up a French Vogue (which t...

15 may 12

A Wilder European Trip: London, Part 2 (or) Happy Birthday, Mama!

My mother’s birthday in London was absolutely perfect. After sleeping in (because we were jet-lagged and tired from the theatre the night before) we went down to breakfast and met Clelia, her friend ...

13 may 12

A Wilder European Trip: London, Part 1 (or) New City, New Sneakers, Old Friends

Hello my dearest readers,  I am back! I couldnt post during the trip due to internet issues, but I think this was a good thing; being disconnected allowed me to really soak up the cities. It was...

12 may 12

Wilder Words + Musings: On London and Paris and Eleven Years Later

The question is, was John Berger, an English painter, correct in his above assessment of these two great cities? I wouldnt be able to tell you unless I were to visit both places...and, since I AM LEA...

03 may 12 1 person likes this

Wilder Pictures + Recipes: How to Cook and Eat an Artichoke

I remember my preschool teachers being slightly shocked when I told them my favorite foods were artichokes, lobster, and french fries (good to know some things never change, isnt it?). I guess thats ...

02 may 12

Wilder Pictures: Some Drawings Inspired by Chalk Art

I recently wrote another Behind the Design piece for Boston Magazines food blog, this time on the new movement that seems to be sweeping Boston-area restaurant walls: graffiti. And you KNOW I love gr...

02 may 12

Wilder Pictures: April from the iPhone, What I Did

I cannot believe its May. This is the month I would reference, in September, when I would to say to myself, "oh, when its May you can start worrying about ____." And mostly, that ____ would g...

01 may 12

Wilder Pictures + Recipes: A Saturday Feast (or) Tzaziki + Oyster Mignonette Recipes

Saturday was one of those days when, after visiting old graves for a while, you walk into Concord Prime with your parents and buy scallops and oysters. It happens to the best of us, and the only poss...

01 may 12

Wilder Style: Edith A. Miller (or) Stripes Ive Known and Loved (For Gentlement, Too!), Part II

You know when you lose your favorite pair of sunglasses and then go out and buy another pair and then the old pair turns up? Thats how I felt when I found out about Edith A. Miller today; last week I...

01 may 12

Wilder Pictures + Happenings: A Trip to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Resting Place of Alcott, Hawthorne,...

Swimming in Walden Pond while studying the transcendentalists in high school is not a bad to way to become steeped in a great literary tradition. Lincoln, MA, where I live, is about five minutes from...

30 apr 12

10 Things I Like: Weekend Edition Volume IV

My dear readers, once again, welcome to the weekend (cue Loverboy song...now). Im pretty excited for my next few days, mostly because I once again have a stack of magazines to get through. I also lov...

27 apr 12

Wilder Style + Musings: Why Personal Style Matters, Brought on by Covering Nicole Richies Appearanc...

Dressing well means wearing what looks good on you. Duh, right? Not always; In high school I tried to fight this fact and ignored my mother when shed remind me of it. Id buy flouncy blouses and skirt...

26 apr 12

Wilder Home Style: I Like My Drinks Like I Like My Pirates: Dangerous (or) Thomas Fuchs Creative

I found these glasses on Saks Point of View blog a little while ago and havent been able to get them out of my head. Ever since teaching sailing and convincing the little sailors that I took a year o...

26 apr 12

Wilder Beatz: Fruit Bats and Ramona Quimby (or) In Praise of Rdio.com

I stumbled across the band Fruit Bats when I was in college. I have no idea how I found them, but I do know that I listened to the song "The Ruminant Band" and "When U Love Somebody" ...

25 apr 12

Wilder Style: Stripes Ive Known and Loved (or) Chinti And Parker + Altuzarra for J.Crew

Ive been struck by stripes, dear readers. Theres nothing like a good horizontal pattern to add a kick to an outfit, and Ive found two collections that have me tearing through my closet to find my own...

25 apr 12

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