Life In Style

It's Been Too Long

Augh!  It's been so long since I posted that my blog engine has gone and completely revamped itself.  I don't even recognize the dashboard.  THAT is a sad state of affairs...

A few things that I've been eying these days - with no real rhyme or reason.

     

   

Love the Serena & Lily Sausalito Basket and this little dress from Anthropologie.  The gallery of clipboards appeals to my sense of order and unending love for office supplies.  And I'm eagerly awaiting the print run for Erin Jang's poster that I have completely fallen in love with.     
 
 
 

IMHO

 

We email, text, tweet and ping - surely we can use the language while we do it, right? Love this graphic.   

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I'm Eating Bon Bons Baby

So beautiful. 

So delicious. 

So when can I get more of these? 

Just came upon Christopher Elbow's Back in the Swing Collection of gorgeous artisanal chocolates.  Elbow is one of America's premier chocolate makers with stints in Paris, Vegas, and his flagship location in  hometown, Kansas City.  His beautiful collections have been featured in Oprah, Food & Wine, Fine Cooking and InStyle. 

The Back in the Swing collection includes phenomenal dark chocolate made better with antioxidant-rich blueberries, ginger and green tea.  Best part: Christopher is donating $5 from every box to support Back in the Swing®, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting breast cancer survivorship through healthy living, and by encouraging patients to access post-treatment programs and clinical care. 

I promise you - no one will take a bite and leave half in the box.   

Food Glorious Food

 

The Box Rocks

Oh my.  This is appealing in so many ways.  Water in a box, otherwise known as Boxed Water Is Better is a brilliant little Michigan start up company that's getting a lot of buzz throughout blogland.  Boxed Water containers are made from 90% renewable resources and responsibly shipped flat to the filler at 1/5 of the carbon footprint used to truck empty plastic and glass bottles.  Of course the cartons are completely recyclable and the company has a give back policy of donating 20%  of their profits back to their resource - water and trees. 

Smart. Simple. So cool.  The only question is: why is this only available in Michigan? 

Check it out here and call your Whole Foods/Trader Joe's to spread the word.  We like the box!  reFRESH 

  

Spring Fling

It's light out at six o'clock these days.  Save the dates for weddings are popping up.  The air has that good orange scent.  It's spring. 

As I make a wish list for spring and summer, I'm keeping an eye on the reports from Fashion Week and what's coming down the pipe for the coming year.  Recession / depression shopping means any purchase has to go the distance - through the summer and even into the fall.  (Something not terribly hard to do when you live in Southern California.)  Some of my favorites from the shows...

   

    

  

 

Lovely things by Oscar de la Renta, Teatro and Versace.  In that order.  I Heart Fashion.