Friday, I've Got Travelin' On My Mind

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VLB2IE36gphGv5tkaArwJP5ryNNRuE1F_CseWVkeBmdleCrl3CGMnrYmi_QUyHS1ElikaLjA9E0COYV6Go34aqkoODcOEKzeHoSrXXNrR3A8i1AO7dteRqFhyphenhyphen5FTcer6QXWFCbTtjKQ/s1600-h/2318.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VLB2IE36gphGv5tkaArwJP5ryNNRuE1F_CseWVkeBmdleCrl3CGMnrYmi_QUyHS1ElikaLjA9E0COYV6Go34aqkoODcOEKzeHoSrXXNrR3A8i1AO7dteRqFhyphenhyphen5FTcer6QXWFCbTtjKQ/s400/2318.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSIl3jzfwsVOFFTEXF1goxJuMW5MUPiQo0cn_c1AXgUZL6BxKUjoCDXROiBM0SSayxeeUM8FszUbnwcjPsAemcX5WsYIbUjPhdIAxRxeh9O2rX6BUpTSKFrhFbKuflOKxWV3AT53wNvo/s1600-h/2259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSIl3jzfwsVOFFTEXF1goxJuMW5MUPiQo0cn_c1AXgUZL6BxKUjoCDXROiBM0SSayxeeUM8FszUbnwcjPsAemcX5WsYIbUjPhdIAxRxeh9O2rX6BUpTSKFrhFbKuflOKxWV3AT53wNvo/s400/2259.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtlCL1HkAx3JJdiBX8GyTvl3IOmDetmrEYm-J01s98yLxqCsexVOdxGKxlRHC-e9f_smJFA8a4D7lw2sWq6Ql1ZYXDQRzCiswFzRV5oOBqySYnmmokOGjGVAI2b1I9uSMNzAo8NyJp_-s/s1600-h/2434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtlCL1HkAx3JJdiBX8GyTvl3IOmDetmrEYm-J01s98yLxqCsexVOdxGKxlRHC-e9f_smJFA8a4D7lw2sWq6Ql1ZYXDQRzCiswFzRV5oOBqySYnmmokOGjGVAI2b1I9uSMNzAo8NyJp_-s/s400/2434.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFygckOZYasvTYSQaoL2RDwk7duVpV0ucj27LsFu0rjNpqo-ic5it9JL2hxf_n7RdxE4lRvThTFXNDUEq_LBnalxljPv5CXvz2c0Fs_qBFJTiwTj5dO6mVJWHw8mK44YgfhbjG0IBDGl0/s1600-h/2403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFygckOZYasvTYSQaoL2RDwk7duVpV0ucj27LsFu0rjNpqo-ic5it9JL2hxf_n7RdxE4lRvThTFXNDUEq_LBnalxljPv5CXvz2c0Fs_qBFJTiwTj5dO6mVJWHw8mK44YgfhbjG0IBDGl0/s400/2403.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We are off to Vermont again!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">{enjoy these lovely wintry scenes + happy weekend wishes}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">*<i>images via JeremyWilsonPhotography</i></span></div>

Friday, I've Got Travelin' On My Mind

We are off to Vermont again! {enjoy these lovely wintry scenes + happy weekend wishes} * images via JeremyWilsonPhotography

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It's Complicated, the Bags (Part Two)

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">After receiving a flurry of emails about the <a href="http://thezhush.blogspot.com/2010/01/its-complicatedthe-bags-not-interiors.html">Roberta Freyman Cab Bag</a>, featured in the movie,<br />It's Complicated, I decided to do a follow up post.<br />The Cab Bag is really having its moment, with quite the waiting list.  However, another Roberta Freyman favorite is this darling denim tote. <br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMmg9eDpn9hX9DGQpe0Oo89t9V_qjzKHnNjEddYje5gA8EyjoBLI6nDQiPwS4ZHhyEHhdOJFzScv6pyY0BKSvzC8iUwjfWd8O1LURL6P-ErZmkC8NZ54yKMQrSA8aOfPcGsI7hYKnT1A/s1600-h/slide-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMmg9eDpn9hX9DGQpe0Oo89t9V_qjzKHnNjEddYje5gA8EyjoBLI6nDQiPwS4ZHhyEHhdOJFzScv6pyY0BKSvzC8iUwjfWd8O1LURL6P-ErZmkC8NZ54yKMQrSA8aOfPcGsI7hYKnT1A/s320/slide-4.jpg" /></a><br /></div>Denim Marble Oversize Tote<br />95.00<br />Roberta Freyman<br />(212) 585-3767<br /><br /><i>Personally, I love that it combines two "style obsessions"...denim + tie dye!</i><br /><br /><br />In the mean time, and on a somewhat separate note....<br />If my style and trend forecasts never pan out...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQf8C6XixEUXKahBqmkWyc10S7pT7L6ivJk3VoqzLsCS7kiLPZr4HbumsWNRBgtcBmW83phTeYmeUJsYGNZW7dF-BaGvPmJJYAJbxdWfSE4NKm20bZb-k2MdjRb520D5xGNjuYDtsB48I/s1600-h/IMG_0701.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQf8C6XixEUXKahBqmkWyc10S7pT7L6ivJk3VoqzLsCS7kiLPZr4HbumsWNRBgtcBmW83phTeYmeUJsYGNZW7dF-BaGvPmJJYAJbxdWfSE4NKm20bZb-k2MdjRb520D5xGNjuYDtsB48I/s320/IMG_0701.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">{taken in NY 5 min. ago}<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I guess I won't feel too bad,<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">since apparently no one can ever really predict or forecast anything!<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">*image via: vogue.com</span></i><br /></div><br /></div>

It's Complicated, the Bags (Part Two)

After receiving a flurry of emails about the  Roberta Freyman Cab Bag , featured in the movie, It's Complicated, I decided to do a follo...

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Ethereal

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlOa5HqnG9vOfiiP6Sl_q9wpZ-JDT3DhZGWCHd4GFRa-xhvaEHP6ii2rdyk276l8BindzVu2sMLzVspqGLJpYSGINGDKc73nJseC6Xb6Ybjie16p62qn2kbU6n1yh2bFb8a_uKnd6kY0/s1600-h/da1_resized.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlOa5HqnG9vOfiiP6Sl_q9wpZ-JDT3DhZGWCHd4GFRa-xhvaEHP6ii2rdyk276l8BindzVu2sMLzVspqGLJpYSGINGDKc73nJseC6Xb6Ybjie16p62qn2kbU6n1yh2bFb8a_uKnd6kY0/s400/da1_resized.jpg" width="300" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNX2fHyRm6lOp85jJJDg7fH7BQxQ-R5iJVnencLasQ45Rb9mTAcrRHliwrr1M8jVR9IleKOCnPZyfV4C5qewDqyblNA_UOEb5PXHq4O_m3clHUnsQjE-fLqoQWR9cpR890_HDa6_2EovY/s1600-h/da4_resized.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNX2fHyRm6lOp85jJJDg7fH7BQxQ-R5iJVnencLasQ45Rb9mTAcrRHliwrr1M8jVR9IleKOCnPZyfV4C5qewDqyblNA_UOEb5PXHq4O_m3clHUnsQjE-fLqoQWR9cpR890_HDa6_2EovY/s400/da4_resized.jpg" width="300" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAFRj5P-6Fs1qnqumTPFk_TqxFZYZKjW8dMtkbnsl8IYnmZeE_nGyuXHuU4WGCFikJrW75mBD7KtpmXgRYS8s60hcPbEDlNAkfScolUhHfAYD4ZaF-rD5eYkn09aflbADquu5FzxxdiA/s1600-h/screen-shot-2010-01-20-at-63750-am.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAFRj5P-6Fs1qnqumTPFk_TqxFZYZKjW8dMtkbnsl8IYnmZeE_nGyuXHuU4WGCFikJrW75mBD7KtpmXgRYS8s60hcPbEDlNAkfScolUhHfAYD4ZaF-rD5eYkn09aflbADquu5FzxxdiA/s400/screen-shot-2010-01-20-at-63750-am.png" width="298" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So enchanted by these images of Dora Abodi's spring/summer collection.<br />At only 26, this Transylvanian born designer will surely be<br />"one to watch".<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>*images via: doraabodi:urbansocialite</i></span><br /></div></div>

Ethereal

So enchanted by these images of Dora Abodi's spring/summer collection. At only 26, this Transylvanian born designer will surely be ...

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Look + Listen

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDVlgBT46wZ2Z0W4gWDqHPIAWW5O5Hr9XOP80HbEQ11Y-pq9K5Hlh0b8CbaTl6oGxlXlevWj5mfg_H-NGJRnDoe6OdlPB8wXvBgInEQo8Odm2CXCiQzjhsD3SwXOtHR-HeCqpTu7GAk4/s1600-h/main.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDVlgBT46wZ2Z0W4gWDqHPIAWW5O5Hr9XOP80HbEQ11Y-pq9K5Hlh0b8CbaTl6oGxlXlevWj5mfg_H-NGJRnDoe6OdlPB8wXvBgInEQo8Odm2CXCiQzjhsD3SwXOtHR-HeCqpTu7GAk4/s400/main.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">   Blackbird singing in the dead of night<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">take these somber eyes and learn to see,<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>all your life</i>...<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You were only waiting for this moment<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to be <i>free.</i>...<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>*image via Livingetc.</i></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>  lyrics: the Beatles </i></span> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Look + Listen

   Blackbird singing in the dead of night take these somber eyes and learn to see, all your life ... You were only waiting for this moment t...

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That, Not This

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking to add some fun and child friendly seating to our children's playroom, I was immediately drawn to <i>THIS.....</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCcJpKyB1L8PrgTW6cX5FflBYAR0u08sWwunykYzjU_zwBSqiXv2lCdNn7w3PyiB0PgExYGfzQtBJDIqW3MhQI5sgJkQcC_vti6SiuZvfmRsmNcHlcHltw_9TCGCrcFgadlKuEqR2Tv0/s1600-h/ylighting_2090_342221041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCcJpKyB1L8PrgTW6cX5FflBYAR0u08sWwunykYzjU_zwBSqiXv2lCdNn7w3PyiB0PgExYGfzQtBJDIqW3MhQI5sgJkQcC_vti6SiuZvfmRsmNcHlcHltw_9TCGCrcFgadlKuEqR2Tv0/s320/ylighting_2090_342221041.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Pouf (bean-bag):  $2,200.00 @ YLighting</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Lucky for me, for roughly $2,000.00 <b>less</b>, my savvy decorator steered me over to <i>THAT </i>instead!<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDnNOdvmEe64cYTgYaTkA5SmkRrlXljkHigpodcNrQ6HL6FEB1pmILUJZoEk1bm5dd4QA2NRi-0_jYzBGAzuYNSvWTIufCHGDlx8BQ5SxxGr0If8m1UzqGxrQ9M1ZTXsOyF6fZuhnnhqE/s1600-h/img5m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDnNOdvmEe64cYTgYaTkA5SmkRrlXljkHigpodcNrQ6HL6FEB1pmILUJZoEk1bm5dd4QA2NRi-0_jYzBGAzuYNSvWTIufCHGDlx8BQ5SxxGr0If8m1UzqGxrQ9M1ZTXsOyF6fZuhnnhqE/s320/img5m.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Furlicious Beanbag:  $199.00 (plus S+H)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">@pbteen</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I told you she was savvy!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

That, Not This

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Clear Thinking

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEoCqXl5Fv8xOxq_-VpmfUld9CHMfhRvujDikYbZJDFfvteR253fdrTd7Nevijq7upN4r4HCrd9Bp_Ui04x4bbMsKyw_1OHdf8sa7857pmDuerqAkjXTiKPbRwb8OGxH6Lb8FbNgrbC4c/s1600-h/2501216275_45e92dcc19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEoCqXl5Fv8xOxq_-VpmfUld9CHMfhRvujDikYbZJDFfvteR253fdrTd7Nevijq7upN4r4HCrd9Bp_Ui04x4bbMsKyw_1OHdf8sa7857pmDuerqAkjXTiKPbRwb8OGxH6Lb8FbNgrbC4c/s400/2501216275_45e92dcc19.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>image via Flkr</i></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i> </i></span> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a dreary, gray, rainy Monday here in New York.  However, the rain did remind me of a post I've been meaning to do for awhile now.  This past year, I came across a modern, clear glass umbrella holder.  The funny thing is, I don't know where it was that I spotted this fun idea...(which is very unlike me).  I knew for sure I wanted to add one to my own home.  I like the idea of adding modern elements to my traditional center hall colonial.  I also love searching for objects on the internet,  that I have come across either in stores, magazines, blogs or friends' homes.  I love the hunt!  However, this time I was stumped.  There was nothing. I googled my heart out, I inquired at local design stores, no one knew what I was talking about.  Then, one day, a catalog came in the mail, and I spotted these!<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvziRnPE_l-A6SAOv-rf3co8XItmMXag-iPFU2T3dk4EVWdt3W88-oDfX8WQgF_8Wa4zdT8yZHj3KykapOgaLwLmV1nh_LyBfhvvoKpU2UiZSO0w_ySSk_Qb7yyZTyJ6H1HTistjD0Gw/s1600-h/CylinderVasesAV2S9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvziRnPE_l-A6SAOv-rf3co8XItmMXag-iPFU2T3dk4EVWdt3W88-oDfX8WQgF_8Wa4zdT8yZHj3KykapOgaLwLmV1nh_LyBfhvvoKpU2UiZSO0w_ySSk_Qb7yyZTyJ6H1HTistjD0Gw/s320/CylinderVasesAV2S9.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Could these cylinder vases from Crate and Barrel be just what I was looking for?  I quickly took out my measuring tape, and decided that the second tallest one might just do the trick!<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRqAqlbTOe8tGpcLE-xpg0z5_rRd3IaQmMrIfC9wUWEazvO7X9dUYm8Dh-SW_YTvqO5EFu62goQ2ljJRiudc5O2CpdzjJUFeBOR0qk1RKEGY0S2cIW6b1lbDZnzLt11iFZANmUOScNU_g/s1600-h/IMG_2858.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRqAqlbTOe8tGpcLE-xpg0z5_rRd3IaQmMrIfC9wUWEazvO7X9dUYm8Dh-SW_YTvqO5EFu62goQ2ljJRiudc5O2CpdzjJUFeBOR0qk1RKEGY0S2cIW6b1lbDZnzLt11iFZANmUOScNU_g/s400/IMG_2858.JPG" width="400" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And, here is the result!  It's not the exact umbrella stand that I once spotted, but I love it just the same!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">but, if anyone out there should know of a glass modern stand, ...please let me know!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Clear Thinking

image via Flkr   It's a dreary, gray, rainy Monday here in New York.  However, the rain did remind me of a post I've been meaning t...

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Tell Me Why...I Don't Like Mondays...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsGwKmhuZHrMW_wWZbO6z_YJvveWWc_MftgF_3I-nmRbZi59FkKZiejG4mU25c43novKH_btx1Q15WOonri5qiCrrYoCzTZRF_UlTqe7g9gRg34w9uI6kXYgzCbwUmLPeJEEqqOr0V8I/s1600-h/Coastal+living+seawatch-study-l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsGwKmhuZHrMW_wWZbO6z_YJvveWWc_MftgF_3I-nmRbZi59FkKZiejG4mU25c43novKH_btx1Q15WOonri5qiCrrYoCzTZRF_UlTqe7g9gRg34w9uI6kXYgzCbwUmLPeJEEqqOr0V8I/s400/Coastal+living+seawatch-study-l.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A pop of purple.  To start the week off right.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Love this.</i><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">images via CoastalLiving</span></i><i> </i><br /></div>

Tell Me Why...I Don't Like Mondays...

A pop of purple.  To start the week off right. Love this. images via CoastalLiving

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Sunday Style Obsessions: Forever In Blue Jeans

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Sunday Style Obsessions: Forever In Blue Jeans

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<div style="text-align: center;">Last month, I received an email from a reader, asking me if I would submit a 2010 trend and style forecast, for our local paper, <a href="http://www.record-review.com/">"The Record Review"</a>.  Thrilled and somewhat miffed (as I thought I was writing to an audience of roughly three people), I immediately agreed!  Who was this savvy gumshoe anyway?<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6UXI9m1yGq_vOEAuk2AO_jxQ0znAQZFNv9wYxHA5NL1TjODc-UPvxnxwb7wayfSQfavW-gUp2xRMVfet5holbax1oalbrLHO93gxORqaaWPyQVq4EJOEt7nwM8fOHZOp7xhGXEs5eRAE/s1600-h/FC50AL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6UXI9m1yGq_vOEAuk2AO_jxQ0znAQZFNv9wYxHA5NL1TjODc-UPvxnxwb7wayfSQfavW-gUp2xRMVfet5holbax1oalbrLHO93gxORqaaWPyQVq4EJOEt7nwM8fOHZOp7xhGXEs5eRAE/s200/FC50AL.jpg" width="157" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I soon learned that the reader was <a href="http://www.bonnibrodnick.com/">BonniBrodnick</a>, formerly of the editorial staff of Glamour and House & Garden (amongst many other notable achievements).  Ms. Brodnick, writes the weekly newspaper column, "Talk of the Town" for the "Record Review".<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today, my style forecast, appeared in her column:<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Says, The Zhush, our town style obsessionista and observer, "Pantone, the world renowned authority on color, has declared turquoise this year's color of the year.  Not only will this apply to interiors, but expect to see a lot more turquoise this spring and summer in clothes and accessories.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKDLc_mRUcm1ZcgFzetDMKSyMWa0SmcFuuJy3TNIh1_LeFTo8sEK_D5ToCF001EmOB9fJoCPlK1IOMiEPF-L26H_FmEig26sOX6FkkFnasKfLitOdGB2bUz0VFpSuRvTqVR710pGdONU/s1600-h/jbran2013927652_p1_v1_m56577569831806843_150x296.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKDLc_mRUcm1ZcgFzetDMKSyMWa0SmcFuuJy3TNIh1_LeFTo8sEK_D5ToCF001EmOB9fJoCPlK1IOMiEPF-L26H_FmEig26sOX6FkkFnasKfLitOdGB2bUz0VFpSuRvTqVR710pGdONU/s320/jbran2013927652_p1_v1_m56577569831806843_150x296.jpg" width="162" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"A chic alternative to the now-ubiquitous 'Juicy' suit, leggings and/or jeggings with at-the-knee-boots or over-the-knee-boots are a great way to look put together and still feel comfortable enough to run around Scotts Corners and then dine out at the Bedford Post."<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVNRKrOK6lPM1h7VOIF35jkwp12bUxfid4vgvEneIaSV7_rAeTZX0Qpxh4nfkxOYa8nUGLFkVDJKsv8e243yNwo8RpuGud1p9ZkytzxdduD9PFLJHFXmsU2Vyuz-DVHEb5Q56sXGiU1w/s1600-h/IMG_0689.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinVNRKrOK6lPM1h7VOIF35jkwp12bUxfid4vgvEneIaSV7_rAeTZX0Qpxh4nfkxOYa8nUGLFkVDJKsv8e243yNwo8RpuGud1p9ZkytzxdduD9PFLJHFXmsU2Vyuz-DVHEb5Q56sXGiU1w/s320/IMG_0689.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Earlier today, I found myself in my local Crew Cuts, and I came across these lovely prints!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I absolutely adore the work of Hugo Guinness.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQ4qIcoBN6vSHtpEsFnaZWDwFcOwxWdQtF2UKsIXmSZkTP9DprJezDdNvoSFU5rDV2xlizDjBBvBLHpNlTDHddzlYjdgpH-pf0ikD_A6PuPpocrhXa9aeabz1f4bA-93zh-3VoaGukXw/s1600-h/beautiful.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Wherever I Go, I Know Hugo

Earlier today, I found myself in my local Crew Cuts, and I came across these lovely prints! I absolutely adore the work of Hugo Guinness. Jo...

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