a kitschy situation.

vintage spice rack

the sugah shack

retro kitchen clocks above a baby blue cake plate

How was everyones weekend?! Mine was jam-packed filled primarily by cleaning the apartment. lame. I even washed the floors! Unheard of, for me. As I dusted, mopped and rearranged, I realized I had forgotten how many details of my apartment that I love. Starting with our teeny, cramped, city kitchen.

1930's cutting board in an adorable shape

a bright turquoise pegboard to open up cabinet room (genius idea)

*HUGE Congrats to my sister, Jess and my brother-in-law, A-man!! Eli Pace Rickles was born this morning at 4:17am. I cannot wait to meet his little face and see his little fingers.

jeans day

Happy Jeans Day! There are two truths for casual Friday;

1. Wearing denim means I'll read blogs all day, and
2. Libations shall be consumed after work! Win, win sitch.

This morning as I was getting dressed, I thought, "How can I look 10 lbs heavier by accentuating the widest part of my body?"

I got it! Skinny jeans.

You're not all that flattering and you're boring me. It's wide-legs from now until November.

photos by The Satorialist and Emerson Made

only dull people are brilliant at breakfast

My breakfast this morning is not cutting it; a peanut butter granola bar. Despite the old adage that adding peanut butter makes everything better, it kind of tastes like I'm biting into the New York Times.

5 things I'd rather be eating right now...

breakfast pizza à la cupcakes and cashmere

blueberry crumb bars from smittenkitchen.

korean style steak and eggs.

lemon ricotta pancakes. these look too pretty to eat though.

thick-cut maple bacon.

make that six things...

bacon-infused bloody mary.

worst chore EVER.

And that is laundry. The entire process makes my mind melt from being overly agitated. I have about 432 loads to do tonight.

Last time I did laundry, the woman running the laundromat, screamed "TOO MUCH. NO! NO! I SAID TOO MUCH, GIRL." Relax, lady. First, no need to shout at me in front of other patrons and Second, this extra sheet wouldn't have to be shoved in there if your prices weren't morally bankrupt.

However, I am confident that one of these vintage industrial laundry carts would help ease my pain. Is that too much to spend on something to hold dirty clothes in?! Nahhhh.

From Restoration Hardware, Etsy shop, rerunzvintageshop and Etsy shop, sevenbc.

beets, black bears, battlestar galactica.

How sweet is this!? And much needed this weekend. Without a wedding to attend in sight, MK and I drove off to the Poconos. It was gorgeous (and only 90 minutes away).

The first night we arrived we set up our tent and snuggled up near the fire until we headed off to bed. In the middle of the night, I suddenly felt Mike swoop me up closer to him as he whispered "There's a bear outside our tent!!" I knew by his tight grip and tone of voice, he wasn't joking.

Sure enough, I had to listen for the next hour, a black bear tear through garbage and lick a can of baked beans, only 4 feet away from me. (The previous campers, not ours. Thanks, a**holes.)

I've never been so terrified, albeit, in the morning the ranger informed us the bear was a frequent visitor and only 100 lbs. nbd. For the rest of the weekend, everything I said started with; "Well, since I survived a bear attack..."

If I had this sleeping bag, I would have fearlessly joined him outside for a whiskey. Bear Party!

on the ball. (watch this video at work!)

Out of control! Sony launched the arrival of the Bravia LCD by releasing 250,000 thousand bouncy balls down the hilly streets of San Fran. I've watched this a dozen times. Since 9 AM.




5 looooong days. Welcome home, MK. xoxo.

nyc sammies

Sandwiches are the jam. And this genius started scanning pictures of his daily sammies. Some are ordered out, some he makes homemade. All look like they want me to eat them.

For those in the NYC/BK area, the second picture is from Nicky's Vietnamese! And, this pastrami is from my friend and fellow schoolmate, Noah Bernamoff, who escaped from the talons of Brooklyn Law School to open, Mile End, an addictingly good Canadian-jewish delicatessen. Mazel Tov, Noah!