While we're on the subject of good music, last week when Freida was heading out the door ahead of me I told her I just had to grab my coffee from the kitchen and she ever-unexpectedly belted out "I will wait, I will wait for youuu!" on perfect key as if on cue. :) Therefore, I think she definitely needs (read: I really want) one of these darling Lumineers prints from The Little Illustrator. How cute?
Like most of my neighborhood right now, I've been completely enwrapped in the new season of Mad Men. The 2 hour premiere had me benched in its iconic riveting drama (I'm usually too ADD to sit through a full-feature film of 90 minutes or more!), and this weeks episode, To Have and to Hold, left me entrapped in their mid-century modern world - thinking about their lifestyles and relationships in a way one usually only thinks about themselves... Aside from obsessing over the time-period pieces of furniture and fashion, I've been thinking lots about the contrast in the roles of the sexes, racism, and even politics. TV has gotten seriously thought provoking, ladies. And I'm loving it.
Anyways! While the world was waiting anxiously for the premiere of Season 6, heaps of graphic artists and designers produced pieces inspired by the Mad Men time warp. This collection from Shutterstock made me look: Mod Men, The World of Man Men Through a 21st-Century Lens:
New love always has me giddy with excitement and nostalgia...! So here's what's been going down that has just stolen my heart: my beautiful, sensitive, and intimidatingly-fashionable younger sister is engaged!!! I've been so excited I feel like my heart is full of sunshine! Her husband-to-be is so perfect for her, that when we're together with them it feels like the most natural family bond - like we've known him forever... I'm so excited to watch them grow together as a unit, and I'm even more excited knowing how intensely the relationship of sisters deepens as they become part of the sisterhood of wives, and of course, at some point, mothers. :) I love you so much Rivkee, and I'm so happy and excited, and overwhelmed with joy for you!!! xoxo
On that note, here are some links of love from the www that have made me look:
- For Like Ever. May be overexposed, but I still love it enough to hang it.
- Romeo + Juliet - what some rebranding can do to romance.
- I still love Helvetica.
- Most beautiful corset I've ever seen. Swoon!
Also, this love story by Pixar still makes me cry every time I see it!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTBQYAE-pMk
Remember the Alexandra Ferguson pillows from 2010? They're still hot!! I keep spotting them popping up everywhere for Valentines Day, and I think these are the cutest, sweetest gifts of love! Stick them in the bedroom as a nightly reminder of where the party started! The day should not be over when the kids are down to bed...!! :)
Welcome to winter dear readers! Hope you're all snuggly and warm this first winters weekend night - wrapped in a throw on the sofa, enwrapped in an old black and white film, perhaps? :)
Over here we rang in the season with some cousins visiting for dinner (thanks for coming Tzip!!), and all the kids whipping up a few batches of hot cocoa - whipped cream, marshmallows - the works! Freida was completely over the moon about the general invention of hot cocoa, and was pretty munch bouncing and bounding off the walls with excitement while Hudi swiped and popped mini mallows like a pro.
I always wonder if everyone gets all "nest-y" as the winter season sets in...? I always find myself cleaning, sorting, sprucing, cooking etc. this time of year. It's as if I have some intrinsic anthropological clock inside of me telling me it's time to hibernate and bolster my nest for the cold. I always buy a warmly-fragrant plant or two (this year I picked up a lush lavender bush for my entryway), invest in a new wooly throw (I'm coveting this one), and re-stock my coffee&tea station (we've been sipping lots of "get" teas). It's as if I walked out of a chapter in The Birth House! Please tell me some of you ladies relate??
In any case, in an attempt to inhibit my winter weirdness, I started pinning on my "winter" themed Pinterest board. Check it out for some winter-y inspiration!
