kick it.

(photo from here)

p.s. this photo makes me thinking of my friend lauren who recently learned that converse are also called chuck taylor's. she's made the blog a time or two, but did i mention she has her own blog now...all about her life as a new mommy, a great cook and a travel lovin' duo.

and another...

i'll post the full story later today, but if you have the new mississippi magazine, i have a short feature on thacker mountain radio in the southern scrapbook section.

oh and..

(image via martha stewart living)

i hope you had a happy halloween...mine went by with out much celebration.

there are many more blog posts coming soon, i've been absent, busy and having some internet issues-- but much more to come this week.

in case you want to read about mississippi writers...

check out the current issue of portico jacskon, devoted to author willie morris, it's chocked full of good stories. you can read mine on page 44 about oxford and its literary heritage.

for more visit their website...

happy weekend.

(image via little brown pen)

what are you doing this weekend? we are doing this again...

listen up.

have you heard the pete yorn cd of duets with scarlett? it is getting mixed reviews, but i must admit that i'm intrigued.

this time of year...

means football in oxford. i'm not really much of a football fan, but how can you not enjoy it when it looks like this?

our tent at night...

me and lew before the game ... you can see he is very serious about this sport.

maury had this disclaimer for all the fun that was to be had... check out the rest of the photos and you'll probably understand why!for more pictures you can click here.

oh and, that's not all.

friday morning, we hit up the spa for manicures... but that was after we spent the night here.

(images via the alluvian hotel)
...at the alluvian hotel, which is true luxury with a great southern style. ( the breakfast alone is worth it!)

delta fun.

thursday night mary straton, hayden and i went to the viking cooking school in greenwood, mississippi. the theme was italian al fresco, and it was so good, not to mention a lot of fun!

there was asparagus wrapped in prosciutto

an bruscetta with mozzarella

there was also homemade pesto pasta, and our pesto had some "issues" so we had to break into one of the jars from the cooking school store....

but it wasn't totally cheating since we added it to ours- which as you can see looked a little brownish...

i may not be a viking quality chefs... but it was certainly a fun get-a-way with my friends!

f.a.t.

i'm totally stealing this video right off chris's blog... but it worth reposting! chris posted it as a message to young father's of daughters... like he is... but can't hurt us all to remember that body image is a challenge that a lot of women struggle with...take a look

good eats...

my mouth is watering just thinking about the food at ajax diner, a local favorite here in oxford. you can read all about it in my story in desoto magazine's october issue on new stands now or you can read it online here.

(image via deep fried kudzu)

p.s. ajax was also featured in bon apetite lat month, along with some other great dining spots in oxford. read how to eat your way around oxford here.

how cozy...

(image via remodelista)

i'd like to snuggle up in the chair by the fire and read all afternoon...

cover your mouth please.

i am ecstatic about this fall weather, too bad i can't stop coughing... good thing for these vitamin c cough drops!

happy friday.

(photo via oh joy... cards via sycamore street press)

i'd like to get these cards and mail them everyone i know....there is one for every occasion.
happy friday to you all... i am headed to destin, florida for a conference. hope you have a sunny and fall weekend!

tweet....

i've been home sick for a few days and have spent far more time than is probably acceptable online and watching tv. i've discovered that there are about a million pairs of boots i'd like to buy for fall, i've caught up on about every blog post written in the last year, watched a mind numbing amount of tv ( not much comes on in the day time) and i've realized that almost everyone i know is twittering.

do you twitter? (mary straton, i know you do and you wish i would). i did make a twitter account a while back in order to follow the oxford cvb's (my work) twitter ( you too can follow here) but i was so surpised to see how many people i know are twittering and i had no idea.

i've never been one to update my facebook status... so not really sure what i'd say... anyway, i say it all here!

just curious, guess you'll have to wait and see if i get the twitter bug.

seeing clearly.

(image via cup of jo)

i love joanna's new round eyeglasses... do you?

a little bling...

i feel like i've been a tad bit anti-social lately... i told my friend kelley over lunch that i think i will re-enter society soon.

if i had something fun planned for this occasion, i think i'd like to wear one of these necklaces.

(photo via oh joy!)

ryan the artist

(photo by rick edwards from here)

singer ryan adams has put down the guitar for a paintbrush... you can check out his show at the morrison hotel gallery. ( read about the galleries, it is a really cool concept, mostly showcasing music photography, but in this case a musicians art.)

i love his music, and secretly ( not anymore huh?) love his wife, mandy moore, who i've always thought was adorable.

barn door bathroom

(image via my home ideas)

i love this door... and the contrast of the yellow and the smokey walls in the bathroom.

have a seat

(photo via oh joy!)

i'd like to stumble across a chair like this.... and if i did, you can bet i'd snatch it up!

a little bubbly

my friend lauren told me while ago that she's started making red wine spritzers with san pellegrino.... well, as a lover of all things carbonated water, this intrigued me. i'm more of a white wine girl these days, and so i tried it out this weekend...

+

= really good!

life after domino?

(photo via lonny magazine's facebook page)

now here's some happy news for a very rainy friday... a new shelter publication, lonny magazine, will launch october 1, 2009. just in time to snuggle up and read for the cooler fall nights...but you better have your computer in hand... as it's an online mag. who is behind this you ask? former market editor for domino, micehlle adams and photographer patrick cline.

visit their site here.

taking taste buds by storm...

my friend kat gordon owns a bakery in memphis. she's quirky and cool and very sweet (just like her cupcakes and pies and other delights!) you might have seen her blog --------> (over there) in the blog list.

i recently had the pleasure to write about kat and her business, muddy's bake shop ( named for her grandmother) for a local magazine, Desoto Magazine. you should can read it here.



oh and you should be sure to read her blog.... can't you tell by her pictures it would be a fun one to read? she details the joys and trials of owning a small business in memphis. beware, it will make you crave desserts!




p.s. kat, don't kill me for raiding all your facebook pics!!

lovely little pictures and things...

don't you love this little picture from freya art and design? see more of her designs and fun little phrases here.

this could be trouble....

who doesn't need a daily dose of anthropologie? well, now they've delivered ( as if they don't tempt me enough with all those cleverly titled emails)... you can now download a widget for your desktop ( mac or pc) and it will feature a different anthro find each day!

want one? download it here.




i better hide my credit card!

it's not monday!

( image via little brown pen)

are you a coffee or a tea person? i'm both, but lately i leaning more toward coffee...

happy start to the work week on this tuesday...

oh and one more thing!

remember these? well, my crafty mom made me one.... so i guess i have to have a party!

tech savvy...

between all the home projects, i also did a little computer project! i really utilized the new computer ( and some help from lewis who really is tech savvy) and helped put together a slideshow for my brother's blog of all his fishing trips this summer... ( in case you are a new reader, he's a trout fishing guide).

you can see the end result here...

busy weekend.

my mom was here this weekend and we tackled lots of home projects. she has energy that seems to never end and makes all projects seem easy. it was so fun having her here and the results aren't too bad either!


my front porch got a shiny new coat of paint! and my front door went from brown to gray...

some numbers from loews got a coat of shiny white spray paint and some new plants were added too! the milk jug was something i found a few weeks ago but it was yellow, so i painted it black and found it a home on the front porch.


out back, an area by my deck that was unsightly and would not grow grass became this cute little potting area... we got a work out moving all that gravel. that table was in my entry hall...my mom sealed it with some polyurethane and we moved it outside.


there was also some work to be done in the flower beds... and some more painting...


this old chest from pottery barn was white and now, it is purple! ( although it's not quite as bright as the image makes it look. it is a plummy gray color).

a bonus about it's new location: the entry way opens into my dining room, so the extra storage for serving pieces that those bottom cabinets provides is really nice.

i am so pleased with all the results, and only wish i had some "before" pictures.

hope you had as nice of a long weekend as i did....

i like...

this kitchen...



oh and these chairs...

happy friday!