While we’ve been been loving our default and go to color (or non-color) for about forever now, we’re feeling a bit of a pull to the softer side.
Recently chose carob, a chocolate color, over always first pick black for this leather fringe pocket shawl, and paired it with a decade and half old Zac Posen dress: it’s a wonder it still fits as that’s all a little softer now too. Love the pocket detail on the leather, great for the cell and nude lip color.
Always working towards making food and clothes a little better, every day.
Twenty-three photos in this one, so hang on, thinking we need to explore video, yet not yet. Monday through Friday, and very choice weekends, we’re working our styling thing, dressing beautiful women in beautiful clothing. Those two end-days hit and it’s all about kitchen, and garden, and time spent outdoors. As the days get shorter we’re moving a little indoors, and shown here are a few intimate weekend thing highlights. Intimate, as we’re not all dressed, kind of how it is in our downtime. 🙂
happy at home
look close, there’s really two dogs there
Winston!
when making bolognese, we simple triple, in two pots
stacks plates, asparagus in water, messy counter, working on that
gifted wine, and pastry dough, waiting…
taller than him, even barefoot :), might even weigh more, not looking, yikes
you know, butter is love….
Saturday night, at home
We like to cook, and feed those we love, always.
wilted herbs, and candles at brunch, all okay
why not put the fresh squeezed OJ in the fancy decanter
simple greens with beets and cucumbers, for breakfast
the real deal maple in a small flower vase, on the griddle, keeping it warm
Every day dress, and weekend things, that feed our soul into the days ahead. xoxo
Sunday night minestrone, works for Monday too
Booie polished some of the silver, getting ready, and dried hydrangea in wooden bowl
This one’s for you Christen: we’ve been working our butt off in the studio with all kinds of gorgeous clothing looks while dressing all kinds of beautiful women, yet also trying to keep the home fire burning with some good old food porn. 🙂
love these autumnal hydrangea from the country house
Honestly we’ve had lots of asks, and we try and deliver. Here we go: oldest daughter from NYC and third daughter from South Carolina home for a hot second so we cooked up a quick thankful dinner.
cauliflower rice, roasted butternut squash, caesar salad with garlic croutons, moving very slowly to a bit more plant based diet
slightly wilted from a few days ago garden herbs acting as centerpiece
what our working kitchen really looks like
Roasting any kind of vegetable is one of our favorite techniques and works for adding flavor to breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Quick, easy, spontaneous and full of flavor, that’s how we roll.
Yay, we prep and cook with a very sharp knife and often in nothing at all but a sweatshirt and an apron or some beautiful bodysuit from our friends at Lace & Day. Seen here are a few real life kitchen happenings from the last week or so.
Every day dress, wear some good clothes and cook some good food.
Have had a love affair with velvet for as long as we can remember; velvet when little, velvet for high school holiday stuff, velvet for Christmas time with a young man who is now husband for thirty-plus years, velvet for my littles when they were little, and now velvet: again and forever, at fifty-something, and probably forever.
They say velvet is trending, hey, we wore that fabric at younger sister’s wedding in Tuscany a decade and a half ago.
Now, we love it on our feet, and on our body, and basically all around.
Met our second daughter for fancy cocktail event and she was wearing: black velvet off-shoulder top and black denim, of course.
With recent (and ongoing) closet edit we good-willed a bunch, and now covet a longer wrap jacket, and some easy wide-legged pants. Probably won’t wear them with the velvet Gucci boots, those can stand alone with last season and before closet add-ins. We’ll wear the new stuff with some down low Birkenstocks, or perhaps a fancy sneaker, and almost always with a good knit.
Which leads us to next favorite textile, cashmere. V-neck cashmere sweater, closet classic. When the stars are aligned we have a good-looking good-feeling cashmere v-neck in wardrobe rotation.
Every day dress and velvet is trending, forever. Pull out your velvet or add a little new, now’s the time. xoxo
Finally, in love with the idea of fall; the cooler temps, the farmers market, the fall wardrobe.
We’re heading into trunk show mode, so we’ll be dressing women in all Worth New York‘s best this coming Friday, October 20th through Thursday, October 26th, and then again in W by Worth, Friday, November 3rd through Thursday, November 9th.
In the meantime, it’s all about long walks, plaid shirts, hot coffee, cooking up a storm, and dresses with ankle boots.
Wishing everyone beautiful fall days, and nights. Every day dress, and falling madly for fall. xoxo
With a half-dozen young adult kids or so they keep you in the loop of latest happenings: Rowhouse Bakery & Restaurant, you’re the new place in town, and you’ve totally got it going on. Thank you Maxwell and Ethan for getting us out tonight.
Loved being at the soft opening, and more than that looking forward to returning this Friday after another Buffalo city love thing, wine tasting at City Wine Merchant.
Sensual sensory stimulation from the wood-fired crispy thin crust pizza to the varied and detailed ceiling treatments throughout. We’ve been into good, soulful food of late, and you all delivered. Broke out the new velvet Gucci boots for a first-time run, happy, style post about those beauties coming soon.
simple sliced mushrooms for breakfast and lunch, when home, alone
We’ve been here, there, and everywhere; really wanting to be home, alone.
Last weekend RI and VT, weekend before NYC, and all that goes with that.
This past weekend small little ski town in upstate, Ellicottville, and still here, after all is gone, love being home, alone.
city garden, early fall
carb loading, for sure, and copper pot needs some polish
Before leaving for the ski house by auto we negotiated a little stay in the city time, to bake, and do a little weekend prep, divine. Kitchen in the city works, and we know once we touch down anywhere there are humans to feed. 🙂
steak, bloody’s, asparagus and overcooked eggs, for six or so
Recognizing that learning how to cook, and perhaps cook well, is one of life’s greatest pleasures. Even better is when you share with others, simply need a little solo recharge at times.
husbands’ flannel and boxers, kitchen in EVL
No complaints, ever. Simply loving the down-time.
Every day dress. Home, alone; or with one or a few that you really love.
Godspeed to all in Santa Rosa, Napa, Sonoma, and beyond….
Can’t control much, yet underneath it all we can choose what we wear for our base layer. Even when its denim and the husbands shirt, underneath it all it’s every day dress, and a good base layer, to help us keep our cool.
We absolutely love Lace & Day, and how they make the ordinary, extraordinary. Dressing is a thing, and starting with the good stuff sets the tone. Everyone needs a base layer, and we’re all about making nice.
Now, until Saturday, October 7th, enjoy savings of 15% by celebrating their Second Anniversary Celebration. Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 6pm. Visit Laceandday.com for information about parking behind the store.
Every day dress, let’s all make our base layer a good one. xoxo
Yay, yay, more iPhone pics, I know. Fourth daughter tells me I need to step up my game, and actually looked at some lynda.com classes for photography and Photoshop, yikes. Now that cooking is over it might be nice to learn how to digitally erase extra chin, and perhaps other spots, haha.
Anyways, it’s a slow roll towards change, and change we are feeling. We’re loving biking around more for small grocery trips and errands.
Thank you, Booie, for the beautiful white flowers, and noticing the ever-changing rhythm of time. Twenty-something or fifty-something and beyond, let’s all keep the faith.
Our world out there is not slowing down, and like most women we’ve been here, there, and everywhere, and packing up yet again in about 36 hours.
Yeah, of course we have a thing for luxury goods, yet also thinking much more about being mindful.
For all travels lately we’ve relied on carry on Louis Vuitton roller, beloved Celine tote, and small cross-body bag that gets tucked inside tote. Louis roller’s been around longer than a decade, and the tote and bag are here forever and all three will definitely get passed down to one of four daughters. White blouse and denim, wardrobe staples.
Of course there’s always a scarf in there too. When traveling whether it’s three weeks long-haul or three days by auto we limit ourselves to a carry-on and a tote, that’s it. So much easier when dealing with less.
Every day dress, now working more towards mindful luxury.
