We spend a lot of time at The Dusty Bookshelf. It’s one of our favorite used bookstores – or any bookstore – anywhere. Another unforgettable bookstore that comes to mind is Powell’s, in Portland. Powell’s stretches a city block long and brims like a thousand libraries; you can get lost in the stacks for days. [...]
Posted in pie, tarts, cobblers & crisps, summer on Feb 27th, 2008
Please come back, summer. I didn’t really mean all those things I said about winter. It’s not prettier than you. You look really good in white, and white is just making winter look fat. Honestly. You’re definitely the prettiest, summer! You’re not all bleak and old and miserably dried up, like that winter. So…do you [...]
I am in a lazy and beautiful place right now. So it’s time for a lazy and beautiful post. When I am not with my house, I will feature…other houses! Who doesn’t love historic Old West Lawrence (Kansas) eye candy? I mean, these people, above, brought a conservatory – yes, you heard me, conservatory – [...]
Now there’s a sexy name for a post, eh? Flour Sack Friday. What’s next? Sad Sack Saturday? The above bag is not vintage – it’s full of flour and I bought it just a few days ago at Dillon’s. I don’t know if I adore Hudson Cream flour more for their happiness-inducing cow illustration or [...]
Posted in Kansas, new old house, Vintage on Jan 23rd, 2008
Oh, it’s not technically fair to call her that – were it not for the blinding fabulousness that is El Casbah hanging in the other room, she’d be the top Miss Vintage Kansas Sign for sure. Maybe she and El Casbah have catfights in the middle of the night. I don’t know. The other side [...]
