The sun is finally out, a short reprieve before a new storm. I thought I would celebrate by having tea in the garden this afternoon. (Which inspired the above post.) I love Los Angeles after a rainstorm. You can see from the mountains, to the ocean, to the islands. Beautiful. I'm trying to decide whether to make blooming jasmine tea (bought at the Tea Palace in Notting Hill) or Earl Gray (from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.)
I'm crazy about black and white silhouettes. Country Living recently did a fantastic slideshow, including some of the images above, on its website. (The chair silhouettes in the second photo are my favorite.)
Wishing everyone a very lovely weekend! xoxo
I realize this is probably complete decadence, but I've managed to collect seven Filofaxes over the years. I've tried -- lots of times -- to give them up for Palm Pilots and other electronic devices, but I can't. I use my pink Filofax as an address book, my red one for recipes, and so on. 
It's raining in Los Angeles, which makes me very happy. My plans for the evening are very basic. The highlights: Make dinner (something from Trader Joes), take a long bubble bath in my clawfoot tub and curl up with a book. I just started Ian McEwan's "On Chesil Beach." I usually wait until books come out in paperback because it's easier to write in the margins and underline beautiful passages. (Plus I always feel bad about marking up hardbacks.) I thought "Atonement" was brilliant, so I'm interested to see how this new one compares!
Good morning, Loves. I'm rushing this morning to finish my column for tomorrow's paper. But I wanted to share with you another amazing photo by Petrina Tinslay. I find her photographs beautiful and comforting. By the way, I'm working on a very special post for you for later today! xoxo
It's evening and I finally have a chance to relax. I've been continuing to flip through the Toast catalogues online. I spotted this picture. I love this look: Boots with black tights and a print skirt. I also love how the scarf matches the jacket. What do you think?
....to everyone who visited my little corner of the Internet today. (And thank you to LA Observed for the mention!) The Pulitzer Prize winning critic Jonathan Gold proclaimed my blog "girly." A compliment, indeed! Stop by again....t.
These embroidered handkerchiefs by illustrator Kate O'Connor made me laugh. I especially like the Facebook one. I was recently rejected on Facebook by someone who went on to friend my husband. Ha! O well. 
..for a happy life, as captured through the lens of the amazing Sydney-born photographer Petrina Tinslay.....
I've officially been blogging for a little more than a month now. When I started, I had no idea that the most incredible joy of all would be meeting people from around the globe. Today, while escaping the Super Bowl frenzy, I spent the late afternoon on an amazing blog, Rummage, authored by Nanette Louchart-Fletcher in Canberra, Australia. It's summer there and Nanette's photos (above) bring to life the season in vivid detail: Tomatoes from her garden, handmade cotton dresses, a jar filled with nasturtium. On her companion gardening blog, acacia_et_coquelicot, she talks about the trials of growing a pincushion plant. "I did everything bar of sending it off for a spot of psychoanalysis," she writes. Witty girl!
The weather in Southern California has been beautiful this weekend...I think the beach would be the perfect escape from the Super Bowl!
Makes me happy to see Maira Kalman's new blog post (on the inauguration) for the New York Times...(And I adore the pink chair).
