Picture #1: Baby Steps to Better Decor

A less defined goal of mine is to steadily evolve our apartment decor from its current hot mess towards the cute looks of hip design blogs. Vases are a new territory for me, but I'm loving our quirky recent additions: recycled glasses and pottery cast from milk bottles. Here's hoping flower arrangement is one of those skills practice makes perfect. ~A

Coffee-Gate

Heron firmly believes my frequent spills are my own personal superpower. This picture proves it's actually a LARGE CONSPIRACY by the sneaky food container companies. This is not by any means my first drippy coffee cup, people... THEY ARE OUT TO GET ME. ~A

Scenes from the Bolt

loving the Boltbus. Phonecam to computer to blog. some excerpts BOS-NYC:

- H

America, For Spacious Malls...

On a desperate quest to score a gym bag before tomorrow's morning practice, I hit up not one, but two malls... the second being the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City. Apparently, it takes its location seriously, as the style inspiration seems to be "Fourth of July Bandstand". (Be sure to note the life-size cutout of Michelle Obama in the corner of the America! store...) ~A

Missing NYC...

Shot from the window as I took the Vamoose back to Arlington... ~A

Summer in D.C.

There are many good things about the nation's capital, including the tasty little Peruvian place where I had dinner last night. But for some reason, one of the first things I associate with D.C. is its crazy-tall escalators... ~A

NYC's a Pretty Town

Let's face it. There are a lot of attractive people in this town. I haven't been to LA, but I imagine that people spend quite a bit of effort, time and money to spruce up their image... makeup, hairdresser, clothes etc....

But there has to be limits.

When your bobby pin drops onto the dog-pee and crap-infested sidewalk that is a NYC sidewalk, putting it into your mouth as you fix your hair is a no-no.

Ech... I almost gagged.

~H

Port Authority Poem

Ah, the tiny rebellions of the cranky commuter... spotted in the Port Authority bus terminal. ~A

Oops, I did it again...

My Etsy problem persists... but I really hope this fits. ~A

Chicago

Chicken in the car, car won't go... that's how you spell Chicago! ~A