Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Art of SCAD

The Sartorialist took photos of these two beautiful young ladies in Savannah, Georgia. By looking at them I'm guessing that they could be students of Savannah's famous art school, the Savannah College of Art and Design (or as the locals call it, SCAD). Especially the girl in the photo on the right, standing there looking oh-so-cool with her notepad.
My husband and I visited the city for the first time this past January and fell head over heels in love with Savannah! We were only there for a day and a half, so we can't wait to go back and spend some quality time exploring the city. All over the city we saw SCAD's art students sketching the city's historic buildings, statues, and gorgeous trees. Next time we go I'd love to make a stop at the SCAD store since it was closed when we were there. Until then, I love browsing their online store:
Their jewlery is unique and awesome...
Perhaps I'll find some cool pieces of art for the house...
I think these pictogram plates are so adorable.

Until then Savannah!



 Item images via SCAD Store

Monday, August 25, 2008

Mangonett, the speed demon.

This morning was a rather interesting one. I went to the dentist for my dental cleaning and checkup, proud to report that I do not have any cavities! On my way to work, I got pulled over...bummer. I guess I was just in one of those zones where you're trying to get there and just end up not really paying attention to how fast you are going. I know, I was bad, I need to be more careful. The cop pulled me over, asked me the usual quiz of how fast did I think I was going and I got the answer wrong. However, I guess he was in a good mood because he was nice enough to only give me a $10 ticket citing no proof of insurance, versus the $168 alternative of a speeding ticket. So I am looking on the bright side, I learned my lesson (I promise) and it only cost me $10. Bugger.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Absolutely Beautiful Things is back!


Anna Spiro from the inspirational blog, Absolutely Beautiful Things, is back from Paris. Check out her amazing pics here. Oh how I would love to go to Paris! I think it's time to start planning and bugging Mango. By the way, I posted this cookie pic of hers mainly because they look so yummy! Look at those colors! Ah, only in Paris!

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Thursday is the New Friday

This weekend we are taking a trip to West Palm Beach, so that means that today is my Friday! Yey!

The work week was filled with actual work, which made it go by rather quickly, unfortunately in severely interfered with by blog surfing...oh well, looks like I'm going to have to make up for it next week! We are going to be getting home early on Sunday, which means that I am going to take advantage and do two things: work on the garden and organize under Mango's sink.


While at Publix, I saw that they had a "sale" table, usually I walk right past it because it has cookies or other items that I just don't feel comfortable buying off a sale table, however this week they had hanging planters for $2 a piece! Normally the least expensive hanging planters are about $6 a piece, so I took full advantage of this bargain. What made it even better was that they weren't simple like the one in the picture here, but they had cute little iron bumble bees and flowers on them. I bought 4 of them to hang on the balcony outside the dining room, perhaps now we'll actually keep the blinds open since we have something nice to look at...now I just have to get the flowers. While I'm getting flowers for those, I also need to get some for out front. I made the first-timers mistake of buying flowers just because "they were pretty" and placed shade loving plants in direct sunlight, they shriveled up within a week.


After that, time to organize Mango. It's amazing how much men accumulate under their sinks, and he insists that he uses everything. Looks like I'm heading back to Bed Bath and Beyond for more totes.


Today I am very excited because it is haircut day!! I get my haircut every 3 months and I look forward to it every time. Something about having someone else style your hair and getting that perfect bounce that I can never seem to recreate. So, right now I have long layers like this:
I've had this hair cut for a while now and think it's time for a change. Here's the thing, I'm fighting the urge to cut my hair short! With all of the posh bobs and shoulder length dos walking around, I'm starting to get that itch to chop it off, but I'm not convinced that it would look right on me. Instead, I'm thinking of maybe just changing the shape of it. Along with the shorter cuts, I've really been loving the bangs and shorter layers. It looks like that's going to be the winner, it's not too much of a drastic change, but I'll still keep my length and be able to change it up. These are some pictures that I'm taking in:

Have a great weekend everyone! See you on Monday!

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Ahhhhh! Bravo!




If you were to look at our TiVo you would find a little bit of everything. Shows that range from the fashionista "America's Next Top Model" to Sci-Fi's "Battlestar Gallactica", but one thing that my husband and I love, are travel shows. Usually we watch shows like "Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmerman" or "No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain" mainly because they cross our love of travel with our love of food. Thanks to these shows, we have made a list of places we must visit before we "bite the big one", places like Greece, Japan, Norway, and France.


However today while reading through Edi's Files, I fell in love with a beautiful town in Italy that I had never heard of before, and mainly the rustic hotel that resides there, the Hotel Masseria Torre Coccaro in Savelletri, Italy. I googled as much as I could for pictures of this magical place and loved everything I saw, this place is definitely going on the list!