Bonne marriage!

My best friend’s little sister got engaged, and I love to plan parties! So I talked Caitlin into hosting a shower for Ellen, over the Christmas Break when we would both be visiting our families in Nashville. Ellen chose a French theme for her shower; she’s a foreign language teacher, and lived in Europe to … Continue reading →

I Heart Drive In Movie Theaters

I love drive in movie theaters, what about you? They’re a dying breed. I recently read that there are approximately 500 left around the country. http://www.driveintheater.com/drivlist.htm My first and favorite: I contribute annually to a community-run drive-in theater outside my college town of Lexington, Virginia. Hull’s Angels is the non-profit membership organization that operates Hull’s Drive-In … Continue reading →

Spotted: Big Daddy in Pottery Barn

A thoughtful co-worker brought me a Fall Pottery Barn catalog, knowing I would love the owl on the cover, and other feathered friends featured inside. But what really caught my eye was the $149 “Layered Wood Panel” pieced by hand with visible nail heads: http://www.potterybarn.com/products/layered-color-wood-panel-square-wall-art/?pkey=e%7Clayered%2Bwood%2Bpanel%7C153%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C1&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-NoMerchRules I had seen this first at the Alameda Vintage Flea … Continue reading →

Country Living Fair, Columbus Ohio

I missed the Goat Hill Fair last weekend, and boy did it look promising! See their blog and cute pictures here:http://goathillfair.com/ But I had a good excuse! I was able to combine business with pleasure, and take a red eye flight into Columbus Ohio just in time to catch the final day of the Country Living … Continue reading →

Collection: Murals

Tickled to see owl murals as a subject in one of my most-eagerly anticipated daily blogs, My Owl Barn. This post brings together two of my all-time favorite things, owls painted in murals. I could have an exposed brick bath with a huge owl mural like the one included here! http://www.myowlbarn.com/2012/08/collection-murals.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MyOwlBarn+%28My+Owl+Barn%29

Reese Witherspoon’s Southern Pacific Style

Reese Witherspoon and I are so alike, we should be friends. She and I grew up in the same time and place, Nashville in the 1980s and 90s, and so we have similar tastes and values, I think. Personal style, like personality, is a blend of nurture and nature, no? So I’ve followed her career with … Continue reading →

Just Jeeps

I have an old car. It’s a 1996 Jeep Cherokee with 210,000+ miles and it sounds as bad as it looks. I have a broken headlight, dents on the driver’s side, a rusting scratch on the passenger side, and a rattling muffler to boot. It is my old faithful, bought new for me before my … Continue reading →

Hear, here: “Missing Nashville…the eats, not the heat”

I read an article today in the latest issue of NFocus, the gratis glossy Nashville society publication I picked up last week when I was back home. Written by Christine Kreyling, a writer I’ve long admired because she loves architecture and history just the way I do, her piece resonated with me so much! It was like … Continue reading →

Murals and the Big Move

More mural love for San Francisco… this photo was taken on Day Three of my life as a Bay Area resident, in September 2010. I’m on the right. This is a Works Progress Administration project, inside Coit Tower, erected in 1933. I love the subject matter: California farmers with the bounty of their harvest, ORANGES! … Continue reading →

Mural, mural on the wall (mosaics, too)

I have always loved murals and public art. I credit my parents for introducing me to the pure joy of bright colors and folk/untrained artist technique. Don’t you love the way this mural catches the eye, a surprise to delight us, details tucked in everywhere you look. It’s a feast for our senses among the brick, cement and asphalt of the … Continue reading →