kitchen of the day

On three acres in the Long Island town of Locust Valley sits a country house. Not any old country house, but a magical one of three stories and more than 30 rooms that dates to 1668.

 

you must go look at the whole house belonging to designer jeffrey bilhuber. 

here

 

happy memorial day. 

 



home

hi we are back from vacation. 

it was mostly good. some of it really not good. but that's due to maybe not considering our girl and how she wouldn't even ride the baby-est of rides making me rethink my aptitude as an in-touch mom. 

let's just say we spent a WHOLE lot of money to walk around in the heat pointing at things, explaining rides from our best memory of them. 

we didn't even go to universal which we had planned, instead we stayed at the hotel and swam.  by far her favorite. 

note to self: next time vacation at a hotel with a pool ANYWHERE USA.

 

anyway here are some snaps of our trip..

 

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the plane is the scariest ride of all in my opinion.

 

our first stop was magic kingdom.

we rode 3 things and got the hell out of there. 

i'll give you one guess where....

 

if you guessed alcoholand you're right.

it's located in epcot and it's the BEST attraction.

 

florida wins at clouds.

 

we stayed to watch the fireworks that first night at epcot and managed to have a lot of fun really. once we realized that rides weren't going to be our thing we just sat around and goofed off.  we are all running on fumes here. 

 

 face paint is a real mood lifter. 

 

i might have been drunk but this was supremely awesome.

 

we met up with some friends on sunday and had dinner.

 

after dinner we went back to the pool and swam til late.

this was the best part for fiona. swimming in the pool. i tell you..i am not a pool person. not even the tiniest bit. i hate sitting in the sun and chlorine is not friendly to my processed hair but if she is happy, i am happy. 

 

mike and i love disney. we've been so many times, even got engaged there. but my only child needs a buddy in these places. it's something that i previously suspected and have now fully realized. live and learn i guess. 

 


notable

1. jelly prints are back in the shop.  

they are available in 4 sizes but i can be persuaded to go bigger if that's you're thing. i've gone real big with these and they turned out awesome. just email me. framing is available too! 

 

2. all the prints!!

i've added a few of my favorite paintings to my print shop. so please check it out. lots of sizes and framing available. 

 

3. been working on some new things too.

 

4. this commission.

my client said purple with bits of green. 

then sent me a picture of an amethyst geode, some succulents and dusty pink fabric. 

and that's often how commissions are done. 

 

have a fantastic weekend. 

we're headed to disney world. 

follow along.