Category Archives: living

April 18, 2012 – 5:00 am

Week Sixteen: Organizing with Hay

I need pretty storage items to encourage me to get organized (and declutter), and I’ve had these pretty boxes from Hay on my mind ever since I spotted them at Oh Happy Day a while back. The colors are sweet yet serious, and the inherent challenge of getting them to Chicago from Copenhagen makes them [...]

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April 11, 2012 – 5:00 am

Week Fifteen: Ici Ice Cream

Ici, located on College Avenue in Berkeley, is an ice cream shop that’s full of charm. Opened in 2006 by former Chez Panisse pastry chef Mary Canales, no surprise that the ice cream is top-notch as well. Ici uses all local-sourced, fresh ingredients. We stopped by on our way to SFO, and my affogato (made [...]

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April 6, 2012 – 6:00 am

Easter Bonus: Our Farm

Looking for a last-minute Easter gift? Head over to the bookstore and pick up a copy of Our Farm. I had a chance to peruse it recently at a bookstore in Mill Valley, and was captivated by Robert Rahway Zakanitch’s illustrations, based on animals rescued from factory farms who live at Farm Sanctuary (located in [...]

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March 7, 2012 – 5:00 am

Week Ten: Three by Three Magnetic Strips

Despite the iPad/iPhone-ification of our household, it seems many important reminders arrive via stray pieces of paper. I wanted to find an elegant way to organize and display them so baseball practices (and coupons to be used) wouldn’t fall through the cracks. Three By Three’s magnetic strip bulletin board perfectly fits the small bit of wall [...]

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February 29, 2012 – 5:00 am

Week Nine: Salt Espresso Lunch & Tea Bar

One of the many things I love about London is its array of charming, independent coffee shops. And recently opened Salt Espresso Lunch & Tea Bar is no exception. Owner Aleem Hussein’s philosophy is to sell what he believes in, using the best ingredients possible (suppliers include Square Mile Coffee, Waterloo Tea, and The Ladies [...]

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