Cereal Magazine published Volume 2 in late March, and I’m pleased to once again be among the contributors. The second issue focuses on Berlin, Seoul, and the Pembrokeshire Coast in Wales: my story is about RSVP, an über charming (and personal favorite) paper shop in Berlin’s Mitte neighborhood. The excerpt of my article is below, [...]
My first foray into the wonderful, public-domain image rabbit hole that is Vintage Printable was to scroll through the bird prints after one was featured in the Spring issue of Martha Stewart Weddings. A few days later, Neal from Present & Correct linked to Vintage Printable pottery color samples, and just like that, another hour [...]
When it comes to makeup, I’m always searching for products that give me a me-but-better “no makeup” look. (As discussed before, I revere the “J.Crew Model” aesthetic.) I recently discovered Kjaer Weis products while shopping at Chicago’s Space 519. Launched in 2010 by Danish makeup artist Kirsten Kjaer Weis, the line is inspired by a tried and [...]
Filed under right-up-my-alley: B, the Brand Documentary Magazine. Published in Korea, each issue of B tells the story, through words and images, of a company and its branding. I’m quite eager to see issue 11, which focuses on Chicago’s own Intelligentsia Coffee. Of course, the magazine isn’t easy to find in the US, but I love [...]
I have been obsessed with this penguin watercolor by French artist Paule Marrot since I first spotted it while perusing William Laman‘s shop in Montecito over the summer of 2011. When it serendipitously appeared in the latest issue of Anthology magazine (on the wall of a gorgeous home belonging to San Francisco stylist Glenn Jenkins), I was [...]
