Monthly Archives: June 2006

Patisserie Cards

I’ve been eyeing these notecards for a while. Isn’t it the perfect learning-to-write-cursive typeface? They would make fun teacher gifts.  How appropriate that I’m talking about school today – our local elementary’s last full day is tomorrow.  I always LOVED school, and even more, I loved shopping for school supplies.  Mid-July was a good time to […]

Little by little

Today is a day for small pleasures …. 1. Jon Stewart’s smack-down of William Bennett on the Daily Show (I love when Jon argues with people and wins – and so easily – why, oh why do they come on his show and try to argue with him?)2. Getting rid of the birds’ nest, complete with three baby […]

Catalog obsession

The latest Williams-Sonoma catalog arrived today, and I’m so in love with this Rose Flower Arranging Kit from Pinon Designs!  The flowers look beautiful, and I really want the illustrated step-by-step directions.  (and the rose dethorner, too – I’d feel so Martha!)  How long will I be able to hold out before I break down and […]

TV Night

I am so happy to be “newsy” again that I’m going to overlook Comedy Central’s scheduling changes, which caused me to miss both Jon and Stephen’s reruns this morning.  No matter – it’ll be a triple header tonight for me: Jon at 7, Stephen at 7:30 and Kathy Griffin at 8 on Bravo.  Ahhhh, life […]

Stuff you should buy ….

Seriously, you cannot pass this up, especially if you are a stationery/letterpress nut like myself.  Get over to Port2Port Press, and check out “the card society.”  You can subscribe for 1, 3, 6 or 12 months.  And when you do (like how I wrote “when”?), you will get the sweetest little membership card ever!  I’ve […]