Monthly Archives: August 2008

Long Story Short Coffee

photo from longstoryshortcoffee.com Add to the list of cool food trucks: Long Story Short Coffee, located in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. I would love a Vernon Hills franchise so I could try an iced sweet latte or a fizzy lemonade. Found via HOW Magazine’s Self-Promotion Design Annual.

2009 Calendar: Flora Douville

photo from flora’s etsy shop I am going to have a devil of a time choosing 2009 calendars. The latest one, from artist Flora Douville, is both charming and original! Perhaps my strategy will become “Buy them all” and have an arsenal of Christmas gifts at the ready. If you love Flora’s work as much […]

Roasted Vegetable Sandwich

I am soooooo ready for school to start next week. It may as well be the new year for all the resolutions I’m planning. At the top of my list? Fewer cookies and magic shell; more healthy food. Like this ultra-delicious roasted vegetable sandwich that my down-the-street favorite bakery, Green Prairie, makes. Yum. (I can’t […]

Great Way to See Boston

I know parts of Boston very well, like Back Bay, Beacon Hill, the South End, and let’s not even talk about my knowledge of the Shops at Copley/Prudential. What I’m lacking is knowledge of how the neighborhood puzzle pieces fit together to make Boston, like when I got to the Athenaeum and realized just down […]

Fun new cards from Black Ink

As my hotel was right down the street, one of the first shops I hit in Boston was Black Ink. I go everytime I’m in town because their mix is always changing and I always find something. This time, it was greeting cards. I had to pick up the Paper + Cup “thank you” – […]