Sweets and Treats.

Some lovely cupcakes from Kara's Cupcakes in San Francisco. My boss would bring them in for us on special occasions. Oh they were delightful... I could eat a million. (well maybe not..but you get the picture)
(all images from kara's cupcakes)

And now for some more lovelies for your toes... Fun pinks from Zappos.com. The top right Betsy Johnsons would look fun with a full skirted yellow sundress and a clutch in white embossed leather...

I'm also really liking these navy ones from Paul Smith, great for a 'I'm smart and going to the library now in my cardigan and tortoise shell reading glasses' look... available at Zappos... sigh..

Inspirations for a Cloudy Day.

So I spoke too soon yesterday of our lovely weather... it seems that today it's gone back to cloudy and cold, or as I might had said in my Hebrew lesson this morning, Ha yom me unaan. I've been revisiting some of my favorite books to get me out of this grey sky day.

I have so many books that are so inspiring, I flip through the pages and literally, my heart beats faster.

The colors, the way the photos have been styled, the layout... all amazing. Today in particular, I'm looking at Tricia Guild's (how can you go wrong with a Tricia Guild book??) "Inspiration. Her books, textiles, and color choices are always a feast for the eyes.

Especially on a gloomy day...enjoy!
(all images from Tricia Guild's book, 'Inspiration')

Here is one of the pillows we bought in Tel Aviv... I love it on this chair (from Ikea), with the mix of texture, pattern and color... however, Erik thinks it totally doesn't match and ruins the chair... this may be an ongoing battle of moving the pillow around the room....

Perfect Day For a Picnic.

Today we got to use our lovely picnic basket! hurray! We drove to a national park on the sea near our apartment. We found a secluded cliff to have our perfect picnic.

We had our mini stereo, great food, and fun books to read. It was a wonderful afternoon. I then received an email from Sheila with this photo of our backyard in Connecticut... perhaps I should keep quiet about my sunny afternoon...

Mission Accomplished!

Often times on our weekends, Erik and I make great plans and then never get anything done. Either because we can't find what we need, or something is closed, etc etc... But today we did it! This morning we went into Tel Aviv with grand plans of finding maybe a mirror, or some frames, maybe some art for our bare walls... We got a teeensy bit lost, but found where we wanted to be eventually. We stumbled into an art store and bought 4 large canvases... Art Time!!! ha. We then found a large mirror to put over our dining room table to 'create more space'... after that we had a great lunch at Moon Sushi

and then walked around Shenkein St.

We even found some pillows to put on the chair we found in the garbage 6 months ago... It was a very productive day indeed.... now we are having martinis and watching the sunset on the roof...

I Love Ya, But Ya Can't Do This To Me...

Oh man.. boy am I PO'ed (is that how you spell it...it looks funny...) Ugh, so now when I go to my favorite website ever, Anthropologie, they've added some sort of new thing for people outside of the states. It KNOWS I'm here in Israel and therefore won't let me buy anything!! Before I could order stuff and have it sent to my parents, and arrive home to see my lovely family and also lovely prezzies waiting for me. but now... oh my... they got all fancy shmancy and can now deliver international, but not to Israel. And thank god too... it would be over double the price in shipping and taxes alone. jeez... I suppose this is someone's way of telling me I don't need to be shopping... but it makes me want to cry...(said in Gretl's voice, from the Sound of Music)

Closet Time

Working in the archive has made me realize that I really need to take care of my shoes and clothes. I mean, I love my shoes, my bags, every single piece of clothing, right down to my new adidas socks that don't hurt my feet... Therefore, I really should be taking care of these bearers of joy. Today I went through my entire closet and fluffed out all of my full skirts, color coordinated, cleaned all of the floors, polished my shoes, folded all sweaters properly. Oh it felt great. I hope I can keep up this habit.
Photo from Martha Stewart.

Go Gap!

Some cute basics from The Gap. Very plain, of course, but with tons of potential. I also love this bag to put your wet swimming costume in, hee!


It's so sad not to have my discount anymore...sigh...I'll now just be one of the common folk who have to wait until Family and Friends Day...

Mazal Tov! or 'Oh God, I'm a Grown-Up'

Last night I went to my first bat mitzvah. It was for the daughter of one of Erik's colleagues and took place in a 'castle' near our apartment. Wow... it was like a wedding reception.

Minus the dressing up. Everyone was in jeans. I felt a bit overdressed in my patterned shift dress with purple tights and brown ankle boots... never mind. So while I was looking at all the 12 year olds, one would think I'd be brought back to when I was 12....um no. Either I'm becoming a cranky old un-cool grown-up or My Lord! they dress like 21 year olds!!!! When I was that age, I was wearing stone washed jeans folded with the pegged cuff, eastland shoes, and baggy Benneton polo shirts. The hair was half up, half down, no make up. Actually, I was pretty dorky, so maybe girls were looking more grown up than I was at that age...but anyway, These girls look like they could have been models backstage at a runway show. Skinny jeans tucked into heeled boots, off the shoulder tops, and long layered hair... And because these girls are only 12 and do not yet know the meaning of slower metabolism, love handles, or cellulite, they look great in their skinny jeans. Oh my god, I'm comparing myself to someone 19 years my junior... yikes.
Anyway, even though I'm a 'grown-up', I was forced to sit and have my portrait done...I was told by Erik's co-workers to smile.

and well.... from the looks of the final product I definitely was....perhaps too much?!

More!

Eeek... I love these!!! I'm a little shoe-obsessed lately... Could be that I'm approaching another birthday, but I do love these from here. I can't decide which color I like more...

Colors I Can Drool Over.

Some wonderfully bright-tastic shoes from Nine West. Below are some perfect colors from Top Shop. There are some I'm thinking of buying for myself as they are a whopping 50% off at the TopShop here. There are the yellow color of the TopShop ones in the bottom corner, and kind of more of the style of the ones above from Nine West. I just hope they are still at the shop... I never regret buying something, but instead regret not buying...eek.