Shorehouse chic.

We went to an amazing fundraiser in Asbury Park (NJ) Friday night. A good friend of ours is on the Board at The Center , a local organization serving people living with HIV and AIDS. Their annual...

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Look at how my little garden grows! Tulips and daffodils are new to the garden, thanks to a generous gift of bulbs from a former colleague (thanks, Pat!). I wasn't sure how they would do, e...

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Spring is finally in the air at the Jersey Shore! The flowers are blooming, the sunshine is warm, the tents are going up in town , and my trunk is full of treasures. Yard sale season kicked-of...

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My grandma was from Liverpool. As a result, I knew a LOT about the British Monarchy at a very young age. My Christmas and birthday gifts were often quite regal. And I've inherited ...

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Nature can be so beautiful…like these late winter waves breaking on the Jersey Shore this weekend. Just a few blocks away from the idyllic scene, almost a year to the day of last year’s ...

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Mardi Gras Indian, New Orleans Jazz Fest 2010 There are many things and places I love and one of them is New Orleans. I'll be back there in 52 days. But who's counting. Until then I'll have ...

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For some reason, I insisted on ordering crocus bulbs this past fall. Maybe I had a inkling of what a LONG (emhasis on LONG) winter it would be, and how welcome their colorful little buds would be...

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Oscar Sunday is as good a day as any to roll out a new carpet. There was a brief period of almost-warm-oh-my-did-I-see-crocus-leaves weather today, so we decided to do some pre-spring cleaning...

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...and I buy tchotchke. I promised no more junque. But this little hand just waved at we. "Hello, pretty girl. You look like you could use a pick-me-up. So why don't you just pick me up?" And...

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My family, my friends, my dog. The amazing memories I have of any combination of the three. Baking. Good books. Thrifting (duh!). I most love thrifting with my family or friends (two loves for...

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My friend invited me to take a little Dutch Country, Pennsylvania, adventure this weekend. Any road trip involving thrift stores (eight stops in the town of Ephrata alone!), a flea market, hand...

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(Photo: Sally Stein via MarkBittman.com ) I nearly passed out in my pea soup on Monday when I read that Mark Bittman was ending The Minimalist column . Last night, I devoured every word of h...

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For those of you not in my neck of the world, it is cold outside. Very, very cold. It’s so cold (“How cold is it?” Wow. Total Match Game flashback), my train literally froze on the way to w...

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Continuing on from my last post ... 6. Ironstone gravy boat. Cost: 25 cents Provenance: St. Paul’s Rummage Sale, Ocean Grove I bought this the day before “stuff-everything” day (see...

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As I mentioned at the end of my last post , 2010 proved to be a stellar year for thrifting in New Jersey. Here, in part one of two, is a look at ten of the things that made my thrifty hearty flut...

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Continuing on... August 2010 In August my friends and I held our first ever Farmers' Market Challenge. The object was to make dinner entirely from stuff picked up at the Asbury Park Farmers' Ma...

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Believe me, I ask myself that question often. I mean, where did this year go? Here’s a look back… January 2010 I made my first dress! Courtesy of the amazing workshops at M. Avery Designs ...

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Harry: What does this song mean? My whole life, I don't know what this song means. I mean, 'Should old acquaintance be forgot'? Does that mean that we should forget old acquaintances, or does i...

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I turned off the lights in my office for the last time yesterday. It was bittersweet. I've spent many (emphasis on many) hours in this office over the last eight years. I am happy to move o...

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(Memorial benches on the boardwalk. I wrote about them here last April.) I know I've been a bad blog girl. I don't post. I don't visit. I don't even call you on the phone or bake you brownies....

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I was hoping to come back and talk about our trip to Colorado, and about some really great things that happened this past week, but that seems pretty insignificant right now. About three blocks...

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So far, I've learned that waking up to a snowman outside of your window is a great way to start a day... ...that signs like these are just a suggestion to some people... ...and that the v...

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M. Avery Design Studios in Hoboken decided to host a sewing challenge that I just had to be a part of. And being that sewing is very much a challenge for me...how perfect! Megan recently acqui...

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The debauchery of Fat Tuesday ushered in the season of lent. Many who celebrate do so by giving up something...sugar, soda, dessert (and these days, maybe reality television, facebook or twitter)...

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How happy was I when my friend showed up at the shorehouse on Sunday with this little something he whipped up for moi? It's good to have great friends. And it's better to have great friends wh...

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