Archive for June, 2007

Charming and begging for frosting

cake stand at bell’occhio
Doesn’t it just seem wrong to show a cake stand WITHOUT a cake on it? At least give me a slice, a little cookie, something. You’re shorting the mood, photographer-person!
Actually what I’d really like to see on this cake stand (Because really, how adorable is a cake stand?) is, like, a big [...]

Take Your Summer Yard and Go

fold flat grill
When we lived in our city apartment, our only outdoor space was the sidewalk.  While other city-dwellers might look at that arrangement and say, well, I guess we’ll bbq in the next place, that kind of logic would not fly with a Memphis-raised, full-on, bbq addict and evangelist like myself. So Beth and [...]

More badass Chicago style

sullivan screen at PrairieMod
I’m a huge fan of Louis Sullivan, Chicago architect extraordinaire. Sullivan alone was fascinating and gifted.  He also got to work with pretty much every contemporary talent in environmental design while directing the development of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. (For a super interesting read, check out Devil and the White City.)
Now, [...]

It’s About Time…for Sun Tea!

sun tea in my back yard
I know, I know. Where the hell have I been? Well my day job is bleeding away the moments I usually use to research stuff for the cottage. It’s been, how you say, sucky. But all that’s going to change soon because today, to kick off the summer, I said, “Sayonara day [...]