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pure envy

I envy color. I love interesting and bold uses of color in a home. We're shopping for a house right now, so I'm doing a little dreaming. Dreaming of spaces that evoke an emotion or reaction. I hate drab spaces. I hate walking into cookie cutter houses. The pictures above are from a house here in OKC. It's the house of Beth Jansen, an amazing baby photographer. Looking at her pictures makes me want to have a baby...well for like one second...that feeling fades very quickly :-)

To the view the rest of her home go to http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/house-tours/house-tour-beths-photogenic-home-075841 for an awesome house tour.

J'adore...vintage jewelry

jewelry and pictures by luxedeluxe
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=62605

my kind of math

Fancy That

Ever since my wedding I have been fascinated by head gear - hats, headbands, feathers, fascinators. Everything. In fact since winter rolled around I have purchased multiple hats- even one with a beautiful feather. What I have wanted for a long time now though is a feather head band. Like the one pictured above. I'm not sure that I could pull it off. It's probably too fanciful for me, but oh how I do adore it so. And now I'm wishing I had bought one for Tau Kappa Omega's Founders' Day on Saturday. It would be a perfect addition to my green dress. I suppose I could make one. How hard could it be?

Sunny Santa Monica

I'm off to Santa Monica on Wednesday morning. I haven't been to southern Cali in a while, and I'm looking forward to catching up with some old acquaintances. I'm staying at The Loews, which I love. We stayed at The Loews on South Beach in Miami at the end of our honeymoon and we absolutely adored it. The rooms are spacious, the service is wonderful, the pool is amazing, and the beach is just right there. The Loews in Santa Monica is also on the beach, in fact I think it is near Santa Monica Pier, but I'm not sure. I haven't had much time to research it. Work is crazy and life is pretty hectic right now what with house hunting and other family matters I'm trying to sort out. Guess I should start packing.

London

Our trip last week was not just to Paris, we went to London as well. We had 4 1/2 days in Paris and 1 day in London. The trip was fairly short but when you add in the travel days it felt pretty long. London was fairly exhausting. We left our hotel at 5:30am to get to the train station because we had to check in 45 min in advance. Checking in at the train station was like going to the airport. You have to get your tickets and go through customs and get your passport stamped. Which is definitely cool. I love all the stamps in my passport -- Ho Chi Minh City, Tokyo, Rome, Patras (Greece), Athens, Madrid, Paris and London. And that's just since January of '08. :-)

London was not what I hoped. In fact I didn't enjoy it as much as Paris. I found London loud and bustling and way too busy. Even in winter it was ridiculously full of tourists, which I hated. And everything was so expensive. The city was just that, a city. It was NYC with an accent and for twice the price. While Paris is filled with croissants and Vietnamese food, London is full of fried fish (fish and chips) and Indian curries. Maybe since I was wanting a romantic getaway, London just threw me for a loop since it was anything but romantic. Admittedly it was fun riding on the train to London - especially riding through the chunnel. Plus the train station was Harry Potter's train station which was also pretty cool, since I love Harry Potter. I also liked the British Museum - rosetta stone and mummies. The next time I go to England I think I will stick to the country side. I'm envisioning a tour of English castles. It will be like a Jane Austen novel come to life.