motherhood in nyc

one of my favorite reads is motherhood in nyc. even those who aren't mothers or in nyc or both, will like her. i promise.

here are two favorite recent posts.

lines

devacationization (this one made me laugh hysterically. i think i read it 3 times and every time i laughed harder.)

links

i'm a long time fan of girl's gone child. she had her daughter, fable, right before i had ollie, and i loved reading her blog while i was pregnant. (and before i was pregnant. and after.) anyway, girl's gone child's mom's cooking posts are fantastic. check out this one, about cast iron skillets.

i come from a family of red wine vinaigrette lovers. my nono would make it. my aunt sandi makes a killer avocado-tomato salad that's insanely delicious (and dressed with rwv), and i grew up in a house that either had this or blue cheese nightly on our green salad. i've been trying to duplicate gabrielle's red wine vinaigrette since i visited last month. (for the record, i wasn't adding basil and oregano.) i can't wait 'til dinner tomorrow. it's on!

i went for almost an entire year eating oatmeal every day for breakfast. then one day i couldn't look at oatmeal again. it's been years. this makes me want to revisit oatmeal.

holly, from nothing but bonfires is always a treat to read. she turned me onto birchbox and i signed up tonight.

i was bummed that ollie and i got home tonight at 6:30 and it was practically dark. i'm kind of getting excited about cold weather though, and getting to wear stuff like this cowl. cozy!




this isn't a link, but i'm sharing it anyway because the cuteness is killing me. about a month ago my little brother and his girlfriend had a baby. i want to eat her cheeks.

also, she has my bro's chin dimple and it makes my heart swell with love for her. wish we all lived closer.

blog i love

i love the local blog, fashionist.



how cute is charlie?

You should read this.

Motherhood in NYC makes me laugh. In fact, it just made me laugh out loud.

blog love

i feel sort of silly (obvious?) for posting about maggie mason because i'm pretty sure everyone knows who she is.

if i saw her out and about in san francisco i'd probably gawk at her and try really hard to act all smooth and nonchalant, and really end up being creepy.

but, maggie mason is someone you should be reading if you aren't.

i particularly love the mighty closet posts, however, there's lots more to see here, including maggie's mighty life list, travel stories, design, and more.

she also started the very useful mighty goods, mighty junior and mighty haus sites. i've used them more than once for gift ideas for gabe. (it's extremely difficult for me to find presents for gabe, which really sucks because the guy gives the best presents.)

blog love

if you know me well, you know i am an avid blog reader.* in fact, since ollie was born 10 months ago, blogs are pretty much my favorite book.

(really the only books i've read since o was born have been parenting books. mostly because i like to obsess and worry. i'll save that for another post.)

anyway, i was thinking i'd start sharing some the blogs i read regularly here.

i thought i'd begin with whoorl and work my way up the list (alphabetically speaking). whoorl is best known (i think) for hair thursday. i highly recommend you go read this post though. when i first read this last summer it made me laugh so hard i cried. even rereading it last night i was laughing hysterically.

* how dorky does that sound? avid blog reader. avid blog reader.

food

just made (and ate 3 and am pondering a 4th) banana chocolate chip cookies. i can't get enough of this combo. 

speaking of food, last night i stumbled across edith zimmerman's website. i'm in love.

all photos by edith zimmerman.

 

go love this blog

so much fun to get lost here.

garance doré's blog is beautiful. i could spend hours combing through all of the loveliness.

photos + illustrations + words = happiness.







all images from garance doré.