When you first enter our townhouse through the front door, your eyes go straight to the white space above our fireplace along the back wall. That key area just begs for a special piece of artwork—something that will grab your attention and draw you in…
I’m currently preoccupied with plaid—tartans to be exact. When I think tartan, two distinct images always pop into my head…
Frank Gehry is arguably America’s most renowned living architect. Yes, his design for the Eisenhower Memorial on the National Mall is currently the subject of debate but visiting the stunning Guggenheim Bilbao remains on my bucket list (duh)…
If you’ll recall, last year I wrote a post in which I bemoaned the fact that our rental apartment lacked space for a proper home office. I lamented about having to use the main living area as a computer room with my little Canon scanner stored under my Ikea chair…
Here’s a random piece of big news: we recently bought a townhouse! My first home purchase! Closing was literally one week ago, and I kept the process mostly under wraps because I didn’t want to jinx anything. Only when I got the keys to our little casa did I finally relax a bit…
I spent the Christmas holiday with my mom. And one morning, I observed that she had many colorful vignettes involving vegetables, plants and flowers scattered around her house…
For the Christmas holiday, my mom was kind enough to host Andrew and me at her lovely home in Exton, PA. While she hasn’t put up a tree since my dad died twelve years ago, I thought she did a fine job of decorating her house with little festive flourishes.
I’ve been writing this blog for three months now. Three whole months! Honestly, when I first started, I wasn’t sure if I could keep coming up with new ideas to sustain it for more than a couple of weeks…