Friday, December 28, 2007
Resolutions: Be Charmed
Charm bracelets are so hot and playfully hip. Your kids definitely will get these iconic, fashionable touches. I just love the snow boot and cuckoo clock from J. Couture. So Swiss ski lodge!
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Fashionable Moms,
Mom Care
Resolutions: Be Gorgeous on the Go
Conceal, brighten, lighten, smooth, and tighten. It's all in the perfectly compact realness of concealness kit from benefit.
Heaven.
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Fashionable Moms,
Mom Care,
Quick Tips
Resolutions: Be Smokin' Hot
Even when you're up to your eyelids in kids' stuff (lunch boxes, homework, construction paper and paste), take a bit of inspiration from Paul Smith. Easy detailing -- a gold belt, a fitted pinstriped vest -- can take you from feeling frumpy to dazzlingly fabulous.
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Fashionable Moms,
Mom Care
Bring in the New Year: Mini Milkshakes
Kids will flip over fancy little milkshakes. Blend your fav gelato (or ice cream) and locally-produced milk. Then simply serve in your favorite shot glasses, like these from salviati. So cute!
{ For an over-the-top experience, kids can add a dot of whipped cream on top. Then, cut plastic straws into thirds, stick into the mini shakes, and serve! }
{ For an over-the-top experience, kids can add a dot of whipped cream on top. Then, cut plastic straws into thirds, stick into the mini shakes, and serve! }
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Entertaining for All,
New Year's Eve
Resolutions: Keep Diapers from Disarray
Finally! A seriously sultry ruched tote bag that can hold your spare diapers, snack bars, juice boxes, chapsticks, lipsticks, bottles, binkies, and blankies, too. Someone please pinch me.
From Alexis Hudson.
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Fashionable Moms,
Life Organized,
Mom Care
Bring in the New Year: I Scream!
Oh my.
Oh my.
While you and your fabulous friends are sipping sake, the wee ones can delight in their own ice cream -- I mean, GELATO -- bar. Hello!
Jealous? Make them share the Zabaione, Strawberry, and Lemon Curd from Ciao Bella. Or just keep the Pomegranate Champagne sorbetto to yourselves!
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Entertaining for All,
Family Tips,
New Year's Eve
Inspiration: Baking for the Soul
Local writer and soulful sister Isabel Allende said:
"The poet and the baker are brothers in the essential task of nourishing the world."
You said it!
So, before the year ends, nourish your family with a wild and warm day of mixing, kneading, and baking bread. Then you can bring in the new year with souls soothed and bellies full! (Don't forget the honey butter!!)
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Family Time,
Inspiration,
Kids in the Kitchen
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Fun with the Family: Beautiful Fish
It has to be the right time for added responsibility, but if you're looking for a collection of gorgeously quiet pets, consider getting beta fish (all the same color, each in its own bowl). Place them in a straight line down the center of your table. The kids will love them. The look is so modern. And, seriously, what a flourish for your sake bash!
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Fashionable Home,
New Year's Eve,
Setting the Table
Food/Fashion: Runners are Like Scarves
A hand-crocheted runner adds folksy charm to your table. I love the combination of the cozy fabric and the deep berry colors. From Garnet Hill.
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Fashionable Tabletop,
Folksy Vibe,
Setting the Mood
Food/Fashion: Scarves are Like Runners
Table runners are accessories for your table, adding a touch of your own style with ease. Same goes for scarves. This scarf from Edun is enough urban fashion melded with poetic justice. (It's scrolled with a poem from Rilke. I just love it.)
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Best Scarves,
Fashionable Moms,
Food/Fashion
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Fun with the Family: Japanese Couture
Prepare to be dazzled by the irresistibly sleek lines and restrained luxuriousness of the dresses at the Asian, on exhibit right now through Jan. 6. (Your husband and sons may want to skip this one out -- but your daughters will love it!)
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Family Outing,
Family Time,
Family Tips
It Idea: New Year's Sake Party
Then add a collection of these Sake candles, from fresh, to create a modernly chic atmosphere. So hot!
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New Year's Eve,
Party Perfect,
Setting the Mood
It Idea: New Year's Sake Party
Champagne (and local sparking wines) are treasured stand-bys for thundering in the new year, but why be ordinary?
This year have a sake bar! Zexy! Include premium sakes with varying characteristics -- and try them all! (Chilled is best.)
Joto Sake produces lovely eco-sakes. So cool.
This year have a sake bar! Zexy! Include premium sakes with varying characteristics -- and try them all! (Chilled is best.)
Joto Sake produces lovely eco-sakes. So cool.
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New Year's Eve,
Party Perfect
Bring in the New Year: Betsey Johnson Rules
Nothing says sassiness like Betsey Johnson's sweet frocks! Perfect for your New Year's bash! (Bonus! As saucy as these are, these dresses won't break the bank.)
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Fashionable Moms,
New Year's Eve,
Party Perfect
Get Ready for 2008: Gorgeous Eco-Scent
Just as you're peeling the last bits of tape and wrapping paper from the carpet, the new year is nearly here! It's OK because you'll be oh-so ready to bring in 2008 with this absolutely to-die-for citrus-touched-with-honeyed-vanilla eco-perfume from Tsi~La Organics. Wow!
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Best Perfumes,
Fashionable Moms,
Mom Care
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Holiday Dreams: Cassandra C. Jones
Aren't these just so very? Looks like child's play as Cassandra C. Jones creates kaleidescopic tongue-in-cheekiness glam. Hilariously indulgent.
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Art Together,
Family Time,
Family Tips
Holiday Dreams: Melinda Hackett
Before I sign off for the next few days, I wanted to leave you with a little holiday gift of fine art to appreciate with the entire fam. (Check them out on the web. Ask your wee ones to name colors and shapes, and to imagine themselves swimming in these paintings.) These underwater works, by NY artist Melinda Hackett, are so organic luxe. So fab!
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Art Together,
Family Time,
Family Tips
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Entertaining 101: Twist on a Classic
Pomegranate Tange-RINI
No Christmas should be without this holiday-inspired twist on a classic! Divine!
{ Serves 4 }
2 oz. fresh or bottled pomegranate juice
2 oz. fresh squeezed tangerine juice (or orange)
Splash of fresh or bottled lime juice (Rose's is fine)
4 oz. your favorite vodka
Crushed ice
Tangerine twists and fresh pomegranate seeds, for garnish
Pour juices and vodka over ice in a shaker, shake, and strain into Martini glasses. Garnish with tangerine twist and a few fresh pomegranate seeds. Oo-la-la!
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Photo credit: Sasha Gulish
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Cocktails,
Entertaining,
Original Recipes
Entertaining 101: Twist on a Classic
Mulled Cranberry Cider Mocktail
Here's my youthful-yet-seasonal twist on the traditional mulled wine. Designated drivers and kids will love this warm drink, too!
{ Serves 6 }
3 cups apple cider
3 cups cranberry juice
1/4 cups mulling spices
Cinnamon sticks and fresh cranberries, for garnish
3 cups cranberry juice
1/4 cups mulling spices
Cinnamon sticks and fresh cranberries, for garnish
In a sauce pan, combine juices and mulling spices, bring to a boil. Turn off the stove. Let cool. Strain spices and pour into mugs, garnish with a cinnamon stick and three floating cranberries.
{ For a cocktail } Substitute a full bodied red wine (in place of cranberry juice) for the livelier version!
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Photo credit: Sasha Gulish
Labels:
Cocktails,
Entertaining,
Original Recipes
Friday, December 21, 2007
Best Last Minute Downloads
Best of Christmas Cocktails album is so hotly divine, so download from iTunes for a quick holiday fix!
Labels:
Fashionable Home,
Music for All,
Setting the Mood
Best Cookie Cutters: A Gingerbread Family
You get three cookie cutters in this set. That means, you can make sisters, brothers, moms, dads, grandmas, grandpas -- a whole village of gingerbread people. So funny!
Labels:
Cooking with Kids,
Family Time,
Kids in the Kitchen
Best Book about Being Flat
Here's the original vintage version of Flat Stanley! A perfect read after making gingerbread men together.
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Family Time,
Family Tips
Kids in the Kitchen: More Cookies
Make a change from ordinary, flat cut-out cookies. (Remember the book Flat Stanley?) These cookies really come to life. Your kids will play with this food! From Hearthsong.
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Cooking with Kids,
Family Time,
Kids in the Kitchen
Fun with the Family: Pressed Cookies
Remember the delight when, as a kid, you squeezed Play-Do through a press? This is better! Your kids will love helping you squoosh dough through this stainless steel Wilton cookie press -- and you will, too. (Plus, the cookies look great enough to give away as last minute gifts.)
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Family Time,
Kids in the Kitchen,
Last Minute Gifts
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Last Minute! Cocktail Clothes for Him
For some irreverent tongue-in-cheekiness, this holiday sweater from Modern Amusement trades the iconic polo player for a black crow logo. Hilariously hip.
Labels:
Fashionable Dads,
For Him,
Shopping Tips
Last Minute! Cocktail Clothes for Him
Brilliantly proportioned and a groovy attention to detailing. These are such yummy jeans, from Kasil.
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Fashionable Dads,
For Him,
Shopping Tips
Last Minute! Cocktail Clothes for Him
If the electra-jazz is humming and you're sippin' ultra luxe cocktails with your generation, Toms shoes -- like these in gold stripes -- are just the sweetest kicks.
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Cocktails,
Fashionable Dads,
For Him
Note from Reader
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I'm looking for a last minute gift for my principessa who adores pink.
But not another tutu, puhlease!
Vivi F., Potrero Hill
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Does this count? (Look at that tulle ruffle!) This princess apron and poofy chef's hat will keep her happily helping in the kitchen. Just so cute. From Batter Up Kids Chef Wear at NM.
Labels:
Holiday Gifts,
Kids in the Kitchen,
Shopping Tips
Best Bag: Shop In Style
Yes, these are shopping totes!! Be eco-conscious and fashionably fabulous with these from oromono. Love love love love!
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Eco-Fabulous,
Shopping Tips
Best Warm Thing: Cozy Blanket
Like a scarf for your chair! I love the eighties-inspired colors of this Urban Outfitters' blanket, and bold zig-zags against a subdued hue. Too hip!
Labels:
Fashionable Home,
Holiday Gifts,
Shopping Tips
Last Minute Decorations: Glittery Tabletop
Try this. Group together candles and candlesticks that are in the same color families, but wildly differ in heighth and thickness.
So fabulous!
(Get these at Pottery Barn.)
So fabulous!
(Get these at Pottery Barn.)
Labels:
Entertaining,
Helpful Tips,
Holiday Tip
Last Minute Decorations: Glittery Tabletop
Feeling crafty? Create a shimmery table by stringing together crystal beads on thin elastic for vibrantly festive napkin rings. Sparkly!
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Entertaining,
Helpful Tips,
Holiday Tip
Monday, December 17, 2007
And Jeanine Payer Necklaces
The contrast is poetic and strong, streety-urban and heartwise. This necklace, from Jeanine Payer, is #1 on my wish list.
Labels:
Fashionable Moms,
Shopping Tips
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