Beauteous Treats

I just stumbled across the talented and fabulous Sarah Magid (thanks Sarah from Saipua) and am in love. Her aesthetic is gorgeous and so inspiring, and perfect for right now when things aren't looking so lovely outside. She makes the most glorious sweets and looks like she lives a beautiful life here in Brooklyn. I am looking forward to buying this book (another cookbook, it's true) and trying out some of her treats. Until then, I'll just keep checking in with her musings on her blog and feeling inspired. Do you all know about my cookbook collection, it's a doozy, and worthy of many, many posts which I will be adding soon.

More doggies looking for love

Seriously, you all need to come by this Saturday from 1-5 and check out the cuties looking for homes. These are ours that were adopted and I can't begin to tell you the amount of joy and happiness they bring to our house (and the store) each and every day. They're magical little animals. Everyone should be so lucky as to have one of these friends in their lives. We will have six dogs up for adoption, come by and say hi and play with them. They all need good homes. And I know that there are many good homes waiting to be filled with dog love in this neighborhood.
See you Saturday!

Pandas in my head

I want to buy art. And I would like to start with a panda in the house. So sweet, so pretty, a perfect addition to our home. Thank you, Rob Pruitt. I love what you see in these guys.

Bklyn Larder is open!

YAY!!!!! Delicious food in our neighborhood, finally!!!! Bklyn Larder has opened and I couldn't be more excited to try out all the delicious treats that Andrew has been perfecting over the past few months, a perfect addition to franny's. Possibly a bit less cooking at home with this around. YUM. Congratulations, Franny and Andrew!

Risto Bimbiloski's Starry Saturday

This is going to be a fun weekend. We've had Risto Bimbiloski's pieces in the store for a couple weeks now and everyone, I mean everyone, is having an amazing reaction to them. They are incredibly breathtaking, lots of gorgeous prints and exquisite pieces knit in Macedonia. All the prints are inspired by supernovas and are taken from actual images from the Hubble telescope, and are dreamy beyond belief. Anyways, Risto's brother will be in the store on Saturday the 6th from 1-5 talking about the collection and also filming for his new project with The Moment, one of my favorite blogs. They are doing a documentary about a showroom traveling 8,000 miles and meeting up with store owners and customers to see reactions to the collection. All of this will be posted on The Times blog, The Moment, and we will be featured this Saturday. And, in addition to that we will be starting to shoot our Ladies of Castor & Pollux series that day as well, so there will be quite a lot going on this weekend. Come by, say hi, and see what all the excitement is about. Hope to see you all! Till then, big kiss.

DOGGIES!

Oh, I am so excited for this! We are hosting a dog adoption in the store on June 13th from 1-5 with the wonderful company, Found My Animal. And for all of you who know me well, or don't even know me so well, I LOVE the doggies. Too bad we can't get another. Please, can we get another. Yes, I'm talking to you.

The perfume is here, the perfume is here!

Round 1 of the perfume arrived in March! Round 2 now slowly making it's way through customs.

Now that we have a blog we thought we would announce it.

10% Women

So, here she is. My indecision (and utter awe) forced me to put up three photos of Chantal Sutherland. I really wanted to put up a hundred of her because once I started looking I couldn't stop. She's an amazing jockey, doing her best in a sport that is only 10% women. To quote her, "Long term I want to be in the Derby, and I want to be in the Breeders' Cup. I'm looking for those horses and praying and asking the universe that it will show me the way and find those horses for me. I love this game, and I want those experiences. I just love what I do. I love when you are on a horse that just wants to run and they are true warriors and champions. It's so inspiring"
And so are you, Chantal. I can't get enough of this story.

Working like a dog?

Really?
Photo by John von Pamer