Lifestyle and Home

• Apartment Therapy: Week 2

  • Here I am in week 2. I’ve had a busy week nonetheless, but I’ve managed to buy fresh flowers. I still have to vacuum and mop the floors, clean my kitchen from top to bottom, and a host of other things. The flowers, however, have definitely lifted the air in here though. They’re beautiful in [...]

• Apartment Therapy: Week 1 Overview

  • Take the survey in the book List necessary repairs and solutions Mop and vaccuum all the floors Remove one item from my apartment (the bigger, the better) Buy fresh flowers Sit in a room I never sit in for 10 minutes (complete silence, preferably phone ringer off) Research earth friendly cleaning solutions With my first [...]

• Spring Cure 07: Week 1

  • So today begins the massive Spring Cure 07 event where apartment dwellers all over the world will convene online to share their experiences with the difficult job of renovating such a tight living space (and on a tight budget nonetheless). This week, I only have to do a few small things this week: Take the [...]

• Built NY – A Stylish Neoprene Lunchbag

  • I found this lunchbag while browsing the latest issue of Health. Isn’t it cute? It’s made of that foamy rubbery stuff that wet suits are made of so you know it’s meant to insulate. Only $24.95 +$4.95 S&H and available in 7 colors. They also offer other items such as 6-pack carriers, wine bottle carriers, [...]

• Material Things

  • Layla Grace: Hip Details for Home Women and Children – A great little shop for beautiful things for house and home. Definitely check out their aprons. Adorable! Even though I think I’ll remain a career girl, I’d totally don the housewife garb at home. Posh Betty – Very retro-chic party invitations, notecards, stationary, elegant party [...]

• Deconstruct My Flagrant Purchase

  • So in anticipation of the wintry weather that’s supposed to be ahead, I went out and spent $90 on a heated mattress pad. And yes, I’m beginning to feel the gentle pangs of buyer’s remorse, thinking perhaps that an electric blanket would’ve been more practical. I’m going to sleep on it tonight (literally, in this [...]

• Because One Sickness Just Isn’t Enough

  • So I discover when I arrive to Houston that not only is the battery indicator on my cell phone on its last bar, but Jabari has somehow lost my cell phone charger in his house. Knowing I wasn’t prepared to make the 3.5 hour drive back to Dallas without some sort of emergency contact facilitator, [...]

• Cafe Miso in Coppell

  • Seeing as how I frequent a lot of restaurants (especially local dives that might not get covered by the food section in the paper) for lunch, I figured perhaps I ought to lend a voice to my stomach and my wallet. So, here goes: Who: Cafe Miso. Where: Coppell. Evidently they have two other branches, [...]

• LCD Keyboard

  • Optimus Keyboard. It’s buttons are programmable. It’s surpringly very pretty.

• IKEA in DALLAS!

  • IKEA in Frisco is opening on August 3rd! There goes my savings account…