blue stockings

I've grown to love the colder months for a variety of reasons, but mainly because I get to wear tights! As a serial dress and skirt wearer tights bring me unbridled joy. 

photo from here

happy friday

It is a gray dreary day in New York City but i found some brightness...

Happy friday xoxo

A beautiful fall shot from this lovely blog

A stunning entrance hall from here

pure purse etsy love from here

Just spend a minute on Colour Me Katie's blog and I guarantee you it will make you smile

And we're off for a week, see you soon. 

Cute anniversary gift

From the love shop on etsy

Red, Yellow & Gold

These reds are gorgeous...

There is no way one could go wrong with this yellow

Gold - love it. 

Maira Kalman

Maira Kalman's illustrations along with the stories warm my heart and brighten my day, especially gray ones like today. I love the absolute positivity in all her brightly coloured pictures of life threw her eyes. Her weekly blog in the New York Times is called And the Pursuit of Happiness. How delightful is that? For more of her lovely work, check here.  

I love this series of stage door photos from The Times. The celebs snapped here all have a nice story about them, except for Babs!

Dennis Hopper

A cool exhibit is on at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery, featuring the work of Dennis Hopper called Signs of the Times. Very cool. Yes, that's Warhol top left. 

How rad are these two? 

dust storms

Has anyone seen some of the surreal photos of  Sydney's dust storm?  It really looks like another world. 

From flickr

photo: christian science monitor

Robert Frank's America

Some gorgeous and poignant photos from Robert Frank. 

Filipino Food

I'm half Filipino on my mother's side and I grew up with a Mum that can cook! Some of the dishes included Pancit, Lumpia (yum) & chicken adobe. More recently, I tasted the delicious Arroz Caldo, I couldn't believe my Mum was holding out on me all those years - as that soup is the bomb. I included a few links so you can try your hand at some of these tasty treats. 

Arroz caldo, recipe here

A montage of Filipino fare from the fantastic food blog: chubby hubby

Pancit, recipe here

Lumpia, recipe here