here are some new salt + pepper cellars from my manufactured line.
sometimes you just need a little pinch..
see them here.
foodie.
Friday, August 10, 2012
so slaw.
one thing i love about being in vermont is the ability to really nest. we sometimes don’t go into town for a week at a time ! and almost all of our meals are home cooked. such a contrast from our real world, where we’re often working so late that there is no choice but to eat dinner out. it’s OH so little house on the prairie here. i love it.
Wednesday, August 08, 2012
say cheese.
we made it to vermont in time for a little cheese. this is one of my favorite times & places of the year: summer in vermont. we are very lucky to be able to live right on a beautiful lake for the month. vermont is the epitome of getting back to nature and staying far away from city life. i take my shoes off and just breathe in the beauty.
Tuesday, August 07, 2012
the tucker inn.
in provincetown we stayed at the tucker inn. it was the perfect B&B . . . clean, dog friendly, 2 blocks from the beach, they put out fresh baked chocolate chip cookies every night, and had an amazing chef who cooked anything you wanted EVERY morning. as someone who often skips breakfast, it was a treat to have a leisurely al fresco breakfast every morning while catching up on world events (isn’t gabby amazing ?!).
Friday, August 03, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
june 2012
vallauris, france
the fruit in the mediterranean is incredible. that dry hot heat grows such beautiful sweet fruit. i grew up with figs. in fact, it was an enormous fig orchard where our high school would go to “party.” it was simply known as “the figs.” but here in france (and now that i’m a grown up), i prefer my figs on a baguette with strong cheese and a drizzle of honey.
Friday, July 27, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketch book).
june 2012
antibes, france
i am not a big pastry eater (my sweet tooth is usually reserved for chocolate) BUT i do love to draw pastries. france is packed with pâtisseries that house the most beautiful perfect colourful jewel-like pastries that i have ever seen. i was usually the girl standing outside of the pâtisserie looking in and sketching the merchandise in the window at a rapid speed. i could spend hours doing this. to me, it is much more satisfying than eating them.
Friday, June 15, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
june 7, 2012
vallauris, france
these loquats were freshly picked from a tree in the south of france. when i was a child, we had a big loquat tree in our backyard. i can remember sitting in that tree eating loquats until my stomach was fully distended. the taste and smell of this fruit brings me right back to my childhood. such very sweet memories.
Monday, June 11, 2012
spicy.
it’s hard NOT to be inspired by the beautiful colors in the south of france. look at these spices at the farmers market in antibes. amazing.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
say cheese.
i am in cheese heaven. i love french cheese . . . the stinkier, the better. we have come across AMAZINGLY delicious moldy cheeses that smell not unlike dirty socks (in a good way). it’s a good thing that i run to the sea every morning and swim, otherwise my new cheese gut would be twice as large.
Friday, June 08, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
june 6, 2012
vallauris, france
i am trying my hand at acrylic painting and am still not quite sold. it is so antithetical to watercolor. the paint just sits there and doesn’t absorb into the canvas, i’m not used to that. i will be spending half of my residency here in france painting. there is so much to be inspired by.
Friday, June 01, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketchbook).
may 23, 2012
paris, france
i had my first meal on this trip to paris at MERCI. soft boiled eggs and fresh squeezed orange juice. it was tres delicious and memorable.
Friday, May 25, 2012
e n c o r e .
i spent 5 days in paris with some of my clay posse before heading to my residency in the south of france. it was amazing but, of course, WAY TOO SHORT. luckily, i did manage to check off the majority of my parisian to-do list. first off, a trip to MERCI for breakfast and shopping galore, then there was a hugely inspiring visit to the PALAIS de TOKYO museum (i highly recommend it), a delicious falafel at l’as du fallafel that was so big you had to eat it with a fork, buying parfum at l’artisan parfumeur, a wonderful lunch at chez prune, and an INCREDIBLE dinner at JaJa. i want to do it ALL over AGAIN . . . encore, s’il vous plait !
