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Archive for July, 2012

Skin-Loving Ingredients

Little factoid: I’m relatively new to the world of vitamins.

In fact, prior to 2011, the last time I can remember taking vitamins on a day-to-day basis they were shaped like Fred Flintstone and tasted like fruity chalk (and yet were so delicious!). Once I found out I was expecting, though, I began taking pre-natal vitamins every day, and yes: the results were amazing. My hair and nails decided to turn into little production powerhouses, and I felt worlds better than I ever had before.

Lesson: learned. (Sort of. These days, I have a solid 50% success rate when it comes to remembering my morning vitamin. But that’s better than zero!)

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Room Redo: Sunny Skies Ahead

First home renovation project!

The living/dining room, with its garden-overlooking windows and crazy floors, was the very first thing that piqued my interest when I spotted our house on the Internet. But still: there were things about it that I knew I’d want to change.

The “After”…after the jump!

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Objects Of Affection

My favorite quilt, which I immediately used to break our washing machine (we fixed it) because I am a space cadet, but which smells lovely after a few hours spent drying in the sunshine…

…completely gorgeous Lands’ End towels for my very own Jordan Cave (one of the elements of a nautical bathroom makeover on an upcoming JITH segment)…

…affordable and deliciously fresh room sprays from J.R. Watkins (my favorite: Aloe & Green Tea)…

…my son’s face when I introduced him to Dolly, my favorite toy when I was a little girl…

…and the very small tenant who has already established himself as a fixture in our sunroom. I named him Jasper.



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Beach-To-Bar Beauty

Click through to Makeup.com for my favorite tips to avoid looking like a disheveled lobster by the time Happy Hour rolls around.



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Jordan In The House: Apartment Packing Tips

Whee! Packing. Finally.

Hey, remember when we found out that we finally won a bidding war? As it turned out, I was at that very moment sitting in a diner with my videographer filming a Mother’s Day segment. So we got it on tape. That was nice.



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Hamptons Super Saturday, Oh Yes

So I’d heard a lot about Super Saturday in the Hamptons going into it, but I still wasn’t sure what, exactly, to expect.

As it turns out, Super Saturday is paradise. No joke.

I attended on behalf of Dove – which made me a very lucky lady, because tickets are whooooo pricey – and had a ridiculous, crazypants blast of a day.

Let me explain.

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A Puttering Kind Of Sunday

We just spent the day puttering around, doing a little pre-move Home Depoting, fussing, and fixing, and then went out to dinner on Main Street before heading back to the city and two very sad dogs (I wish I could make the poor babies – who now have about three square feet of floor space left to hurricane around in – understand that they are thisclose to joy in grass and mud form).

This was my favorite picture of the day by leaps and miles.

The fact that my son is completely obsessed with blue cheese warms the very depths of my soul.



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