Archive for March, 2008
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Since I was the one girl who wanted to play with the boys’ toys, I’m always on the lookout for car-and-truck themed accessories for my young friends who also have a thing for wheels.
So when I saw these New York City checkered taxi barrettes, I immediately knew I had found a hit. Who wouldn’t love […]
Author: Kat Powers | March 22, 2008You can have tea towels that are Grand
OK, just one plug for bunnies before Easter.
On Somerville Avenue, in the middle of a road project, is Grand, a store about lifestyle. Your lifestyle, specifically.
As I wandered through the store — past bamboo T-shirts and funky plates decorated with Russian nesting dolls, I spied these ($15) vintage-looking tea towels.
Don’t call them dish towels, though […]
Author: Kat Powers | March 21, 2008An angel for your little angel
This is Sunray Bear. He’s an angel, born in an attic, and he plays with his other angel friends, which include a bunny, a cat, a dog, a pig and a mouse.
He and the other angels have sprung whole from the mind of Newton cartoonist Mark Marderosian, who has made them real so they can […]
Author: Kat Powers | March 20, 2008Hemp is so 90s. Wear bamboo socks
At the Walking Company to stock up on foot luxuries (so I can walk to more stores) I stumbled upon these cozy-looking socks by Umberto Raffini.
“Bamboo,” the salesman said. And indeed, they’re 65 percent bamboo fiber.
Knowing how quickly bamboo grows (have you ever tried to keep it from spreading in your garden?) I thought I […]
Author: Kat Powers | March 20, 2008Chocolate is most beautiful around my neck!
I love pearls and I love chocolate and I love eating chocolate while wearing pearls! So naturally when I spotted the strand of uniquely colored pearls under the glass at Gordon Jewelers in Boonville Missouri, I was awe struck. Roz gave me this “I know” look and pulled them out for me to begin my […]
Pasta with a bonus
When you want to impress a dinner guest in your home, you’re going to want to hit Capone’s in Somerville.
Some of the best hostesses I know take their time making the table look beautiful, then run down to the local restaurant with a platter matching the table settings and have the pros set up dinner. […]
Author: Kat Powers | March 19, 2008Paper for so much more than origami
You see lotus flowers in red, pink and black, silkscreened on handmade Kozo paper. I see a beautiful way to enhance the still-beautiful desk that has a scratched table top.
And maybe I can help the kitchen cabinets too.
The Paper Source has fabulous, handmade papers that run 25 1/2″ x 19″ and are under $10 each. […]
Author: Kat Powers | March 18, 2008Don’t lose the watch. Pin it to your clothes
As my mother was approaching a milestone birthday, when asked what she wanted, she described a decorative pin she had in high school with a locket, carrying a watch inside.
Wearing a timepiece as jewelry, and not on your wrist where it gets in the way of the keyboard, the diapers, the patients or whatever you […]
Author: Kat Powers | March 18, 2008I’m going to stuff all my things in a Flee bag
This one bag can solve all my problems, and keep me looking fabulous at the same time. So I’m just going to stuff all my stuff in a Flee bag and keep shopping.
You see, after taking a wrong turn off the Mass. Pike (I-90 for you non-Bostonians), I found myself in Newton looking at the […]
Author: Kat Powers | March 17, 2008A present to get all lathered up about
When I had my firstborn, the lady who introduced my husband and I came to the hospital to gloat about her matchmaking skills. She also matched me up with a La Source starter kit so I could have some spa time even while still in the maternity unit.
I have to say, these soaps are as […]
Author: Kat Powers | March 16, 2008