New stamp!

Still unpacking and organizing the new kitchen, but wanted to share my latest gadget. My friend Sarah Rowland has a stationery business called Chasing Paper (no site yet, but you can email her at chasingpaperny AT yahoo DOT com). I ordered this cute Sara Bakes Cake stamp from her - made by Fontaine Maury. It's more of a bright green than the photo shows and I think it's just perfect. Sure beats the address labels I printed on the computer!

Side note: I've been grabbing my photo html codes directly from Flickr. Does anyone know why they're always off center? I don't think they used to be. The shot looks fine on the preview screen of blogger, but once gets wonky once I post it.

Update: My brother thinks that maybe the medium size photo is too big for blogger, so trying again with the small size.

Happy Birthday, Gus!

Gussie turned two last week so I sent him a b-day shout out on Apartment Therapy's ohdeedoh.

The Hastings Farmers Market

Our local and favorite farmers market in Hastings-On-Hudson, NY was featured today on The Today Show. It really makes Saturday mornings (and life in the suburbs) that much better. My friend Sarah Silbert Hinawi is a fantastic local musician and is interviewed in the piece. Check it out:

Kitchen Update, pt. 3

The countertops are coming tomorrow, the countertops are coming tomorrow! I thought it was going to take at least a week, but Jay came to template on Monday and will be back tomorrow to put them in.

Ron, one half of The Kitchen Couple, and his crew finished up the cabinet install on Tuesday and I love the way they turned out. Because we're in an old house none of our walls are square and they had to make lots of tweaks to fit things in and you can't tell - they look perfect. Ron spent most of the day constructing a corner cabinet - it's not something Ikea stocked, but he was able to take a basic cabinet and modify it so it fits perfectly. I think we have at least double the cabinet space now!

Note about these photos - my son took them, so they're a little off center, but I like his low to the ground perspective.

Another customized cabinet - fits perfectly and will be great for tea and spices

Video Fun

A friend just told me about this site. They don't have a big music selection, but I like the way this turned out.