i'll just say

yes.

yes.


yes.

i love these beyond words. the bulldog is my favorite, although i am also partial to the greyhound.

the shop that carries these gems? atelier abigail ahern

ps. new york times proclaimed that the store is a "hard edged wonderland"

i don't understand

why i don't have a dressing room. i could even work with a walk-in closet, as long as it's enormous. or at the very least, big enough for this guy.
serena and lily ottoman here.

i spent

too much time (about 5 minutes) in the steve madden store recently. looking for a nude pair of flats. i know, i know, i am really late to the nude shoe game. but what can i say? it takes me a while to warm up to most things (except dogs). i don't want to spend a fortune on these, and i don't want embellishments. just simple, relatively comfortable, and able to go with anything. s.m. was not my first choice of retailers, but it had come to this.

alas, there were some questionable characters: a guy speaking way too loudly and way too bossy to his girlfriend and some girls whose nasally voices hit at the exact spot in my brain to cause a headache. but nude flats? nope.

so i took to the internet, my trusty shopping companion when all else fails. but as is the case in so many other aspects of life (see the paradox of choice, one of my all time favorite books about human consumption and satisfaction), the internet presented way too many options, which turned into confusion.

which shade of nude? there is a yellow nude, a tan nude, and a pinky nude. eeeek.

i finally settled on these cole haan puppies:they are definitely on the pinky side, but i'm crossing my fingers they're not tooooo pink. they're as simple as they get, and cole haan is usually pretty comfy. and they were on sale for my huge sized feet, so i was in luck (shoe luck rarely happens to us bigfoots. i'll take what i can get). they're better quality than anything from steve madden...and no nasally voices anywhere.

even though

i'm still on the fence about those open toe booties, i love everything else about this outfit.


especially the coat. and that knee length skirt.

{from chris benz s/s 11 collection, found here}

in. love.

with this.

aackkkk. just look at it.
are you peeing in your pants with glee like i am?

this has to be one of the most splendid bookstores in the world.

opened as a theatre in 1919. obviously. learn more here.

if this doesn't warrant a trip to buenos aires, i just don't know what does.

typography

who knew?

harvard educated lawyer matthew butterick makes his case for why lawyers should care about typography and how it can make a difference in the legal world.

find out more on his website here.

he already has my vote.

a belated

mention of the new online home-decor magazine rue.

i have mixed feelings about all these online magazines. but they do have some great inspirational pictures. i find that i'm rarely drawn to the entire picture - the rooms are a bit much, a bit too done, a bit too thought out.

but i often can find some detail that grabs my attention.


like those fantastic dog pillows. WHERE CAN I FIND THEM??????