everydaybest

I don’t remember if I told you guys (believe it or not, I don’t tell you everything — I KNOW!), but my word/motto/intention last year was “More” — and boy, was it ever. I’m not complaining, it was more in so many good ways, but it got to be too much. So I kinda shut [...]

I’ve recently discovered the Japanese concept of Wabi-sabi; to simplify it to the extreme (which, frankly, is the only way I know it) it means to find beauty in imperfection and to accept life’s impermanence. “[Wabi-sabi] nurtures all that is authentic by acknowledging three simple realities: nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect. [...]

This is what I think: I think Today, which just happens to be a Tuesday but maybe when you read this it will be a Wednesday or a Saturday (it doesn’t matter), is Someday. In other words, today is the day you’ve been saving your nice things for. I’m talking about the little things that [...]

I’m light years away from my old MBA days, so these days I pick up the Financial Times purely for entertainment purposes. (I love that. Suck that, sensible career!) Sometimes this means that I sit there and scoff/drool at what rich business people in England do with their money (maybe I miss the career, just [...]

I just read one of those articles that puts into words something that I’ve been thinking about for a while. Don’t you love it when that happens? It saves me the trouble of writing it. The article I read was in Vanity Fair, “You Say You Want a Devolution?“. It’s about how until the 90s [...]

My blog tagline is “the art of living well every day.” What do I mean by that? A while back I started keeping a one-line-a-day journal. The idea is simple: Every night you write a few words about what you did that day. No need for deep thoughts. It’s just a straightforward record of your day. [...]

Aging. Some of us fight it. Some of us just give up. I’m not doing either of these things. I’ve decided that I’m going to live my days in preparation for fabulous old ladyhood. I’m absolutely serious about this. I’m going to rock that party, assuming I’m lucky enough to make it that far. There are [...]

Do you ever feel overwhelmed? Please say yes. It’s not because I want you to feel that awful feeling, but because when I’m in the middle of feeling overwhelmed I feel so alone. Like I invented it. *exhale* Last week was one of those weeks. Two trips in a month, sick kids, school vacation, piles [...]

The view from our room at the Ritz — I thought it looked vaguely Parisian, do you see it too? I just got back from a magical weekend in New Orleans where I attended the Mom 2.0 Summit. Everyone told me that Mom 2.0 would be my type of conference, and it turns out that everyone [...]

Last night I discovered (via Sew Weekly) the Tumblr blog Of Another Fashion: An alternative archive of  the not-quite-hidden but too often ignored fashion histories of women of color. Finding this blog was exhilarating for me — you all know how I love vintage style — but also like a punch in the gut. Here [...]