DEBATING WITH A FOOL IS LIKE SPITTING ON A FISH: 08.09

8.31.2009

Gotta Love Hitch

'Rear Window' poster for view out of our rear window. Clever?

I feel like such a space cadet. I THOUGHT I purchased this lot of Anchor Hocking mugs...for $15. Yeah, right. Make that 1 Anchor Hocking mug. At least it is the green one. Earth to Brooke. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor_Hocking

8.30.2009

Maggie's Miami Nights Part ii

Caribou Centerpiece

Deck "Pillow" Dilemma | Solved

Vintage boat cushions/life preservers

Maggie's Miami Nights

8.28.2009

DVD Collection, Enhanced & Comments

Just added the following to our ever-growing Film Library (soon to be expanding closets):

The Accidental Tourist (1988)
All the President's Men (1976)
Breaking and Entering (2006)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Zodiac (2007) - as our original copy mysteriously disappeared
The Sorcerer (1977) - can't wait to introduce David to this masterpiece

The Accidental Tourist really resonated with me as a child (aka ~15 - I've always been a little behind that age curve). The Accidental Tourist was a very important film to me. If you know anything about the story, this is kind of a sad thing to admit. But you know me, never afraid to reveal anything that might be totally embarrassing.

Next project: Putting some kind of order - besides pretty verticle stacks - to these hundreds (thousands ?) of DVDs.

Sorcerer (1977)

The Laundress

Mother, you will be happy to read that I made a 'Laundress' purchase. Remember that wonderful smell of lavender? Well, you can now experience that outside of the Hamptons. Lavender sachets are my new obsession, for anyone looking for b-day gift ideas.

8.27.2009

Maggie + Bogie lolz

How did I just figure out that I can make my OWN lolz? This has quickly become a new obsession. I think you can go directly through this link to check out more of my lolz: http://cheezburger.com/pictures-by-brooklyn77/lolz

8.26.2009

One Kings Lane

I finally made a purchase on One Kings Lane. This gorgeous and minimal Whisper 3 Piece Hostess Set by Nambe. While I feel Nambe should be used very sparingly, I felt these weren't over the top Nambe - and for $22 (looks like they typically retail for $65), I could not pass it up. One can never have too many serving pieces.

8.25.2009

Bogie: 1 Year Later, 6lbs Lighter

So proud of my Bogie. His trip to the vet yielded a very successful weigh-in. He went from 24lbs of Big Boga Lovin' to 18lbs of Lean Mean Fightin' Boga-machine. Of course, Maggie was perfect (she also lost ~1lb). Our only follow-up: Bogie will be receiving a $450 teeth cleaning in late September. I continue to single-handedly keep this economy going.

Urban Remains: 1st Purchase

We finally made it to Urban Remains and purchased this lovely little Fire Escape sign. Don't you love the crisp font? Thankfully I'm married to a handy guy and it only took 2 trips to Home Depot in order to perfectly plant this above our back door. http://www.urbanremainschicago.com/

8.15.2009

Object of Desire: Citroen 2CV

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_2CV
"the most intelligent application of minimalism ever to succeed as a car"

Why can't I like anything that's not ultimately going to become a total headache?

8.14.2009

Love this Site

http://ihasahotdog.com/

8.10.2009

Still Love: Enjoy the Silence Video

Elephant Bottle Opener

My sweetheart husband picked this (^) up for me on his way home from a meeting today. I saw this last night on the Anthro website and loved it. Nothing like a well-designed bottle opener and a thoughtful husband to brighten up a hot August Monday.

8.09.2009

Hurt Locker

Not ending this film at the jack-in-the-box scene really
bothers me. May have delivered a best director Oscar to a
woman for the first time. Anyway, amazingly powerful film.
Better HD trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GxSDZc8etg

Fun with Plants

Our aloe plants were becoming far too large for their homes, so we replanted them outside and purchased new ones - succulents, what else - for inside. While David has the green thumb, I add the 'flare' (ie war scene).