a long day/night

Just got home from spending all day (and night) in the shop. I don't have a lot to show for it (AT&T stood me up, even after giving me 4 reminder calls about our 4-hour appointment window!), but I did have some beautiful elves come later in the evening to help me build this lovely cabinet.

Thanks, my pretties. Building furniture + time with friends = 2 birds with 1 stone. Yea!

a lesson learned

Every time I paint the walls on a new apartment (or paint them as I ready to move out of an old apartment), I always promise myself that I'll never put myself through that again. Painting is such a pain!

Thankfully, Robin, Rick and Joe stepped in to save me some sanity. After tedious (oh, SO tedious) measuring, re-measuring, taping, re-taping, we finally started making some progress.

And then look!

Before I knew it, we were done. Ta-da!

I gotta tell you though, I've learned my lesson. Never again.

Barney's Unveils Food-Themed Holiday Windows on November 16

{from nbcnewyork}

So interesting! Can't wait to see what they look like...

“The foodie icons are stealing the limelight from the regular red-carpet celebs," Barney's creative director Simon Doonen tells WWD today. "At Barneys our customers are not really interested in what Kim Kardashian is up to or when Lindsay [Lohan] is getting out of jail. They are much more interested in Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain and Anne Burrell."

So it follows that the department store has decided to give its holiday windows over to The Food Network and Cooking Channel (with help from the NY marketing-crazed Illycaffè).

On November 16, "one window will be reserved for the Bad Boys of Food, including Bobby Flay, Emeril Lagasse and Batali. The Gals of Food will feature reigning female chefs Burrell, Paula Dean, Ina Garten, Cat Cora, Sandra Lee, Donatella Arpaia and Anita Lo, among others," writes WWD. The third window promises a surreal scene comprised of "historic and contemporary creative types wafting out of a giant copper saucepan."

The big reveal coincides with a book party for Lee Schrager's Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Cookbook. And later in the month, Doonen crosses over onto the food tube when he judges an Iron Chef episode airing November 28. That food better be pretty.

and we're off!

It's on like Donkey Kong, y'all.

I got the keys today and immediately put up a temporary sign and some paper to cover the windows. Here's a close up of the sign:

This is really happening!

it's been a while

I'm back, and better than ever! Just signed the lease for a retail space, so now it's time for action. I'm so excited!!! And terrified and nervous and overwhelmed and happy. It's the tiniest of spaces, but I do love it. I'll share more details on that soon.

In the meantime, I'm finding this image quite inspiring. Oh, to have my space look like that! *fingers crossed*