“Don’t cry because its over, smile because it happened” -Dr. Suess 2019 was quite a year. Not just for me and my family, but for people and places all over the world: The Chinese landed on the far side of the moon, Notre Dame unbelievably burned, Karl Lagerfeld left behind an extraordinary creative legacy and … More A Last Look Back and it’s a Wrap
“There is no greater power on this earth than story” -Libba Bray There is in fact a story behind why I have not posted anything to Off My List the past several months- assuming that my few yet cherished readers actually noticed this. A little drum roll please: it’s because I was busy finishing the … More From Off My List: Here’s The Story
“The world’s too small for walls” -unknown; etched on the Berlin Wall Good Lord it’s already spring and embarrassingly enough, I have not yet finished blogging about our wintertime trip to Germany. As some of you may be aware, after the first of this year I unknowingly dropped into kind of a dark hole that … More From Off My List: A Rewind- The Wall and It’s Fall, Berlin Continued
“True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.” -Albert Einsten Feeling refreshed after having slept surprisingly well on our first night in our centrally located Berlin AirBNB, we woke early to grey skies. I put together a German style breakfast of brötchen in our tiny kitchen (warm rolls, pretzels and cold … More From Off My List: Exploring Art in Berlin
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes” -Marcel Proust Like any other sane person, I would not normally agree to travel to Germany during the winter months. It can get verryyyy cold and wet there, and a California girl like me is not used to such … More From Off My List: Visiting Northern Germany
“Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart” -Seneca Thanksgiving Day is so close that I actually smell a crisp pecan pie baking to perfection in an oven somewhere. If you are a planner (ok, obsessive planner) like me, you’re double and triple checking the multiple lists of the items you still need to … More From Off My List: Thanksgiving Turkey Cookie Place Card Favors
“If you are ghoulish and ghostly wherever you’re seen, you’re sure to have such a wonderful Halloween!” -from a vintage Halloween card Halloween is just around the corner and as my close peeps all know, now is when my personality turns into a kind of domesticated Morticia Addams: I start feeling compelled to bake lots … More From Off My List: Frighteningly Good Zombie Bark
“Whoever said money can’t buy happiness didn’t know where to go shopping.” -Bo Derek The long break between my last Palm Springs post and this new one exists because I got unintentionally side tracked by that perpetual distraction called life. For a minute I worried that too much time may have passed for the … More Palm Springs: Shopping, MidCentury Style
“Desert sky, dream beneath a desert sky….” -God’s Country, U2 Despite the colorful picture I painted last week, my recent trip to Palm Springs was not all midcentury immersion. After a crash course in modernist architecture, Chris, Michelle and I were primed for a change of pace. The next stops on our tour included wonders … More Beyond Palm Springs: A Course in Desert Architecture
“The first five days after a Palm Springs weekend are always the hardest” -Lisa Ihnken My recent trip to Palm Springs was equal parts modernism immersion and desert landscape exploration with a dose of old friends reunion mixed in. The result? A 100% nostalgic and enriching experience. Despite the fact that most sane people would … More Palm Springs: An Immersion Course in Midcentury Modern Architecture
