Hydrangea Kitchen Visit

I love Mid century modern and Scandinavian design, and beauty in function. I'm mad for Henry Clarke fashion photos, clean graphic prints, and Dries Van Noten.
But... as I sit on my Bertoia designed side chair working at my MacBook Pro, I sometimes yearn for something charming, vintage, homey, and a little bit different.

Hydrangea Kitchen is just the place.

Vintage kitchen finds are mixed with new, and a cheery dining area welcomes.

One of the managers, Megan, greets me and steers me to the menu.  She makes all the sauces and her brother, Ryan, is the pastry chef. ( Another brother is away at the Culinary Institute of America.)

High tea is served every afternoon.
It's a place to sit and linger.

Hydrangea Kitchen
371 Fisher Road
Grosse Pointe, MI  48230
313.469.9970
Plus they have a store two doors down with clothing, accessories, and home goodies.
www.hydrangeagp.com

My Garden's Last Hurrah!

Inspiration and Pinterest

            

I haven't posted in a long time. Since my last post, I've a adopted a second child, moved into a new house, trained for another marathon, and fallen in love with Pinterest. Please check out my boards.
http://pinterest.com/addietrich/

Fall is just around the corner-and so is winter

Last year, I tried to order these boots. They were completely sold out. After the huge amount of snow this past winter, I jumped to order these today from L.L.Bean. They are the 10" shearling lined style.
This winter I shall be stylish and warm!!! Just gimme that snow shovel!

personalized laptop

Who knew that there were such great options for personalizing a laptop? I love this!!!
www.iamhumannow.com
What a smart way to stylize a plain laptop! There a a bunch of options.

Axel Vervoordt Timeless Interiors

I finally bought myself a copy!!! How did I ever live without this book?
The photos by Christian Sarramon and the text by Armelle Baron just plain-- inspire!

Favorites of the week

My new frames. Selima Optique.

This is inspiring:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpunQZ4cUyI

favorites of the week

1. This something I love!! Trina Turk is one of my favorites. It's fun to see the partnership with Clinique. Plus, it's a really cute cosmetic bag.
http://shop.nordstrom.com/C/6021063/0~2376780~6009391~6015950~6021063?cm_ven=vendor&cm_cat=clinique&cm_pla=vogue&cm_ite=ad300x250
2. This Splendid tee is already sold out in all but the X small. It's a great basic tee shirt with a very stylish twist. I love finding a t shirt like this! Alas, I'll need to search elsewhere.
http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/26300
3.I bought this top from the Gap. It's pretty. I wanted something pretty and washable to wear with jeans. I wore it today, as a matter of fact.
http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=34610&pid=581234&scid=581234012
4. Gloves. I love fingerless gloves. Refinery 29 have highlighted some great ones. I have some fingerless gloves knitted by my Mom. I wear them all the time.
http://www.refinery29.com/shopping_roundup/hands_up.php?topcategory=shopping_news

playground shoes

I have lots of fabulous and terribly cute shoes that I wore to work in the Garment Center. However, I now seem to have nothing to wear. My new routine involves going to the park/playground once or twice a day. My son (and I) need to get out of the apartment. And the little mister really needs to burn off some of that endless energy as well as learn to climb, run, swing, balance, and socialize. I need shoes that enable me to walk a lot, climb playgound things , and be good on asphalt and grass. In my prechild fashion days, I would shop all the time. It was part of my job to know which designer was doing what and what was selling the stores. I shopped all over nyc and Europe. That's what I did for years and years. Oh, and the sample sales in the Garment Center were temptation central. I would buy delicious stuff. Now, my budget is MUCH smaller and shopping with a 16 month old is not a leisurely experience, to say the least! So, I researched some things on line and off we went to the Staten Island mall. Look, I knew it wasn't going to be Paris. I had a shoe goal and I stuck to it. (My husband fearlessly came along to help with our son and provide moral support). Success!!!!! I got a very useful and cute pair from Naturalizer and a super cute stylish little pair at Macy's by Marc Fisher . The Marc Fisher wing tips were not exactly my goal, but unbelivably cute and on sale. http://www.naturalizer.com/shop_online/item_detl.asp?CID=casual&PID=juliana&variant_id=16902001&Size=%25%25%25-%25 http://www.marcfisherfootwear.co

red

This is a photo of some chairs in a Paris flea market. It looks like a sculpture.

Red and orange always look good together to me.

A bouquet in my hotel room in Paris.