Passing Fancies: March 2014

la-belle-jardiniere-march-1896.jpg!Blog

Reading: I just started the young adult novel Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell, loaned to me by my friend T.

Video: Over the past week, Mr. TC and I watched the one-season series “The Top of the Lake.”

Audio: Fiona Apple, all four albums.

Eats & Treats: Irish soda bread!

Drinks: I wanted a Guinness on St. Patrick’s Day, but I ended up drinking ginger tea because I had a cold.

Beauty Products: It’s not spring yet, but I’ve been wearing pretty pink lip glosses, including Pop Beauty’s Peony Petal and Buxom’s Dolly.

Continue reading “Passing Fancies: March 2014”

Passing Fancies: February 2014

la-belle-jardiniere-february-1896.jpg!Blog

I’ve had the “mean reds” for much of the past month, which may be why I almost forgot to write this post!

Reading: I finished The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, and I’m trying to make a dent in my pile of unread New Yorkers.

Video: Downton Abbey and Sherlock, of course… and now they’re both over!

Audio: Beck’s “Morning Phase”

Continue reading “Passing Fancies: February 2014”

Passing Fancies: December 2013

Screen Shot 2013-12-15 at 11.20.21 AM

Eats & Treats: Mostaccioli, Italian chocolate-coated ginger-spice cookies that our local Italian grocer only stocks around Christmastime!

Beauty Products: Laura Mercier Stick Gloss in Peony (I’m on a Laura Mercier kick)

Garb: Little fur scarves. I know, I know, there are reasons not to wear fur. But these were gifts, and I do love them so much in the winter.

Continue reading “Passing Fancies: December 2013”

Passing Fancies: November 2013

la-belle-jardiniere-november-1896.jpg!Blog

“‘November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year,’ said Margaret, standing at the window one dull afternoon, looking out at the frostbitten garden.”

— Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

Reading: Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch 

Video: Mr. TC and I have been watching old Inspector Morse episodes on Netflix

Art: “The Armory Show at 100” at the New-York Historical Society

Continue reading “Passing Fancies: November 2013”