El Mercado

The creative force behind Scout & Catalogue is back from Mexico City with a bunch of goodies that will be available for sale today at noon ET in the brand's first over online market. El Mercado will also feature a few limited edition S&C pieces. I'm counting down the minutes! Check out the S&C blog for amazing pictures of the trip.  

A little weekend inspiration...


The art of breakfast


A smart travel resource 


Eat your peas


The modern picnic 


Pretty cool furniture finds in NY

Tie-Dye

Ever since I first laid eyes on an Upstate wrap I knew I would fall hard for all things blue tie-dye. I still covet the wrap, but in the meantime, am seriously considering these. 


More on the Upstate ladies at Of a Kind.

Upstate wrap

 Scout & Catalogue clutch via Pretty Mommy

 Kelly Wearstler Resort 2012 via Refinery29

 Monki leggings via Chictopia

Dekalb Market

Brooklyn's newest outdoor market, Dekalb Market, is sustainable (shipping containers and farms!), local (both independent retailers and artisans) and downright cool. And best of all, lots and lots of food vendors. Check out Bklynography for more pictures and details.

 

Feather Crown

This pretty lady will inhabit my home soon. I can't wait till she arrives.

Here she is styled with Clare Vivier's lovely Le Trop. 

via 

Cool Weekend

Unbearable. That's all I can say about this heat. I can't breathe. It's impossible to stay cool. Staring at these beautiful caftans and tunics from Two helps. Well, not really, but they're gorgeous. And I love the story behind the brand.

We're off to Tarrytown tomorrow to catch Laurie Berkner, and were hoping to spend time checking out local shops and attractions, but considering the heatwave will continue through tomorrow, I'm not so sure we'll see anything other than the inside of the venue and a restaurant. We'll have to try to head up again in the Fall.

And Tenafly is hosting its Summer Street Festival this weekend, but again, who can stand the heat?!

Hope you stay cool. Here are some fun things to check out from around the web...

Keep cool with these easy to make summer cocktails

The lovely Liz rounded up 10 great ways to reuse mason jars 

Some inspiration from the Ikea 2012 catalog

Jules and I love this California roll in a bowl recipe 

Follow a young chef through her kitchen adventures in New York, Hanoi, Tel Aviv and Paris

The awesome Miranda July hosts a multimedia evening inspired by her new book

Sunday family dinners

On Sunday, Jules and I were treated to an impromptu family dinner at my aunt's house. Something we used to do all the time when I was growing up, but is now reserved for the holidays. It was nice to just kick back all afternoon with loved ones, and then share laughs over a good meal. Normally, my Sunday evenings are spent getting ready for the work/school week (and trying to get it done before my Sunday night shows). But this little get-together reminded me that it's okay to let things go every now and again. That I need to make more time for things that really matter. And that weekends should not be cut short! Now I just need to figure out when the laundry is going to get done.

And I'm making it a point to bring back Sunday brunch with the girls and kiddies. A tradition we start at the beginning of every year, but can never seem to keep going past Spring.

 images via Sunday Suppers

Weekend Sounds

I'm excited to listen to Lykke Li's new(ish) album Wounded Rhymes this weekend. I was mesmerized by her voice while listening to her live performance on World Cafe last week.

Alt Latino also had a great show on new discoveries from this year's Latin Alternative Music Conference.

Rita Indiana image via NPR

Color Therapy: Rainbow

Because I was inspired after spotting rainbows with Jules last night...

All images via Pinterest

A Summer Place

The latest issue of Small magazine is out and their summer feature is simply stunning. As always, the photography is exceptional. But I'm also really loving the styling on this one. 

Summer Weekends

images via Toast

Oh Deer...

...or antelope. Or gazelle. I need one of these lovely beauties in my life. The first one really makes my heart dance. 

And they've been on my mind a lot as of late given how here in my neck of the woods we continue to push them out of their natural habitat in order to build more real estate. It's really sad and upsetting to see how many are venturing out into urban areas and getting killed. Sorry to get all melodramatic with this post but it's really that bad.

via The Coveteur

via Apartment Therapy

via The Decorista

Freedom

 images via pinterest