Age Blocks / Honest Diapers / Pottery Barn Rocker / Inke Wallpaper As I've told you all before, I was utterly clueless about babies and their needs prior to Wyatt's arrival. I'm someone who likes to prepare wayyy in advance for just about everything - when it came to motherhood, I was at a complete loss as to what I actually needed to do to prepare. One of the main reasons I started this blog was to provide some guidance to new moms like myself - in the hopes of making the transition a bit ... View the Post
the baby registry
Andrea Friedman Photography / Aden & Anais Swaddle My friends threw me the most perfect baby shower in Boston this February - a Saturday afternoon luncheon (complete with plenty of wine and bubbles) to celebrate the impending arrival of Baby Anderson. No cheesy games and no present opening - how did I get so lucky? (Sincere apologies to the friends whom I tortured with both in the past!) Why should I register? If you've been to a baby shower before, you probably already know the ... View the Post
everyday kitchen essentials under $30
In spite of some professional culinary training and having a world class French chef as a mother (she ran a catering business, Picnics by Yvonne, while I was growing up), I am still best known for my salads. Sigh. With that said, I spare no attention to detail when it comes to selecting the best kitchen products to prepare said everyday meals. Tom and I try to cook at home 4-5 nights a week, both for health and expense reasons, and we have a few inexpensive go-to kitchen items that really make ... View the Post
the wedding registry guide
Tom and I moved in together for the first time just a few weeks before our wedding, which is basically the perfect time for all of your friends and family to gift you amazing new stuff! Tom was living in a furnished apartment in San Francisco while I finished up grad school in Boston, and we literally had nothing when I arrived - we slept on an air mattress for weeks until we got our acts together. Why should I register? Convenience: If you don’t, you’ll end up with a ton of gifts (mostly ... View the Post
wedding registry lookback: 10 kitchen essentials
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 Hopefully you made it through all of my unsolicited advice on why you should register and where to register here: The Wedding Registry Guide. Now let's get to the fun part - what should I register for? I had a serious amount of time to kill before our wedding, a few weeks after my business school graduation. With that said, you can trust these gifts are heavily researched! I spent hours (weeks?) putting together our registry ... View the Post
wedding registry lookback: home & entertaining
While planning our wedding registry, I mentally equated marriage to mean hosting fabulous dinner parties nightly. While these visions of effortless entertaining haven’t exactly panned out, I am pleased to have picked just the right pieces to suit both everyday and elegance, which we still love two years later.If you missed my earlier post The Wedding Registry Guide on why you should register and where to register, take a look here ... View the Post
