Our newest delphine intern, Tori, spotted these intriguing sparkling sake concoctions by Sake2me while out to dinner the other night. Packaged in sleek single-serving bottles, these exotic fruity fusions combine ingredients like Ginger Mango and Asian Pear with Junmai Sake.
Sushi, sake, and summer… what could be better?
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The first real weeks of warm summer weather are here and our backyard citrus trees are finally bearing some good fruit. After being scorched in the much too close for comfort California wildfires a year and a half ago we weren’t sure they would ever recover.
Over the weekend we picked a basket full of limes, grapefruit and oranges and put them to good use: slices and juice for the kids, wonderful fresh cocktails for the grown-ups.
We made some of our favorite drinks with the fresh-squeezed orange juice: tequila sunrises and harvey wallbangers. Here are the recipes:
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Don’t you just love this illustration by Aleks Sennwald? One of the things I like best about Aleks’ work is the sense of fun and whimsy that comes through in each illustration. This one, called “Art in Bloom,” appeared in Vegetarian Times for a story about the art of Ikebana flower arrangements.
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I was having a really terrible (sad, upsetting, annoying, stressful, blech) day yesterday. But at 2 o’clock I had a “date” with my son at the San Diego Fair. After one carmel apple and a spin on the ferris wheel with the little guy I discovered that it’s impossible to be sad at the fair. I ended up having a perfect afternoon.
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I have an exciting announcement to make next week. It involves mimosas, New York, and, best of all: friends.
Thanks Grace and Anne at Design*Sponge for posting a Sneak Peek into our home! You can check out the post here, and there are more photos of the house here and photos of the studio here.
Threadless has kids t-shirts! I like the middle one above: it’s a graphic of kids conducting tin can surveillence.
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Some of my favorite flavors of the summer include fraises du bois, apricot, fresh corn, and sweet mint (juleps, mojitos, tea…). And this long stripe graphic reminds me of those absurdly good frozen ice sticks that come in a clear plastic tube. Are those still around? What’s your favorite summertime flavor?
Due to a family emergency I will be taking a week or so off from blogging.
Once I am feeling up to it I will be back. Meanwhile, thanks for your visit and for your understanding.
We’re in Better Homes & Gardens this month! It’s so exciting to be featured in a color trends story (you know I’m a sucker for color stories). You can see a bigger photo of our Yellow Flower eco-friendly recycled cotton shoulder tote bag here.
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Haute off the letterpress: our new Hydrangea (get well soon) card.
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One of our new greeting cards, Stinky Skunk is letterpressed in metallic shitake ink on apple green stock.
I’ve always been a fan of the blog Once Wed, where you can buy once worn wedding gowns (really really nice ones). They recently unveiled their new look & feel and HELLO, Gorgeous! I love the new look. Made me explore the site in more depth, and I discovered the lovely Real Weddings section, with photos of some of the most beautiful, heartfelt wedding photos I’ve ever seen, including this one below:
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It’s the little things that make me happy … like these beautiful patterned ribbons from JCaroline Creative.
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My list of five six little things I’d like to do this summer. What’s on your list?
