~Making the Leap from Louboutin to Le Creuset
One of my goals for 2012 is to go through some of the utterly “food blogging newbie” posts when I first started and redo the recipe with new photos and, occasionally, play with the recipe a bit. Hard to believe that it will be 4 years for Cooking In Stilettos this March. For the holidays, one of the desserts that is often requested is Giada’s Panettone Bread Pudding with Warm Cinnamon Syrup. I originally wrote about it in 2008 and {Read More}
I think come November, you are going to think “Aly – c’mon – it’s WINTER – stop crowin’ about fall finds” but I figure that while I can showcase fall items, I’m going to do it This week’s Fab Friday choices are from one of my favorite happy places – Williams-Sonoma. I spent some serious time there this week fondling the new displays, kitchen islands, looking at new items, etc. and I have to say – GET THEE TO WILLIAMS-SONOMA {Read More}
November November November – what a month it will be. Already it’s kicking off with a bang as not only am I experiencing the LAST year of my 30s (*sob* Is 39 the new 29, I wonder?), but also it marks a twice yearly ritual, namely the Nordstrom Half-Yearly sale. While I was trying to play responsible adult, I was tempted by texts by the uber fabulous Reese who was spending the afternoon AT the sale on Wednesday, which only {Read More}
Now that Halloween is over, the onslaught of Holiday Promotions has begun. I can’t even begin to tell you how surprised I was to hear Toys R Us advertising their “Big Book Of Toys” and it’s only Nov. 1st. Seriously? I thought the big toy push would be closer to Thanksgiving. It’s not only toys, clothes and electronics that are on a heavy advertising push, but things of the cooking & baking realm. Just this week I had an email {Read More}
Here are a few lovelies to help you kick off your weekend. As I haven’t been there in forever, I did a little moseying over to CrateandBarrel.com and saw quite a few things that must be procured. I apologize for not being able to do a picture set like normal but certain websites don’t allow clips of their items on Polyvore. Instead we’ll go about this old school style. 1. Ralph Lauren “Clarie” Calfskin Lace-Up Boot. Perhaps it’s this whole {Read More}
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