a squeeze of citrus

Oh, mama. I'm sweating Stella McCartney's citrus patterns from her Spring/Summer collection hard.

I especially need this sleeveless tee.

Check out even more citrus-inspired pieces ripe for spring below.

Kate Spade's white-and-yellow scalloped bangle should come live at my house.

(image courtesy fashionista barbie uk and polyvore)

stella citrus cake

This beautiful citrus cake has been making the blog rounds this week. Isn't it gorgeous?

Spotted on and created by the beautiful blog Apollinas, this citrus cake with lemon curd filling (um-yum?) has been named Stella by its creator. Lovely, but what's with the name?

It turns out la dee dah wasn't alone in its love for Stella McCartney's Summer '11 collection! Look familiar?


Click here to read about the cake creator's inspiration and find the recipe.

(images courtesy appo and my face hunter)

fall fragrance

A new season calls for a new fragrance. After all, we can't be nearing October still smelling of "beach" now can we (sorry, Kramer)?

New York fragrance brand D.S. & Durga's Pomelo Blossom is my current jam.

The duo (D.S is a fella while Durga is a dame) create their exclusive scents in-house using raw materials. Sounds fun, no?

Pomelo Blossom mixes the smell of  floral and citrus peel with a soft almost masculine musk. I usually gravitate toward lighter, sweet scents, but something about the weight of this option feels perfect for sweater weather.

(image via pinterest and fragrantica)

then again

Have not been able to put Diane Keaton's memoir Then Again down since I purchased on the way home from the airport Sunday.

I won't go on and on about how awesome it is. The book has certainly gotten enough good press to trump anything I could say about it here.

What I will say is this. After reading about and reviewing images of Keaton's mother's precious handwritten journals and pasted collages over the past few days, I was suddenly okay to have left my iPad at home. Holding an actual book felt pretty cool.

(images courtesy ew and the citrus report)

orangina ashtray

S LOVES Orangina. I'm always opening our fridge to find random half finished bottled of the oh-so-French beverage.

Personally, I could take or leave the bubbly citrus drink, but this vintage ashtray (spotted on Matchbook Mag's The Daily Spark) should be mine.

Less for smoking and more for holding random trinkets, this ashtray would look killer on a desk in a home office don't you think?

(image courtesy matchbook magazine)