a colorful entrance

(image courtesy belle vivir)

How beautiful is the façade of Miles Redd's Noho townhouse? The cool color, the shutters, the awnings...breathtaking!


I suppose it's the least we could expect from the famed interior designer and creative director of Oscar de la Renta Home.

(image courtesy miles redd)

Madly in love with the robin egg's blue painted front door.

(image courtesy from my living room)

If we ever leave NYC (or unexpectedly happen upon our own townhouse?), my first order of business will be to paint the front door.

This bright yellow feels sunny.

(image courtesy architectural digest)

Also, digging this green,

(simply the sweet life)

but my favorite is this bold orange door against dark gray painted brick.

It's a bit funny that the mail slot is so low to the ground. Poor, mailman!

(image courtesy fresh home blog)

5 Napkin Burger

S and I have a wonderful weekend tradition. After minding our calories via careful menu choices all week, Friday is our night to eat whatever we want. Hello, cheat meal!

This weekend's selection? A return visit to the scrumptious 5 Napkin Burger.

This upscale NYC burger restaurant serves a tasty selection of juicy burgers and other treats in its bistro style dining room designed with floor to ceiling white subway tiles, sleek leather booths and hanging vintage lightbulbs.

(images courtesy 5 napkin burger, saiko sakura and highlowfooddrink)

The menu boasts a selection of rocking burger options. We kept things naughty with an adorable order of tiny pork taquitos to start

(image courtesy bradley hawkes)

and the classic 5 Napkin Burger (so named because its juiciness is said to require 5 five napkins).

This burger has a lot going on. From the gruyere cheese with rosemary aioli to the caramelized onions, this burger is RICH. It's also evilly delicious.

Not in the mood for the above? 5 Napkins also offers an out-of-this-world Ahi tuna burger, lobster sliders, sushi rolls, salads, fish and chips as well as a Kobe beef hot dog (if you are that guy).

Finish things off right with the Dark and Stormy Float (made with rum raisin ice cream and ginger beer).

(image courtesy ptit chef)

Wake up the following morning and make a beeline for the gym.

fun and laughing

Happy Friday, everyone!

Feeling good at the end of a long (but productive) week. Looking very forward to a few days off.

Cheers to a weekend filled with fun adventures

and hearty good laughs.

(images courtesy flickr)

Have a great one!

clementines!

(image courtesy you are my fave)

Simply put, I couldn't agree more.

P.S. Why not try a clementine-inspired shade on your lips, hot stuff?

"all my thoughts and the heart talks"

Did you guys ever keep a journal? Like most ladies, as a youngster, I kept a diary full of girlish ramblings (side note: now, I really wonder what happened to it...how embarassing).

These days it seems almost foreign to write with pen and paper as opposed to typing on a keyboard. Still, the romance of a handwritten journal still moves me.

Currently enjoying writing in this nifty journal gifted to me by my dear friend L. Ah, she knows me too well!

(image courtesy rare device)

Looking for your own new journal?

Check out this cool rainbow colored option with a pretty braided closure

or this neat journal made out of an old painting on canvas.

Very inspiring indeed!

(images courtesy anthropologie and oh happy day!)

an early spring?

(blog like you mean it)

Well, Punxsutawney Phil has spoken. It will apparently be an early spring.

No offense, Phil, but I don't know if I buy it. This winter can't, won't and don't stop.

Ah... patronizing rodent.

happy birthday, mommy!

January is gone and I'm excited to say hello to February. I'm even more excited to say Happy Birthday to my sweet Mommy!

The above photo was snapped at The Spotted Pig during a recent visit to NYC. Isn't she a dish?

Sending all our love along with a bouquet of pretty flowers

and tasty birthday treats.

How about that Icebox Cake from Magnolia Bakery (recipe here)?

We love you, funny lady!

(images courtesy lorisrandom and babble)