We’re coming up on Purim March 2nd, the ancient festival celebrating Esther, one of the most famous women in history who saved the Jewish people from genocide through her courage. This kicks off the spring festival season which peaks around Passover/Easter weekend. Wuthering Heights may be a wash, but hanging out with female friends and exchanging sweet treats is a win. Maybe throw in a little embroidery sewing? Or a girls’ craft night sit-n-sip, the most popular fashion class request people make? It’s a nice break from fresh Italian garden walkways which was more complicated than they first sounded to install. Worth it. Esther is a rag-to-riches story and my top 5 favorite. It starts with our king with a...
Sometimes a movie is not what you were expecting. Heartbreakingly so. As someone who enjoyed British 90s period romance films like Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Jane Eyre, thought Wuthering Heights was a love story tragedy like Romeo and Juliet. Given the release of the Epstein files, what we actually got looked more like a stop incest/pedophilia of drunk father’s sleeping with daughters that used to run on the tv at the same time in Latin American countries rewritten to make incest cool not nasty. Huge shock to everyone who came in costume in theater and was expecting a Valentine’s Day love story. For those of you who may have missed the Spanish ads, a father living alone...
May you be blessed. Living in the South, you run across these delightful little trends that often never make it to the mainstream. Seeing people out and about in RTP lately, speaking warm words and being kind to each other and random strangers is pretty cool. It’s a tangible reminder that social media and online may have little to do with our everyday lives. Maybe living in the Bible Belt? Christians are supposed to pray for their lives, friends, neighbors, city, nation, and ruler…even their enemies. Whatever the reason, it’s really really nice seeing people being happy and positive lately. Instead of something complicated on fashion as a post, stopping this week to ask for blessings on you, your house,...
Aren’t flowers awesome? It’s the end of January which means the start of planting the spring garden. Wyatt-Quarles and Southern Exposure Seed Exchange are the two local seed brands super excited to plant from our local farmer’s market. People love them. The Southern Exposure Seed Exchange has the HEIGHT printed on their seed packets which is super helpful if you like potager style gardens. It makes you laugh to start pretty seeds when it’s snowing outside. Speaking of cool North Carolina food things, our local Weaver Street Co-op has fantastic fresh baked breads and wheat berries. Their bread miller, Carolina Ground, has come out with a lovely cookbook called aptly Southern Ground by Jennifer Lapidus. They also sell at the...
Citrus season means marmalade and fresh baked goods to warm up with tea and embroidery. Seeing outstanding fashion come off runways and red carpets. Jennifer Lawrence in her Golden Globe flower dress won the internet this week, but grassroots marketing and word of mouth goes to Wuthering Heights which opens Valentines. Given that this comes out right at the end of peak orange season, Florida and California have to be thrilled at a British period show getting positive buzz. It really ties into the 1800s floral and fruit embroidery bead trend. Wonder if we’ll see some promotional deals with Sunkist or jam companies with actors to promote British and American swag? Most of the books from Jane Austin, etc. are...
