ahhhh, summer’s coming and the livin’ is easy. but you know what i really miss? drive-in theatres. my family and i used to go a lot. my mum would pack a picnic dinner and my brother and i would huddle in our sleeping bags in the back of the country squire station wagon to watch some great summer flick with my parents up front in command of those staticky old drive-in... 
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees via cabin porn. yipee! it’s the long holiday weekend. gosh, i love long weekends — that extra day is something i personally think we could all use every darn week. i know i could do with that many days of r & r all the time. i think it’s much easier to have a mini holiday when you’ve... 
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HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS FILM? The Birds is a legendary 1963 suspense/horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on the 1952 story “The Birds” by Daphne du Maurier. It depicts Bodega Bay, California — just north of san francisco — which is, suddenly and for unexplained reasons, the subject of a series of widespread and violent bird attacks... 
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san francisco has a new food obsession. it has an unusual name, craftsman and wolves — when i first heard the words uttered i thought perhaps it was some kind of cool hardware store. silly me. craftsman and wolves is a contemporary patisserie in the mission district brought to us by artistan chef william werner — they make pastries, cakes, confections, confitures,... 
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grace coddington photographed by tim walker. it would seem that in a week that could be all about highlighting couples, a lot of strong, independent and admirable women are popping up all over the place for me. tina over on swiss-miss posted a list of suggestions for Female Entrepreneur speakers and the list was awe-inspiring. she asked for more suggestions and so i added... 
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