These Are a Few Of Our Favorite Things: Guest Blogger Sarah

Today’s post is the second edition of my summer series. The basic premise: each week throughout the summer, a guest blogger will showcase her favorite item in her apartment. Today, my friend Sarah (who I met studying abroad in Australia) shares her favorite items from her apartment in Boston and her brand-spanking-new apartment in San Francisco. Enjoy! – Jorie

Sarah’s Favorite Thing(s): Big Fork. Big Spoon, and a Boston Print

So this post was originally going to be written about my lovely apartment in Brookline, Massachusetts, which I’ve lived in just about two years, but then I got a job in San Francisco!

I’m currently between locations (literally, I’m flying out the night of the 19th) so my home is actually nonexistent. So I’m breaking the rules already (and I’m one of the first in the series!) and am going to include two things: the first is what I loved most in my Brookline Apartment, and the next is what I will love most in my San Francisco apartment.

In Brookline, my favorite items were none other than Big Fork and Big Spoon, the wall art put up in my kitchen. These gems are from Pier 1 and were bought to fill up the ample wall space in my kitchen, and to add a bit of fun.

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Giant eating utensils? Obviously a necessity in my first real apartment.

There are many jokes about having a one too many drinks and either having sword fights, or maybe even drinking a margarita from the spoon. They were a great addition to the kitchen in my apartment, and are sadly in storage until I’m able to decorate with them again.

In San Francisco, I have to say I’m most excited to put up this Boston print I bought following the Boston Marathon Bombings this year, with proceeds benefitting the One Fund. I love the simplicity of a design that captures the skyline of a city I love and have left behind but will remain in my heart. Unfortunately, the print is sold out, but was designed by Aaron Bouvier from Hairpin Communications.

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Friday Round-Up: June 14, 2013

Happy Friday! I’m currently camping at Bonnaroo (a big music festival outside of Nashville, Tennessee) but I’ll be back in action on Tuesday. What are you doing this weekend? Enjoy Father’s Day!

- 10 horribly Photoshopped movie posters. Someone fell asleep at the keyboard.

- 31 unmistakable signs that you’re an introvert. Thanks to the four or five people who sent this to me. Looks like I’ve been typecast…

No one should mess with the ocean. Shudder shudder. (Thanks, Jon)

- How amputated fingers sometimes grow back. OMG. (Thanks, Zach)

- A four-year-old reviews a fancy San Francisco restaurant with facial expressions. So cute! (Thanks, Kate)

- My Big, Fat Disney Wedding.

- 12 old words that survived by getting fossilized in idioms.

- More words: How Native American names influenced the monikers of modern-day U.S. cities.

- 5 surprising signs of burnout.

- Was Queen Elizabeth I an impostor in drag? Probably not, but it makes for an entertaining read. (Thanks, Amelia)

These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things: Guest Blogger Anna

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Today, my good friend and co-worker Anna is kicking off a summer guest blog series called “These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things.” The basic premise: each Thursday throughout the summer, a guest blogger will showcase her favorite item in her apartment. The idea came to me because I love to window peep in other people’s homes […]

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Father Knows Best: Lessons From My Dad From the Past 25 Years

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Father’s Day is just around the corner, and thus, I’m dedicating this post to my dear ol’ Dad. Rich is an interesting man and he’s worn many a hat in his lifetime. Case in point: he is/was a biology major and a philosophy minor, a college gymnast, a firefighter for 30+ years, a fossil hunter, […]

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Benton Park Prints Giveaway Winner

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Friday Round-Up: June 7, 2013

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Happy Friday! I’m off to Six Flags Great America today for a work outing and I’m pumped to ride some coasters. Here’s a photo I took of the pooches from dog-sitting last weekend. They fight over the front seat every time we go on a car ride. This was their compromise. Enjoy your weekend—what are […]

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Giveaway: Benton Park Prints

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What better than a giveaway to banish the Monday blahs? Today’s giveaway is brought to you by the Etsy shop Benton Park Prints. The store features 300+ retro-inspired and tongue-in-cheek prints in a variety of sizes and categories. The Giveaway The lucky winner will receive his or her choice of any two 8 x 10 or […]

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Friday Round-Up: May 31, 2013

Cheers to Friday. What do you have on tap this weekend? I’m pooch-sitting Kiva and Bodie all weekend and pretty excited about it. I’m also hosting a Bon Voyage party for two of my friends at my place this evening. Thinking of dressing Kiv and Bo in bowties. Let’s check out some links, shall we? […]

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The Discovery Channel Presents: “North America”

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Have you been watching the Discovery Channel’s latest miniseries, “North America”? Mike and I stumbled on it when it premiered a few weeks ago and we’re hooked like salmon in Alaska in the springtime. Yukkity yuk. (Don’t leave me). It’s from the same gods-among-men who brought us “Planet Earth” and “Life.” It’s a bit sexier […]

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Friday Round-Up: May 24, 2013

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