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Event Alert: South End Holiday Shopping Night

Shop Local, Dine Local Holiday Event is next week.  Amazing boutiques and restaurants are participating with discounts and specials for one night only. There’s free parking at 450 Harrison and a lot of the galleries will be open too.

Shop Local, Dine Local in the South End

Wednesday, December 8 |  4 pm to 8pm

some of my favorites . . .

 



H O M E

Hudson

Michelle Willey

J.E.M.

Diseno

Lekker

PENG

Patch NYC

 

F A S H I O N

Looc

Flock

Uniform

J E W E L R Y

M. Flynn

Michele Mercaldo

 

G I F T S

Aunt Sadie’s

Gracie Finn

Gifted

Motley


K I D S

Tadpole

Kiwi Baby

 


P  E  T  S

Polka Dog


P A P E R

OCD

Black Pearl Press

GallardoWorks

B O O K S

Ars Libri

 

G A L L E R I E S

Walker Contemporary

Vessels

Chase

Gurari Collections

 

R E S T A U R A N T S

Aquitaine

Union Bar & Grille

Gaslight

Rocca Kitchen & Bar

POPS

The Buttery

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Covet: Doggie Bowls for Humans

How darling are these? Just the right amount of adorable without an ounce of precious. I love them. They’re from Michelle Willey, an airy boutique on Union Square in Boston’s South End. Michelle says, “The animal bowls have been a real hit, and not just for kids. They’re ceramic and come from Japan; they’re actually rice bowls. They’re even microwave and dishwasher safe.”

mwanimalsDog rice bowls, $7 each at Michelle Willey, Boston.

At Home: Do You Bamboo? Clearly We Do Not.

dresserforsale1 If you’ve read my wallpaper post, you know I am working on re-doing our bedroom. Wallpaper behind the bed, green paint for the walls, and a new dresser.

Erin Gates, a talented and sweet interior designer, is helping me put things together, make decisions, etc. I’m good at some of this, but not all. One of the things I need help with is mixing different styles of furniture. Erin suggested a vintage dresser in faux bamboo style. It’s not only stylish – once it gets a new paint job anyway – but you can find them on ebay for cheap, cheap, cheap.

I discovered the specimen above on Craig’s List. It was holed up in a not so cute secondhand shop in Brighton. Two hours and $40 delivery charge later it was in my bedroom. Not so fast.

My husband, whose taste and judgement is quite good, though he may lack vision, laughed when he saw it. Okay, the scale was off compared to our other pieces. Okay, it was rickety. (Actually, what he said was, “Let’s take it out to the alley, where it belongs.”) Okay, it wasn’t made out of real wood, though for that price what do you expect? Although he would have happily indulged me, I had to agree it just wasn’t right, at least for our room.

Erin generously posted it on her blog, “Elements of Style” (which you MUST bookmark), and by noon it was sold. There was lots of interest. So there.

P.S. The lucky buyer was Audra Boyle, the co-owner of Looc boutique in the South End, who has impeccable taste.