The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.” // Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus The Cirque des Rêves is a production of illusions set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Appearing and disappearing unexpectedly in the finest cities around the world. The novel revolves around…
The Other Stars
Love, that moves the sun and the other stars. —Dante, Paradiso My favorite quote is the last sentence in Dante’s Paradiso,“But by now my desire and will were turned, like a balanced wheel rotated evenly, by the love that moves the sun and the other stars.” What if God surreptitiously orchestrates personalities and compatibility with…
Merry + Bright
It’s no secret that Christmas is my favorite holiday. We usually hop into the car and drive to Charlotte and pick out a flocked Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. This has been our tradition since 2010. This year was busier than usual, so we snatched our tree on Stephen’s birthday (December 1st) and instead…
Midcentury Home
image via Almost eight years ago Stephen moved into a downtown loft apartment. A couple months later we tied the knot and I happily moved in with him. The entire unit was lined with beautiful large windows; it’s still one of my favorite apartments we’ve lived in. Experiencing all that natural light changed my interior style preference…
Sponge Kisses
To be honest, I thought Sponge Kisses were going to be a headache to make. I’m so happy I was wrong, this little treat is so adorable! Making homemade lemon curd was easier than I thought it would be, whipping cream takes like 5 minutes and the cakes probably take in total 15 minutes. I will…
Lemon Chiffon Cake
This is the best cake recipe I have ever made. EVER. The batter is so fluffy and surprisingly easy to work with. This recipe makes a lot of cake—I also had a vintage mini cake pan in addition to the bundt pan. Honestly, I could have made two cakes. More cake the better, right? For…
