Inch worm

Not sure whether this is happening where YOU live, but we have inch worms EVERYWHERE. I toss them from the porch into the grass (because they'll never survive otherwise), and I turn around and there are 5 more on the porch again, having gently sailed in on their invisible threads. They're cute because they're so small and green!

Sunset in Saratoga

Pink skies in last night's sunset over Fish Creek near Saratoga Lake. As I took pictures, Canada geese flew over the reflective water looking for their resting spot for the night. Quite peaceful.

Spring has sprung

Spring is definitely in the air, and today it was 90 degrees! (That's too hot.) But before the storms this past weekend we had plenty of delicate blooms on the tree branches, like the one you see here. This evening on the front porch was our first evening without a chill in the air. But I'm still not quite ready for summer!

Easter Sunday

Thinking about how to set your table for Easter this Sunday? I think Crate and Barrel did a beautiful job with this one. I love the tulips and hydrangeas in the centerpiece—so fresh and crisp looking but also soft and inviting. The menus could have even been from our new JAKE & META invitation line, soon to be unveiled...

Apartment slide

Have you ever seen something so cool? This is a duplex penthouse apartment on the lower east side of Manhattan, featured last week in the NY Daily News. Imagine sliding down that thing in a cocktail dress, ready to go out for the evening. Wow!

Chalk giraffe

Check out this funky giraffe I walked past the other day, all drawn in chalk, coming in at over 4 feet tall. Goes to show that pretty much any surface can be your canvas, and this artist (Alexis Booz) let the colors fly. Just hope the rain holds off!

Maple syrup time

It's that time of year when maple trees in the northeast get tapped for their sap, and today we visited a sugar house in Greenwich, NY. Sugar Mill Farm hosted a pancake breakfast and offered tours and insight into the whole operation. This picture shows their sugar house "in full steam." Did you know it takes 40 gallons of sap to yield 1 gallon of maple syrup?? And boy, is it good!