• eichler

    eichler spotting: ginkgo glen eichlers, san jose

    Nearby our Eichler subdivision is a small pocket of Eichler homes which I love to walk around.  I found myself there last weekend with the fortunate combination of both daylight and my iPhone, so…

    February 4, 2014
  • interiors projects

    design gig

    A short while after starting this blog, I was presented with very tempting opportunity:  a friend of a friend needed help designing and furnishing their house.  As in, my first interior design gig!  For…

    January 27, 2014
  • eichler

    happy new year!

    Hello friends! A very happy 2014 to you all.  After what seems like a 300 year holiday hiatus, I’m ready to kick around more ideas on this here blog and share them with you. …

    January 17, 2014
  • projects

    holiday time, at last.

    Where have I been? Limping towards the finish line, friends.  As I feel the year’s adrenaline draining from my body, I am so ready for the holidays to start.  One more day of work,…

    December 19, 2013
  • food and drink

    rice with plums

    My mother has been making this recipe for years.  It comes from my family, from Poland, and tastes like home.  It is so comforting and simple.  The best way I can explain it, is…

    November 4, 2013
  • dining room interiors

    i did a thing.

    Hey guys.  I realize I haven’t been a very entertaining blogger, pinner, or instagram-er lately.  I got sucked into a sort of alternate universe on tumblr, in addition to the usual life things.  Alas,…

    October 28, 2013
  • love

    love: woolen blankets

    After returning from Canada, I am in the mood for some cooler weather.  The Bay Area is not quite obliging however.  What was that last weekend? shorts weather?  Hmph. On our trip, I got…

    October 11, 2013
  • travel

    autumn in ontario

    dear house,if you were by a lake,– or, better yet, on an island in the middle of a lake –that wouldn’t be so bad, would it?xokarolina Hi friends!  I just got back from a…

    October 3, 2013