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Spring colors in Union Square

After a confusing April Fool’s Day of cold rain (and even a little snow), the sun came out this weekend and the thermometer rose to temperatures more befitting Spring. The beautiful weather brought out even more crowds to one of our favorite city stops: the Greenmarket at Union Square. Tulips, and crocus, and peach blossoms mingled with sweet peas (the flower of my wedding bouquet) as flowers took center stage. In no time at all we’ll see asparagus and ramps and, then, strawberries!

Brooklyn and full bellies

A while ago, Ashley and I ran across a cookbook that features stories and recipes from so many of of our favorite restaurants–as well as our top “we-can’t-wait-to-go-there restaurants”–in Brooklyn. We’ve been meaning to buy a copy and use it as a road map to discover some new spots.

In fact, Joanna alerted us that this Saturday is Brooklyn Day at Terrain and many of the Brooklyn vendors featured in the book will be there. Terrain is in Glen Mills, PA; but if you’re in the area, the event sounds awesome!

Thanks for all of the support for the new site! Ashley launched baby mine on Monday, and if you haven’t checked it out yet, you should definitely stop by. She and I are well into happily excessively documenting photos of the pregnancy and there’s a new one up now. I have to admit, I love feeling (and seeing!) the baby kick when we are home together at night. I hope you check out the shots!

It’s been an exciting and busy week.

Hope you have a relaxing weekend!

Fabric finds

This weekend, Aron and I went hunting for some new fabric to cover a cushion on a chair in our… eh hem… living room (actually the only room in our studio). After some less successful stops, we ended up at Zarin on the Lower East Side–a large, third-generation family-owned store, opened in1936 in a pushcart. It took some hunting around, but I think we found something. Incidentally, I noticed they have the gate fabric used by Dwell Studio!