Galette de Roi

Yesterday at this time I was taste testing one of these babies at work…

I want another one! Decadent desserts for breakfast. Yes, please.

Hooray for Internet TV!

Being the cable-less family that we are, I don’t have access to HGTV the way I used to when I was living with my parents. So, I was really sad when I couldn’t see the Secrets From A Stylist premiere last Saturday, but thanks to the magic of the internet, I got to watch it this afternoon (instead of working on my picture hanging project in the dining room)!

Photo schlooped (yeah, it’s a new word) from Emily Henderson’s Blog and taken by Laure Joliet.

I absolutely love this blue and yellow color combo. It’s perfectly vintage and comfortable looking, without screaming “I got all my furniture at goodwill!” (I think that at times, regardless of how hard I try, my living room screams that statement. Working on it.

Unfortunately, it took me like an hour to watch a 30 minute show due to HGTV’s bad buffering (I’m blaming it on their site because Hulu doesn’t seem to have as bad of a problem).

I love Emily’s quirky personality and dedication to using vintage pieces. What better way to help the planet than to avoid buying newly manufactured goods? Anyway, she makes me totally jealous that going to the Rose Bowl flea market is part of her job description. Gotta find me some good vintage furniture stores around these parts.

What did you think of the premiere?

Six Months

Six months is kind of the timeline I am running with in my head here as far as the next part of my life. As I wrote before, I’m hitting the job search full-force and it’s why my blogs have been lackluster. Trying to make yourself look awesome in a cover letter is hard (and not-so-far rewarding) work!

In order to keep myself sane and optimistic, I’ve had fun looking through craigslist ads of each city to get a feel of neighborhoods and the [rental] housing market. I’ve found some real duds, gotten to know price points in each city, and I’m already dreaming of decorating my hypothetical new place. Links for the original image are in the caption.

Could this be my San Diego casita?

I could go for a Kansas City apartment near the Plaza.

Ready to move into this Nashville cottage.

How about a loft on Congress St in Portland? (Photo by me)

I know everybody has opinions about where I should go, as do I, but the reality is that it’s really hard to find a job and I’ll go pretty much to whoever will take me. (It’s why I’m applying only to jobs in cities I think would be cool–I’m not that foolish to blindly accept a job in a tiny town I know nothing about). On that note, if you hear about anything I’d be interested in shoot me an e-mail!

PS. I tried to make my images look like damaged polaroid film, or the “hipstamatic” iphone app. How’d I do?