Good stuff

We stopped in Boston on the way to the Cape (in a successful attempt to time the weekend traffic). And since it was a sales tax holiday weekend, we went to Newbury Street. Who am I kidding? We probably would have gone there regardless, since it was too nice out to go to the ICA. I heart Massachusetts for not having sales tax on clothes. ;)

So I finally got to go to Sweet for a (mini) carrot cake cupcake (my fav). Heaven.


In Chatham, there's a seasonal shop called Shelter Island Home, which is ALL John Robshaw. OMG, love.

He's the new hot guy, I saw his textiles all over the Cape and Islands' cutest shops.

In another adorable little design shop in Chatham, I found this Dash & Albert tile rug and just had to have it for my bedside.

I have the unique (or maybe not so unique) ability to walk into any store and fall in love with the most expensive thing, without even trying, of course. I don't usually shop at the Gap, they lost me as a regular long ago. But S wanted to stop in, and of course I had to have this Band blazer. To me, it yells "back to school", which I am on Wednesday...


On the stroll back from lunch at Sayles Seafood between the Great Harbor and Nantucket Yacht Clubs, we happened upon Parchment.


Parchment profile on Wooster & Prince

I just had to have all of these...


The three papers are by Rossi Italian paper, and I'm planning on covering a large cork board with them to fill with inspiration pictures.

As for the rest...


French labels/stickers from Chronicle Books
Wooster & Prince Hither Creek trio list pad.

Getting ready

I'm pretty sure the doxycycline was the cause of my extreme nausea on Monday, which I now have under control with the help of acid reducer. Only two more doses to go...

We are excitedly preparing for our trip to the Cape. I CAN'T WAIT! (can you tell?) It has been super hot here for what seems like forever, so we are very excited to be trading in our 90's+ for some 70's and sea breezes next week, and getting the hell out of dodge, and meeting some new friends, Niki and Steph, while we are out East.

Some last minute trip prep to do...
Just done:
-Car to shop for check-up. Worst case scenario we have two different free road side assistance services (through Hyundai and our insurance).
-Re-engage lapsed XM radio (5 mos. for $20 deal). Even with an Ipod, on a long road trip, this is a must.
-Stop mail and papers (I love that you can do all of this online now)

Still to do:
-Load up Ipod with new CDs (yes, I still buy CDs)
-Get recent Cape/Islands guidebook from library
-Clean the house, water plants, etc. (I still need to find us a new housekeeper)

Pack must-haves:
-Portable Nav (in case we venture too far off of I-90, which takes us 90% of the way)
-Portable DVD player (w/movies and three seasons of MAD MEN)
-Noise-cancelling headphones (to tune out tone deaf husband who likes to sing ;))
-IPass (works all the way there now, yay!)
-Books (haven't made the jump to Kindle/Ipad yet)
-myriad phones, crack berries, cameras, camcorders...

I'm debating whether I can manage going 10 days w/o a computer... hmmm...?

The house will be painted while we are gone. We'll return from Cape Cod and it'll be Cape Cod Gray... It's getting power washed today! Yay! :)

And my new bag arrived just in the nick of time... :)