Fair warning: this is the blog post where I talk about Michael Jackson. I have a few things I’d like to say. But if you hate Michael Jackson or are just plain sick of all the coverage – fair enough. Feel free to slink away now. (But please come back, I still love you.) Ahem. [...]
Okay, I’m really excited about today’s giveaway. Like, really really. A few months ago, I won this lovely print from The Bright Side Project and since then I’ve become a serious fan of Jenni Penni, the artist behind that gorgeous photo. Jenni is a 21-year-old gal from Finland who claims to be a “total beginner” [...]
New Year’s Eve, 2004. Watching the ball drop with my family, sipping a splash of champagne. I’m 19 years old and I’m thinking about the year ahead, about what I want to accomplish when I return to Boston for the spring semester of my sophomore year. As always, I make simple little resolutions. Promises to [...]
Everything in my life is changing. We’re getting married, we’re (eventually) moving, possibly buying a house… so it’s only natural that I implement some changes over here at The Spotted Duck. As you can see, if you’re reading this directly from the website, we’ve got a new look and feel over here. I kept it [...]
Mumbled conversation with A just before falling asleep last night: “I love you.” “I love you too.” “You know, we forgot to buy [plane] tickets to the beach.” (pause) “I know.” “And we didn’t write our vows.” (longer pause) “I know.” “And we forgot to pay the NStar bill.” (even longer pause) “I know.” “Maybe [...]
The boy and I spent the whole of yesterday organizing our hallway closet and generally cleaning our apartment/de-cluttering our life, which for us meant five hours of sweeping, Swiffering and sweating and me being all, “C’mon, faster!” and him being all, “Let me organize, woman!” It ended up being a productive day to the point [...]
The Anna Ruby King giveaway ended a little over an hour ago and already a winner has been chosen! (Look how utterly on top of things I am today…) This was our second giveaway on The Spotted Duck and I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised by the sheer volume of entries we got! [...]
In Times Square last weekend. Photographed with my Nikon D60, 18-55mm lens. Planning our wedding has been an interesting ride thus far to say the least. I’ve gone from loving it to hating it to now having a new attitude toward it. An attitude which has yet to be named. An attitude that is neither [...]
Anna Ruby King and I have a lot in common. We’re both Australian. (No wait, that’s her.) We both currently live in Athens, Greece. (Oops, her again.) We both make eco-friendly paper goods and accessories. (Damn!) Okay, obviously Anna Ruby King is way cooler than I am. But we do both have a thing for [...]
We go here. For my birthday. Excited down to the tips of my tippy toes. Something about going to New York City is just exciting to me. Why? Only reason I could ever come up with is because everything seems possible in New York. Don’t know that I could ever live there, but I sure [...]
