East Meets South

This week marked my 40th week of pregnancy, and I had prepared by deciding to take the week off work and start my maternity leave. Of course that has meant that nothing has actually happened, but...

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Scared yet? We're heading up there! Angel's Landing  is the most well-known hike in Zion National Park, and a destination trip for nature lovers and thrill seekers across the US.  When we fi...

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Creating a personal, lived in feel in a new home can raise challenges.  There's something so austere about freshly painted walls and pristine floors.  But our new contributor, Esther, is showin...

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Last fall we hit the road for the most amazing vacation through some of the Southwest's best national parks.  We've been lucky enough to have vacationed in Spain, Paris, Costa Rica... my husband...

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Rewind your mindset to 2011.  The housing market is around rock bottom -- even here in Raleigh. Homes were routinely sitting on the market for over a year as the economy continued to stutter and...

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Last year my friends and I had a small hiccup in time -- we were turning 30, but there were some not very 30-year-old things we still wanted to accomplish in life.  High on the bucket list: ...

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Do you really need a reason to take the drive down to Charleston? Just a few hours south, spring is in full swing -- azaleas blooming in pinks and whites and purples; rooftop bars beckoning to t...

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Here's a Saturday morning roundup for your AM coffee--doesn't it taste sooo good on your mornings off when you have nothing pressing but a stack of catalogs to flip through from this week's mail ...

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The days are longer, the Japanese maples are covered in pink blossoms, and yes, it's somehow finally spring.  Easter snuck up really quickly this year and I am embarrassed to admit I haven't cha...

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The Valley Floor Zion National Park You've probably seen the commercials by now and don't really need me to convince you that Utah's state parks are a bucket list item.  But how do you mak...

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We're closing in that time of year again; High Point Furniture Market season.  Last fall one of the great new finds Lucy and I came across was the surprisingly affordable Dwell Studio .  Think ...

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Is there a more ridiculous question to pose than "what to do in Paris?"  But if you're an obsessive compulsive travel planner like me you want to know what you don't know.  Those secret little ...

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Lots of exciting changes going on in our circle of friends as several of us are expecting little guys on the way.  A few weekends ago we celebrated the soon-to-be born Benjamin with an adorable ...

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My husband brought home a snake plant for me - it is still going strong, so maybe these are pretty hard to kill.  Love the look of this plant in my blue and white planter! We are expectin...

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There's a lot to love about Raleigh, and it's emerging independent restaurant scene is definitely at the top of the list.  Cave 1912  is a cozy wine bar and restaurant in the Five Points area, ...

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There are few things I will stand in line for an hour and a half in the pouring rain for. Apparently, getting into the Catacombs of Paris makes the list.  This museum has been open to the publi...

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There are only a few vegetables that I can truly say I detest, and cauliflower makes list. That is, until my mother-in-law proved to me that Taiwanese recipes can make even chalky-tasting caulifl...

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A little bit prim, a little bit more boho.  Could Tory Burch's 2016 Resort wear collection speak more to my generation? via via via According to an interview with Vogue , Burch...

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Like most Southerners, I love a good magnolia wreath for the holidays (and throughout winter, let's be honest).  But within a year or two of buying a live wreath, you'll notice a change from thi...

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When we purchased our home back in May, we talked about all these things we wanted to do to the house to fix it up... down the road.  It is a lot harder to start a project than I have ever imag...

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Fusing a west-coast love for a simple, clean aesthetic with a blue and white heavy appreciation for Asian inspired accents, Barclay Butera  is a designer that's become a household name since he...

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I'm not even going to pretend like this is an exhaustive museum list, because Paris seems to have a secret amazing collection of art and history around every corner.  But if you love museums, or...

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Not that long ago I was mindlessly scrolling through Instagram and came across a little blurb on Anna Spiro's account   about her spending a peaceful afternoon with her daughter hanging up a ga...

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You may want to run, not walk, to your nearest Target to see if they have this rattan bar cart in stock.   I would have if I could justify having two bar carts.. via

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I'm all for a gift I can eat, and after some personal indulgences with the bakery at Grand Asia Market  while trying to buy frozen dumplings (hey -- my man loves them) I decided that this year t...

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