Life* á la mode

October 6, 2009

Viva!

Finally, Nashville gets some love in the Blogosphere.  When Domino was in print, I wished that a city guide featured Nashville.  No dice.

But my wait is over – something I love even more than Domino now has a thorough guide to Nashville. Thanks to a girl named Lindsay (if anyone knows if she has a blog, let me know please?) Nashville is today’s featured city on Design*Sponge!  I am so excited!

She has listed everything from shopping to eateries to things to see and do.  Local businesses got a lot of love too. Just a few from her list -  Marche, Two Elle, imogene+willie, Crema, I Dream of Weenie … it’s a wonderful guide that even people who live here should check out.  We always think we know what to do or where to go when out-of-towners ask, but do we? Really?

Well, now we at least have a good list to arm ourselves with.

October 5, 2009

What is it when mercury ISN’T in retrograde?

Filed under: Local Biz — Tags: — Ms. Tabitha @ 1:37 pm

Doesn’t matter what it’s called, what matters is that everything is going to be a to the o-k.

Wasn’t the weather just gorgeous on Saturday?  I took advantage of it and went out and about to play.  First I started the day taking pictures of my friend’s little baby girl (pictures will be up soon) and while over on the East side, I went to visit another good friend at the Walden Artisen Festival.

You might remember my friend Abby, creator of Abbyhugs.  Well, since her line of hand-made hats and glovelettes have taken off, she has made an official name change and I am proud to introduce, Prairie*Go*Round!  We’re going to do a little photoshoot soon once we can round up her models.  In the meantime you can find her online and if you’re on Twitter, please show some local biz love and follow her. @prairiegoround.

This Sunday (I am so excited!) I step into A Perfect Fete mode, put on my wedding planner hat and coordinate a friend’s wedding.  The Thirty-Something Bride has been a friend for a while now, and I am honored that she’s asked me to be her day-of person.

I’m thrilled to be working with fellow Emerson College alum and local photographer Jonathon Campbell.  His photographs are always so vibrant, he always manages to capture joy with each shot, I can’t wait to experience a day with them!  Here’s a shot from when he did my bride’s engagement pictures.

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You can see more of Jonathon’s work here on his blog.

Their wedding is going to be beautiful.  If you’d like to see how she came up with her ideas go to her blog The Thirty-Something Bride and follow her every thought from the start of her planning – it’s amazing and VERY inspiring.  I forgot to mention that she’s a designer by trade, and she put all her skills and knowledge to fabulous use with the planning.  I haven’t done anything much up to this point, she’s come up with it all herself.  This is the second D.I.Y. bride I’ve had this year and I’m full of admiration for them both.

Here’s to a good week to you all!  I’m up to my eyeballs in work projects but will hopefully finish editing the baby pictures soon so you can see.  Not to mention the wedding!

October’s definitely off to a good start.

October 2, 2009

My desires

Filed under: Uncategorized,Wishlist — Ms. Tabitha @ 9:53 am

We here at Life a la Mode try to stay realistic.  Most of the time.  But what fun is there in a fantasy-less world?  Especially when it comes to blogging?  Here is my list of “would love to have in my lifetime.” A Bucket Wish List if you will.

eames

An Eames chair.  This one, in particular.  Either for The Husband’s man cave office or our living room.

rocker

I also wouldn’t be opposed to an Eames rocker.  That blue one in the background is just my color.

A really nice piece of art.  Not a print or poster, but REAL art.  Maybe something from my mom’s gallery.

adlerrug

A nice rug for my living room.  A big one.  That area is so sparse right now it needs a little something and I think a rug would do the trick.  Maybe something from Jonathan Adler.  By the way, you can now design your own rug/pillow at his site.  It’s quite fun.

diana_camera

A Diana+ toy camera.  These take the dreamiest pictures.  They’re super affordable, but the film itself (yes, film) isn’t cheap and it’s not cheap to develop either.  I keep going back and forth on whether I’ll get one, and maybe if I can find the extra $$ or time, I might.

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A Nikon DX AF-S Nikkor 18-135mm lens for my D50.  It’s a super versatile lens that I’d love to add to my collection to use.  Actually, if I could have any lens I wanted, I’d get the Nikon 50mm f/1.4 prime lens.  It takes such pretty portraits.

Oh and maybe this too.

Villa Yacht

It’s nice to have dreams isn’t it?

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