tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19289547798017359322024-03-08T12:18:46.374-06:00a spot of whimsydiane @ a spot of whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10483139618821684237noreply@blogger.comBlogger1026125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928954779801735932.post-18004380046097307302015-03-15T22:11:00.000-05:002015-03-15T22:11:37.753-05:00The Stroke of Midnight.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have returned from semi-blog retirement for a little fairy tale fun to commemorate Disney's new live-action <i>Cinderella</i>. I have not seen the movie yet (waiting until Easter weekend so I can see it and FROZEN FEVER with my sister and mom), but I am super excited. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The above pictures are two of the gorgeous captures by <a href="http://www.lunadulcephotography.com/" target="_blank">Luna Dulce Photography</a> on my wedding day, my own Cinderella moment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For more beautiful <i>Cinderella</i>-related art:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Watch Katie Rodgers of Paper Fashion's </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://instagram.com/p/0QaNOlH6jA/" target="_blank">balletic dress design</a></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> come to life and the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://paperfashion.net/2015/03/15/cinderella-reimagined/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">story behind it</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lily James and Cinderella's glass slipper in the </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.vogue.com/12479772/cinderella-glass-slipper-vogue-shoe-closet/" target="_blank">Vogue shoe closet</a>.</b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"So this is love. Mmmm. So this is love. So this is what makes life divine." - Cinderella</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Though this is our <b><a href="http://www.aspotofwhimsy.com/2013/12/suite-dreams.html" target="_blank">"off" year</a></b> for our biennial trip to <i>The Nutcracker</i>, when 2 of my bestest friends asked if I wanted to join them this year, I clearly said yes. Our ballet date is tonight, and it couldn't have come at a better time. This has been a rough week for yours truly, with worry and lack of sleep dominating the proceedings, and getting lost in the Kingdom of Sweets is exactly what I need. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b><a href="http://ny.racked.com/" target="_blank">Racked</a></b> </i>has an awesome collection of photographs from the costume department of the NYC Ballet. A few of my favorites are below, but be sure to check them all out <i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://ny.racked.com/archives/2014/11/19/nutcracker_costumes.php" target="_blank">here</a></i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Kauai</i>. What can I say? If you thought my <b><a href="http://www.aspotofwhimsy.com/2014/10/d-c-honeymoon-part-1-maui.html" target="_blank">Maui post</a></b> had too many pictures, my apologies for this one. Kauai is just gorgeous, and I couldn't hold myself back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We flew Hawaiian Airlines from Maui to Kauai and made it to our hotel by the late afternoon. We stayed at the <b><a href="http://kauai.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html" target="_blank">Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa</a></b>, recommended to us by several previous honeymooners who said it was the most incredible place they'd ever stayed - they were not wrong. Though the actual beach in front of the resort is nowhere as amazing as the Westin's in Maui (the tide and waves make it almost impossible to swim there), the grounds itself were a tropical paradise. Kauai is known as <i>the garden isle</i>, and the Grand Hyatt does that name proud.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">{Shipwreck Beach - We actually watched some crazy people jump off that cliff. Anne Heche and Harrison Ford </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">(or their stunt doubles, more likely) also did so in <i>Six Days, Seven Nights</i>}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We ended Day 2 by walking 2.2 miles (to Conor's exasperation lol) to dinner at <a href="http://www.merrimanshawaii.com/fish-house/" target="_blank"><b>Merriman's Fish House</b></a> in Popou. Another incredible seafood meal I need to have in my life again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Day 3 we finally did some real exploring outside our resort. After an early lunch at <b><a href="http://www.the-beach-house.com/" target="_blank">The Boathouse</a></b> (YUM - and we hear the sunset here is incredible), we started at the Spouting Horn Blowhole (kinda cool but not required). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">{Yes! That <i>is </i>a rainbow!}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And then further up the eastern coast to the northern shore and as far as we could go by car. The <b><a href="http://www.gohawaii.com/kauai/regions-neighborhoods/north-shore/napali-coast" target="_blank">Na Pali Coast</a></b> covers most of the northern edge of Kauai and is <b><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=napali+coast+images&client=safari&rls=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=TUB7VL-cOsKXNouDg9AF&ved=0CB8QsAQ&biw=1209&bih=688" target="_blank">absolutely gorgeous</a></b>, but is only accessible by hike, air or sea. We'll get there a little further down this post. In the meantime, our drive:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">{Maninihole Dry Cave at Ha'ena Beach Park; My Precious!}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Day 4 began with one of the most incredible 75 minutes of my life: our helicopter tour on <b><a href="http://www.helicoptertourskauaihawaii.net/kauai_grand_island_tour.html?bc=1565415590&c=1565415560&matchType=b&provider=google&keyphrase=island+helicopters+kauai&creativeId=28018709513" target="_blank">Island Helicopters</a></b>. I'm not a good flyer, and in fact I was completely terrified to take this ride, but after reading guidebooks and Yelp reviews and C's constant excitement, FOMO kicked in and overrode my fears. Totally worth it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After cutting over the middle of the island, a familiar theme song reached our ears as we approached Manawaiopuna Falls, aka Jurassic Falls, the private waterfall that only Island Helicopters is allowed to land at (and the reason we picked them). </span><b><i>You know the one...</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">{Was he tearing up, or was it the mist off the waterfall?! The greatest of unsolved mysteries!}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All too soon for Conor, we were back in the helicopter and headed for the beautiful Waimea Canyon, the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific," followed by the Na Pali coast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">{Look at all of our friends!!! lol}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">{Ended Day 4 enjoying a quiet night at the resort}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">{Our second to last sunrise...the end in sight and we aren't happy about it :/}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For our final day on Kauai (and of the honeymoon, <i>wahhh)</i>, we sought out adventure on the <b><a href="http://kalalautrail.com/" target="_blank">Kalalau Trail</a></b>. We found it. <i> </i>It's an 11-mile trail that weaves in and out of the Na Pali Coast, with very little maintenance to preserve its natural state. It had poured rain all through the previous night and into the morning, turning the already unkempt trail into a mudslide. We'd planned on an 8-mile round-trip hike; we made it 2 miles in to Hanakapai'ai Beach, then turned up to try to make it to the Hanakapai'ai Falls, our planned halfway point, but after falling twice in the mud on a really narrow stretch (with my leg hanging over the edge - gulp!) and slipping and sliding with every step, we made the call to turn back around. Instead of 8 miles, we did about 4.5, and man they were <i>hard</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And it was time to head back to the mainland. Thankfully we had Halloween on the horizon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our <b>Dia de los Muertos</b> (Day of the Dead) celebration was a huge success this weekend! Margaritas, sugar skulls, a long make-up application process (it took us about 90 minutes to do!), and a pub crawl with our skeleton friends had us celebrating the living and mourning the dead in style.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2 posts in one week?! I can't believe it either! But I thought my favorite holiday warranted sharing a few pictures from our rehearsal dinner, <i>way </i>back on October 3, where we let our love of Halloween shine through :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The gold leaves on the table (spray-painted lovingly by my dad) were collected last October from the 3 places we call home: Connecticut (Conor); Michigan (Me); and Chicago (both of us together). They were pressed in books all around my parents' house for almost a year, then mixed together on each of the tables (symbolism!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My sister made all of the flower arrangements herself. Isn't she talented? We actually picked up the flowers from Trader Joe's, <i>shhh don't tell!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Speaking of my sis, I extended the <i>something borrowed </i>to the night before: I wore the same dress that she wore at her rehearsal dinner. The high school versions of ourselves cannot <i>believe </i>we're voluntarily sharing clothes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The bulletin board of pictures combined childhood pictures of both of us dressed up for Halloween, as well as our recent years dressing up together. This was SO much fun to put together (and a big thank you to my mom and mother-in-law for supplying so many great ones!).</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">P.S. Thank you to Cindy for the bride & groom skeleton snow globe, and Car for the first picture!</span></i>diane @ a spot of whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10483139618821684237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928954779801735932.post-73392918685387294402014-10-28T05:00:00.000-05:002014-10-28T05:00:01.405-05:00D + C | Honeymoon Part 1: Maui.<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not that I wasn't expecting our honeymoon to be completely wonderful, but it somehow exceeded all expectations to become the most amazing trip of my life. We spent the first 4 nights on Maui, then flew to Kauai for an additional 5 nights. To avoid picture overload, I'm splitting them up over 2 posts, 1 per island. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We landed late in the afternoon, immediately bought ourselves some fresh flower leis in baggage claim (love that), and headed to our hotel, the Westin Maui Resort & Spa in our cliched (but awesome) rented white Jeep. After checking in, we sat down at one of the on-site restaurants (<a href="http://www.westinmaui.com/dining/relish/" target="_blank">Relish</a>) and ordered our first in the string of <i>best seafood meals we've ever had</i>. We watched the sun set right in front of us along Ka'anapali Beach, sipping our first rum-filled drinks. And that's when we completely fell in love with Hawaii. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The following morning, we went out on an 18-person snorkel tour with <a href="http://ultimatewhalewatch.com/booking/lanai-snorkeling" target="_blank">Ultimate Eco-Tours</a>. We stopped at 3 different spots along Lanai (one of the two smaller islands off Maui's coast), and saw incredible amounts of beautiful fish (Alas, no sea turtles! But do not despair, they still come into this tale eventually!). I really liked the intimacy of such a small boat, it meant our two tour guides (who were fantastic) were able to personalize the experience and help everyone see lots of cool stuff, but make sure you're OK with really not having any room while on the boat before signing up with them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We had quite the treat that night: one of our wedding guests, a friend of Conor's parents, happened to spend some time living on Maui many years ago and remained friends with Alex Stanislaw, the executive chef of </span><a href="http://www.mauifishandpasta.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Maui Fish & Pasta</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, an incredible beachfront restaurant (right in front of Whaler's Village) that happened to be located right next to our hotel. Well, as part of our wedding gift, he and his wife treated us to an amazing 4-course meal cooked specially for us by Chef Stanislaw (like the most delicious ahi tuna of my life, I'm salivating just thinking about it). It was really once in a lifetime :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While driving the Road to Hana was every bit as beautiful as you may have heard (some photographic evidence below), driving along insanely narrow, windy roads which often go to one lane is not my cup of tea. In fact, I was actually anxious about it ahead of time. It all went smoothly and Conor drove it awesomely, but we decided ahead of time not to go the whole way. We got to mile 20 and then turned around to head back to have dinner back at the start of the Hana Highway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While I would hate to give up staying on the west coast of the island (more on the "where to stay" at the bottom of the post), staying in the midst of the Hana Highway would be a great way to make sure you saw it all without being overwhelmed with the return trip. If we had gone the full 40 miles and then had to turn around or come back all the way around the eastern and southern edge of the island (Hana is on the north shore), it would have been the longest day of all time. People do it every day, so it can absolutely be done, but for an anxious passenger like me, this was just enough. I know we missed some sights, but sometimes you just can't do it all at once!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And so our last night on Maui ended in a sunset photoshoot on the beach in front of Mama's Fish House (could not recommend Mama's more - but be sure to get a reservation!). Well, not quite: we then wandered to the next beach over because we'd heard a rumor that sea turtles like to sleep there at night to get away from sharks. We thought we'd missed them after walking almost all the way to the end, when we suddenly realized that the boulders we were about to step on were actually the glorious sleeping turtles. There were about 30 of them total, and we actually got to see a few latecomers slowly crawl out of the surf and join them. It was just incredible. The beach was super dark at that point, and using a flash on our phones would have disturbed them, so you'll just have to believe us that it happened ;)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Where to Stay:</b> Kaanapali is a gorgeous sandy beach sprawling north and south of the Westin. There's a great pedestrian path at the beach's edge that spans miles and gives tourists an easy walking route to try restaurants at the different resorts and pop into the shops along the way. <i>When </i>we go back to Maui, we will absolutely come back to Kaanapali, and most likely the Westin. We just loved both the location on the island and the resort itself. The water's edge is so close, making it super easy to jump in and out, move over to the pools for a bit, grab some food at the outdoor restaurants, run back up to the room, etc. It's the perfect lay-out, with the added bonus of the sunsets (due to the western shore location), and great views of Molokai and Lanai islands off the coast. The water has a bit of a current but is mostly very swimmer-friendly, and we even spotted some sea life right off the beach when we tried out our snorkel gear. Perfect segue to my next comment...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am back from the blogging dead (just in time for <i>Halloween</i>!), after an absolutely perfect wedding weekend and honeymoon in Hawaii. It's been a tough transition back to real life, but receiving our wedding trailer from Andy Owen of <b><a href="http://www.owenvideo.com/" target="_blank">Owen Video</a></b> last night was the most amazing pick-me-up. </span></div>
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/109531364">Diane + Conor I Wedding Trailer</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/owenvideo">Owen Video</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div>
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I<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> cry every time I watch it (which is an embarrassing amount since Andy sent it to us last night!). Hope you enjoy as much as we do :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>*Wedding trailer by the amazing <b><a href="http://www.owenvideo.com/" target="_blank">Owen Video</a></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh my, <b>what a weekend</b>! It was exactly the bachelorette celebration I wanted but somehow even better, because my ladies committed so awesomely to the Gatsby theme, because we had perfect weather, and because my sister did just an incredible job of planning it all out in advance to just the right degree. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">We arrived at different times on Friday (not helped by the insane thunderstorms that passed from Chicago to Detroit that night), but don't worry, since we stayed up until 4 a.m. (whatttt I never do that </span><i style="color: #222222;">anymore</i><span style="color: #222222;">) we all got in lots of chatting and marg-drinking time :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Saturday we woke up to this (once we finally got ourselves out of bed!):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And as the sun began to set, it was time to get Gatsby'ed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>And then it took a full 2 days to recover completely </i>;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>*images property of Diane Crary</i></span>diane @ a spot of whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10483139618821684237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928954779801735932.post-15547139264100691122014-09-05T05:00:00.000-05:002014-09-05T05:00:00.787-05:00It's a Party, Old Sport!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My <i>bachelorette </i>party, to be more precise, with a small substitution of the shores of Lake Michigan for East Egg and West Egg. My sister has planned the whole thing (including these amazing invitations by <b><a href="http://www.peacelovedesign.com/" target="_blank">Peace Love Design</a></b>) with very little input from me, so I'm extra excited to see the weekend unfold! It's our <a href="http://33.media.tumblr.com/8c41a487334e1de58a92955670eecf9d/tumblr_myxju8rE741tnjwfzo1_500.gif" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">big summer blow-out</a><b> </b><i>(hoo-hoo!).</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Hello friends</i>, I'm checking back in to say <i>hi</i> and to show you one of the fantastic little items I've come across during my <i>many </i>(probably too many) Pinterest and Etsy wedding searches: <i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://junghwabyamystewart.com/" target="_blank">Junghwa's Personalized Jewelry</a> </i>(created and designed by Amy Stewart)<b style="font-style: italic;">, </b>my favorite being the <b><a href="http://junghwabyamystewart.com/personalized-jewelry/tiny-initial-tags-necklace" target="_blank">petite initial tags</a>, </b>pictured here with our initials and wedding date. I tried to hold off on wearing it until our big day in October, but, well, I failed. That's OK, right? <b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Happy Monday, and speaking of important dates - happy 2 year anniversary to my sister and brother-in-law! Cannot believe </i><b><a href="http://www.aspotofwhimsy.com/2013/03/wedding-great-lakes-love.html" target="_blank">The Yellow House Wedding</a></b><i> was already 2 years ago.</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">*I did not receive any compensation for this post</span></i>diane @ a spot of whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10483139618821684237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928954779801735932.post-50109501647575600682014-08-05T05:00:00.000-05:002014-08-05T05:00:03.866-05:00Oops, I Did It Again.<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yup, I disappeared on you for another month. <i>Blerg</i>. How about some images of this very cool art installation at the Tower of London to make up for it? The ceramic red poppies (888,246 to be exact!) signify and are in honor of British and British colony fatalities during World War I. Designed by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper, the name gives me chills: <i>Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The installation was unveiled in London just today, so if you're over there, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>go! </i>August 5, 2014 represents 100 years since the first day of Britain's involvement in WWI. Poppies will be added to the installation over time, with the final flower being "planted" on November 11, 2014, Veteran's Day in the United States and a day of remembrance in the U.K. See more images <b><i><a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/ww1-poppy-installation-tower-of-london-tom-piper-paul-cummins/" target="_blank">here</a>.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">P.S. Happy Birthday, Kleine Schwester!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Unlike Ms. Sandiego, I haven't dashed off to parts unknown. I'm still right here. It's just summer. And I've found myself with a second full-time job (planning our wedding). That's not an excuse, more of an explanation :/ I'm going to try a little harder going forward to share at least one thing of interest per week. And I am sorry for the silence. Hope you're still here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And here's what I've been up to over the last month:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">{We bought tickets through <b><a href="https://couples.howaboutwe.com/" target="_blank">How About We</a> </b>to the <b><a href="http://www2.mcachicago.org/events/category/tuesdays-on-the-terrace/" target="_blank">Museum of Contemporary Art's Tuesdays on the Terrace</a></b> and it was so lovely. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">{Putting the panoramic setting to good use at the ceremony of longtime family friends and neighbors}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">{Gorgeous Lovett Hall at the <a href="http://www.thehenryford.org/village/index.aspx" target="_blank">Henry Ford & Greenfield Village</a>}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"> {Childhood bed got a major upgrade. That "F" pillow was a handmade gift received at my shower. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">Until I have the right place for it where it won't be damaged, it's fitting in beautifully here}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">{Our fabulous hosts' amazing book wall for their daughter. I'm in awe.}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">{ZOMG Doughnut Vault}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">{Last of the season?!}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"> {New beautiful towels received at showers :)}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">{Whole family at our friends' annual 4th of July BBQ}</span></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.henryhappened.com/how-to-prep-a-weeks-worth-of-green-smoothies.html" target="_blank">How to Prep a Week's Worth of Smoothies</a> </b>in 10 Minutes by<i style="font-weight: bold;"> Henry Happened</i></span><br />
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Elie Saab's collections are always incredible. But the <b><a href="http://tomandlorenzo.com/2014/07/elie-saab-fall-2014-couture-collection/" target="_blank">Fall 2014 Collection</a></b> is o.m.g. amazing. via <i><b>Tom & Lorenzo</b></i></span><br />
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<b style="font-style: italic;">Long Distance Loving </b>gives a step-by-step on <b><a href="http://www.longdistanceloving.net/2014/06/how-to-write-with-sparklers.html" target="_blank">How to Write with Sparklers</a></b>. Can't wait to try it!</span><br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Besotted Blog </i>put together an <b><a href="http://besottedblog.com/lettering-supply-resource-list" target="_blank">amazing lettering supply and resources list</a></b>. Bookmark for later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's how these <b><a href="http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/07/making-of-iconic-american-photographs.html" target="_blank">Iconic American Photographs</a></b> were made. via <b><i>NY Mag</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Ann Street Studio</i></b> explores the <b><a href="http://annstreetstudio.com/2014/06/26/bali-culture-cuyana/" target="_blank">Culture of Bali</a></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A <a href="http://www.stylemepretty.com/living/2014/06/26/diy-summer-flower-arrangement/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Summer DIY Flower Arrangements</a> from <b><i>Style Me Pretty</i></b><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Henry Happened</i> </b>has an <b><a href="http://www.henryhappened.com/eyelash-conditioning-serum.html" target="_blank">Eyelash Conditioning Serum</a></b> that I must try!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Visit <b><a href="http://figandhoney.co/2014/06/25/santorini-greece/" target="_blank">Santorini, Greece</a> </b>through the lens of <b><i>Fig + Honey</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What a weekend! I </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">still need to catch up on sleep. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'll have a full post of pictures from my gorgeous bridal shower, but in the meantime, here's some highlights from prep-work, family time and wonderful gifts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">{"LOVE" books, a gift from the shower :)}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As you can see above, my bridal shower, hosted by my mama and sister, is this weekend! So looking forward to seeing so many special ladies in my life all in one room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>*invite design by <b><a href="http://www.peacelovedesign.com/" target="_blank">Peace Love Design</a></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy June! It's going to be a busy but <i>very </i>fun one. To lead into it, we had another beautiful weather weekend here in Chicago. Got in some wedding planning, lots of errands, a 5K <i><a href="http://www.lpzoo.org/events/calendar/run-for-the-zoo" target="_blank">run for the zoo</a></i>, MALEFICENT in IMAX (which was pretty darn great, give or take the 3 good fairies. WTF was happening with them?! But Angie just killed it), and finished the week with <a href="http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones" target="_blank"><i>The Red Viper v. The Mountain</i></a>. Oof. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I chased the source of these gorgeous images through tumblr without much luck. The best I could come up with was this <a href="http://www.cqdsrb.com.cn/" target="_blank">Chinese website</a> on the watermark. If anyone sees this and happens to have better information on who created these, shoot me an email!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>*images found via <a href="http://unwinona.tumblr.com/post/86867196802/bellesbookshelf-whoa-this-is-beautiful" target="_blank">UnWinona</a>, possibly originally from <a href="http://www.cqdsrb.com.cn/" target="_blank">here</a> (?)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What a beautiful weekend! Not just the weather, but the women in both my and </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">C</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">'s families coming together at a beautiful beach house to eat beautiful food and get to know each other better before the big day in October. It all went much too quickly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;">Last week was </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;">Wedding Week</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"> on </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;">The Everygirl</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;">, and while all of their articles were great, </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><a href="http://theeverygirl.com/5-things-to-discuss-before-getting-engaged" target="_blank">5 Things to Discuss Before Getting Engaged</a> </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;">is definitely worth sharing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm probably a little too excited for this weekend. Our first big wedding "event" - my bridal shower with <i>C</i>'s side of the family - is tomorrow! Even more exciting, it's taking place at their family beach house on Long Beach Island, New Jersey. I get a beach weekend out of the deal! And <i>my</i> whole family is coming too, so yea, <i>excitement.</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">*image via <a href="http://www.stylemepretty.com/gallery/picture/435695/" target="_blank">Style Me Pretty</a></span></i></span>diane @ a spot of whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10483139618821684237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928954779801735932.post-43358916315494219632014-05-14T05:00:00.000-05:002014-05-14T05:00:01.705-05:00The Ad (Wo)men.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Due to <i>Mad Men</i>'s 2-year drought on the Emmy front (after a 4-year winning streak as Outstanding Drama Series), they've decided to go all out with their "for your consideration" ads to Emmy voters this year (Yes, this is a thing. It's weird to me too.) with some very clever and period-perfect print ads. And as lowly viewers, we just get to enjoy them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Jon Hamm needs an Emmy for this role badly, but I'm in the Bryan Cranston for final episodes of </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Breaking Bad </i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">camp this year I'm afraid (or if you're so inclined: Matthew McConaughey for <i>True Detective</i>, but I lean toward the former). Next year, though. The Emmy Awards 2015 better include Jon Hamm's name :) I'd also love to see Vincent Kartheiser (Pete Campbell) and Kiernan Shipka (Sally Draper) get some nomination love soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Have you been enjoying Season 7 Part 1 better than Season 6 like I have been? It's not quite back to the heights of Season 4 (my personal favorite), but just like Don, </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">MM </i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">is getting its mojo back.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>*images found via <b><a href="http://uproxx.com/tv/2014/05/mad-men-just-launched-a-vintage-for-your-consideration-emmy-campaign-that-would-make-don-draper-proud/" target="_blank">Uproxx</a></b></i></span>diane @ a spot of whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10483139618821684237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928954779801735932.post-70585867887380771682014-05-12T05:00:00.000-05:002014-05-12T05:00:02.488-05:00Life Last Week | May 12, 2014.<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #323756;"><span style="letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px;"><i>So much celebrating love this weekend! </i></span></span><br style="color: #323756; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px;" /><i style="color: #323756; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></i><span style="color: #323756; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px;"></span><b style="color: #6aa84f; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><i>Glimpses.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;">A </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.thesweetestoccasion.com/2014/05/coffee-donut-bridal-shower/" target="_blank">Coffee + Donut Bridal Shower</a> </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;">by </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;">The Sweetest Occasion</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;">, sign me up!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You may have noticed that I seem to be exclusively posting flower pictures on my Friday posts. What was once a mild obsession with always having seasonal flowers in my home has become a full-blown love affair in the last six months or so. Pretty much since I dove into planning our wedding flowers. I could look at pictures of pretty flowers all day long. <i>Design*Sponge </i>posted this <b><a href="http://www.designsponge.com/2014/05/10-florists-to-follow-on-instagram.html" target="_blank">14 Florists to Follow</a></b> yesterday and I went down a rabbit hole. My favorite was a lovely little U.K. flower shop called <b style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://fairynuffflowers.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Fairy Nuff Flowers</a> </b>(I mean, look at this <b><a href="http://instagram.com/fairynuffflower" target="_blank">feed</a></b>!), which I've decided was named just for me, what with my love of all things fairy tale and the fact that my family is always making fun of me for saying "fair enough" in response to everything. It's pretty much my catchphrase.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Floral tangent aside, I'm looking forward to a weekend at home in Michigan, which has been filled up with a best friend's bridal shower, seeing another best friend's new home, my hair trial, and <i>mother's day</i>, of course. I'm in charge of making breakfast this year. <i>Ohhh boy, the pressure </i>;) It being mother's day, fresh flowers will also be in attendance. </span><br />
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<i>Have a wonderful weekend, and some extra special love to my mom and all moms this weekend!</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">*images property of Diane Crary</span></i></span>diane @ a spot of whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10483139618821684237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928954779801735932.post-63857784913840603412014-05-05T05:00:00.000-05:002014-05-05T05:00:03.392-05:00Life Last Week: May 5, 2014.<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Happy Cinco de Mayo! </i>Don't you hate that it's on a Monday?!</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;">{Followed by a Joffrey Ballet date to see <b><a href="http://www.joffrey.org/romeo" target="_blank">Romeo+Juliet</a></b>. Now thru next Sunday - highly recommend!}</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><b>Lonny Mag</b> </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;">is </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"><a href="http://www.lonny.com/mag/osWdLZXQXc7/May+2014" target="_blank">back</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"> with a sleek new format!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;">I plan on making </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;"><i>Clementine Daily's </i><a href="http://clementinedaily.com/2014/04/diy-eucalyptus-spray/" target="_blank">DIY Eucalyptus Room Spray</a> </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;">this week. It's my favorite soothing scent.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;">This </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.stylemepretty.com/living/2014/04/29/newport-beach-home-tour/" target="_blank">Newport Beach Home Tour</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;"> knocked me out. Just the right amount of color + whimsy!</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;"> <i>via Style Me Pretty</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;">Also from </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;">Style Me Pretty</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;">: great </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.stylemepretty.com/2014/04/30/pre-wedding-beauty-tips/" target="_blank">Pre-Wedding Beauty Tips</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;"> that can really apply to anyone at any time!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;">This </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;"><i>New York Times</i></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;"> interview with</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;"> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/arts/dance/a-former-ballet-hater-teams-up-again-with-a-choreographer.html?_r=2" target="_blank">City Ballet choreographer Justin Peck and musician Sufjan Stevens</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal;"> on their recent collaborations was SO interesting. Love getting a peek into their creative processes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have a wonderful week.</span></i></span></div>
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diane @ a spot of whimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10483139618821684237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928954779801735932.post-46927775230334265892014-05-02T05:00:00.000-05:002014-05-02T05:00:05.454-05:00Spring Forward | May Day.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pictured: Our Weekend Plans<i>. Amazing Spidey 2 in IMAX with friends. Kentucky Derby viewing. The Joffrey Ballet's <a href="http://joffrey.org/romeo" target="_blank">Romeo+Juliet</a>. </i>It's going to be a fun one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Have a wonderful weekend.</i></span></div>
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P.S. Can you believe it's May?!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>*Clockwise from left: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/artofdanny" target="_blank">image 1 by Danny Haas</a>, <a href="http://www.southernliving.com/food/entertaining/kentucky-derby-party-checklist" target="_blank">image 2</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152077654531935&set=pb.21202486934.-2207520000.1398998802.&type=3&theater" target="_blank">image 3</a></i></span></div>
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