This summer has been wonderful, and I’m so looking forward to a trip to the beach next week, but at the same time I completely obsessing over fall!  We are still a couple of days away from August and it’s all I can think about! I’m dreaming up Jr.’s preschool wardrobe… …filling in my MomAgenda [...]

A while back I mentioned on Facebook or Twitter or something that the first tomato to come out of the garden this year smelled rather minty-fresh.  Last year, the yard was totally overrun with mint.  Actually, it had been for the past two years, and it took crazy ideas from us and the gardeners to [...]

Tobi Fairley is an extremely talented interior designer located in Little Rock, Arkansas.  Her designs are luxurious, functional, and cozy all at the same time, and her bubbly and positive personality shines through in her projects and on her blog.  Traditional Home selected her as one of the Top 20 Young Designers in America for [...]

I have this glass cocktail table in the living room that is an attractive mix of metal and glass, but it gives me hives every time Jr. goes traipsing by it as he enthusiastically makes his way from the dining room to the hall.  This afternoon he fell and bumped his elbow, and I declared [...]

I am so pleased to announce that  I will be hosting a party on August 19th at Terra in West Columbia, SC to benefit The Nurturing Center.  The Summer Daze Cocktail Party is from 6pm to 8pm and the $10 minimum donation to The Nurturing Center will include a door prize ticket, giving you a [...]

This is an unusual Friday Beautiful Things post because I’m including two photos; one of a signed print in my home and one of the original.  As many of you know, Mr. M went through a recent job change and is now dealing with the world of organ transplants.  He finds it fascinating and is [...]

There is just something about a good a capella compilation that can give you the chills.  When I was a too-cool teenager, Yale’s Whiffenpoofs did a performance at my school.  When we were told what the performance was, we turned up our noses (as we did at most things), but as soon as they hit the [...]

During the last few weeks,  Jr. and I have gone down to Devine Street on some Friday afternoons to take a little stroll, then meet Mr. M at Simply Savory, where Jr. has proceeded to sit down with a scoop of ice cream and give himself a chocolate goatee, and Mr. M and I have [...]

Mr. M and I often laugh when we look back over our relatively short courtship.  We both agree that if Jr. comes to us at age 20 and says that he has met the girl of his dreams and intends to marry her, we will instruct him to wait a little longer, even though it [...]

I honestly had the intention of posting this last night, but after coming home from the wine tasting, eating a delicious salade niçoise (with tuna steak from the just-opened Ole Timey Meat Market on Rosewood) and having another glass of wine, I was glued to the sofa! Vladan Ignatovic is a painter who was born [...]