st. kilda matchsticks

rzakoura — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:17:46 +0000

st. kilda is on my block. st. kilda is everywhere. i love st. kilda, especially these witty matchstick earrings.

moving day

rzakoura — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:34:44 +0000

anxious. overwhelmed. stressed. melancholy. no, this isn’t an advertisement for zoloft, it is my current mood, five days before we move from our brooklyn heights apartment to our new home in park slope. i am a bad mover – dramatic, uneasy and nervous – but i’m not turning to a pill to assuage my nerves. instead, i’m calming myself through chocolate and nostalgia. reminding myself to take a page from the berenstain bears’, my old fluffy childhood pals. “would brother bear like it? would he find new friends? he wasn’t sure until he got there.”

last week of summer

rzakoura — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:01:46 +0000

after this week, hot pink tops and yellow nails no longer fly. enjoy the summer brights before the cool autumn hues kick in.

from 5 inch and up

kate and lila grace

rzakoura — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:30:20 +0000

thylane lena-rose blondeau

rzakoura — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 01:51:45 +0000

thylane is a true, haunting beauty. but why does this make me so sad? perhaps because she is only 10 years old.

more watermelon

rzakoura — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 01:39:28 +0000

2 cups seedless watermelon cubed
1 cup orzo, cooked and cooled
1/2 cup feta cheese, crumbled
1/2 cup chopped parsley or basil
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
s&p to taste

1. cook orzo, drain and let cool. 2. toss with watermelon, cheese and parsley. 3. drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

from the lonely wife project

summer treat for grown folks

rzakoura — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:11:35 +0000

2 medium-sized chunks of fresh watermelon
2 ounces rum
1 ounce fresh-squeezed lime juice
½ ounce simple syrup

muddle watermelon in the bottom of mixing glass. add rum, lime juice and simple syrup and shake vigorously with ice. strain into chilled daiquiri cocktail glass. garnish with melon slice.

simple and elegant

rzakoura — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 01:14:52 +0000

blond bob
black boatneck
beautiful

viciously cyd

dive bar

rzakoura — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:52:10 +0000

bad postcards

the new craze?

rzakoura — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:05:20 +0000

bracedlets are fun, durable bracelets, crafted entirely out of orthodontic materials. these colorful, stretchy chains, accented with metal brackets and contrasting elastic rubber bands are meant to be stacked and layered. bracedlets were created by new york orthodontists, marc lemchen and jennifer salzer with the creative help of jennifer’s sister and lulu frost designer, lisa salzer. i wore lulu frost for my wedding, and now that i have a 7 month year old, this may be a more appropriate accessory.

beatles and babies

rzakoura — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:04:34 +0000

the photograph of mary mccartney peeking out from inside her father’s jacket is featured on the back cover of paul’s first solo album, mccartney. it’s such a sweet, intimate shot of father and baby. just as lovely as the one of john lennon and son that i posted in december.

33-29!

rzakoura — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:23:23 +0000

living just enough

the cambridge satchel company

rzakoura — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:31:38 +0000

i’m adding a fluorescent yellow bag to my wish list.

the cambridge satchel company’s bags, originally limited to black and tan, are now in these bright, exciting colors.

cambridge satchel was founded in 2008 by julie deane, a new stay-at-home mom, looking for something to do. “i had a list of ideas, things like cake decorating, party planning, and satchels,” deane explains.

good thing she chose leather over icing because these beauties take the cake. and at $250 and under, the price is right.

itty bitty waist

rzakoura — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:06:26 +0000

holly hocks and tulips

summer fun

rzakoura — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:43:57 +0000

from imnotevenfbi

orange you glad?

rzakoura — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:23:33 +0000

i am noticing the color orange this summer – from clothing to nails to the sun itself. my husband, who has an internal trend detector, bought me a lovely orange dress from steven alan for my birthday. when i’m not feeling as bold, i love an orange accent, like hourglass’ beautiful red-orange lipstick in muse or essie’s clambake polish. from tangerine to blood orange, this hue will be sure to brighten your mood.

photo from knight cat

tyson + givens

rzakoura — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 20:01:27 +0000

from no mas

back

rzakoura — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 01:17:19 +0000

dear user, your domain ‘lateblooms.com’ will expire in 60 days time on august 3rd, 2011.

so goes the email i received last week – and the one 30 days prior. a gentle reminder that it’s been three whole months since i’ve posted on late blooms. yes, i had a baby. yes i’ve been busy being a working-pumping-nursing-nurturing-mama. but, now it’s time to visit my dear ole’ friend, late blooms; i’ve missed you.

of course all this time apart has filled me with anxiety about what my first post should be. another reason it’s taken so long to return. does it really matter? does it? this is my first post and i’m back.

from mystic mamma

lulu gets a cookie

rzakoura — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:39:29 +0000

my dear friend emily of emily’s homemade has created a new cookie, inspired by my daughter, lulu bee. this rich, buttery treat is hand-decorated with smooth, sugary icing and lots of love. it looks too pretty to eat, but trust me, it’s too good not to eat. to find a brooklyn retailer, go here.

cate blanchett in givenchy

rzakoura — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:18:17 +0000

more than a dress; a work of art.

photo from huffington post.

tribal inspired marni clutch

rzakoura — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:11:16 +0000

alexander wang arrives in soho

rzakoura — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 04:03:47 +0000

stroll on down to grand and mercer to check out wang’s new digs. if only for a swing in that fabulous black mink hammock.

photos from vogue and style bubble

pregnancy tips

rzakoura — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:11:49 +0000

a great gift for the pregnant woman with a sense of humor or the pregnant woman without a clue. safe baby pregnancy tips can be found here.

on repeat: vicky christina barcelona soundtrack

rzakoura — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:49:24 +0000

baby book saga

rzakoura — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:05:43 +0000

my daughter turns 11 weeks tomorrow and i’m only now starting her baby book. i spent an extensive amount of time obsessing about finding a unique, “perfect” book, free of pink princesses and fluffy bears. after combing the internet, i found the hip, graphic design focused “this is your book,” by ryan maconochie. witty and fun, it includes basics such as weight and hair color – as well as things like astrological signs, ruled out baby names and random statistics (the price of a six pack, for one).

when i finally received it (a month after ordering it), i decided it wasn’t the perfect book. although unique and clever, there wasn’t much room to paste photos, let alone a dried up umbilicol cord. my husband’s suggestion to make a book (which i previously poo-poo’d) was starting to look like the winning idea. i decided to keep the book as a fun reference and make my own creation. off i went to ai friedman, where i debated between a kolo and rag and bone bindery scrapbook, ultimately choosing the latter.

i couldn’t be happier with my decision. i love that it is truly a unique baby book, which my daughter and i can look at together someday. and the best part of creating the book will be creating the memories to fill it.

i promise to always listen to my husband and never obsess again.