It’s hard to process yesterday’s sickening insurrection on the U.S. Capitol Building by domestic terrorists. I’m here to state some of my own thoughts about yesterday’s disgusting events. If you don’t like it, you’re more than welcome to find another orchid blog to follow.
Happy 2017, everyone! I don’t know about you, but I was thrilled to say good riddance to 2016. Even though 2016 wasn’t a bad year overall for me personally, it was time for it to go.
If you haven’t gotten your 2017 Brooklyn Orchids calendar yet, you can order one from my Zazzle store at a 20.17% discount using this promo code:
ZAZHELLO2017
The promo code is good through Wednesday, January 4, 2017.
You’re probably wondering what my announcement is. Well, after 15 years of living in New York City, I’m moving to Washington, DC! My husband’s business is expanding there and at some point over the last six months it became clear that it would make more sense for him to move to DC than for him to commute between the two cities on a frequent basis. There was no real reason for us to keep our apartment in Brooklyn simply for me to stay here…so we’re packing up all of our stuff and ripping the NYC bandaid off.
Happy Belated Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday with your loved ones. I’m writing today to let you know that the Brooklyn Orchids 2017 Calendar is now available on my Zazzle store!
The calendar features 12 months’ worth of original orchid photographs taken by yours truly.
Because today is Black Friday it’s a great time to buy: Zazzle has a promo code that gives you 40% off calendars! My calendar is regularly priced at $27.15, but today only you can get it for $16.29. All you need to do is enter the promo code BLACKFRISAVE at checkout. It’s the perfect opportunity to pick up a Brooklyn Orchids calendar for yourself or for the orchid fanatic in your life! I’ll be ordering my own today too. 🙂
Thank you in advance for all of your support, and I hope you enjoy your holiday weekend!
Just a short note here in case you’ve noticed that my blog looks different. Though my blog has a new appearance, the content and layout is pretty much the same. I’m working on fixing some things around here and making adjustments, so please bear with me. As always, thanks for reading!
Just wanted to write a quick update before I head to Italy for my honeymoon! As promised, I’ve given my blog a bit of a facelift. It’s officially a work in progress at this point, so there will be more changes once I return from my trip. I want to play around with the theme’s colors, font, etc etc…I don’t exactly have a vision for how I want it to look so I’ll be making tweaks here and there for a little while.
If you see anything on my website that looks funky or broken, please let me know and I’ll work on fixing it when I’m back!
Please send good orchid vibes my way—we’ll be hitting up the Dolomites and Sestri Levante in the Italian Riviera (among other places), and there are some wild orchids in those parts of Italy! From the bit of research I’ve done, the orchids native to the areas we’ll be visiting most likely won’t be in bloom while we’re there, but hey, you never know. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for some wild orchid sightings. And we may try to visit a botanical garden or two in between eating pasta and pizza and drinking vino.
In the meantime, enjoy the holiday and the (almost-but-not-quite) end of summer!
I’m gonna go off topic a little again here, but it’s orchid-related, I promise. 🙂
I don’t tend to go apeshit over the haute couture designer collaborations with Target like some people. I’m totally not judging; I have my own things I go apeshit over, like getting the souvenir Arrow bag at Comic-Con*. I do, of course, appreciate these collaborations for the creative designs that cost far less than they would normally. Over the years I think I’ve just bought a couple designer pieces at Target, because once I see the items in person I’m often disappointed. I bought an Erin Fetherston cardigan years back, and I bought a cute, swingy blouse by The Webster for Target a couple years ago, but I think that’s it.
However, I may actually have to go apeshit with Target’s upcoming Altuzarra collaboration. I started to click through the full collection slideshow at Refinery29 and was mildly underwhelmed, but then my clicking through stopped in its tracks. Why? THIS:
