…France. I ate alot.  I’m not sure what to tell you about first – the scenery, or the food…both?

Today I was riding through the jordaan area of amsterdam which is one of my favorite spots (but then I have many favorite spots in this beautiful city). And I thought of you. So I whipped out my little pocket camera, put the strap around my neck and snapped some photos while I was bicycling. Would you like to come for a bike ride with me? If so, scroll down to see what we see along the way…

I hope you enjoyed the ride! I am going to be traveling far (but not so far) and wide (nor that wide) this weekend, so I won’t be back in the (blog)house until Tuesday. I will try very hard to have a relaxing time over the next four days, and I hope to have some pretty photos for you upon my return. Thank you so very much for your company this week, I hope you’ve enjoyed all the posts. Bon weekend!

xx

Dear Amanda from Mocking Bird has been gearing up for a big, life changing adventure with her canadian boy to move from sydney to vancouver. She has arrived, and I am so so excited for her. Living in or near Vancouver has always been a dream of mine, but as you know, one can’t be everywhere, living every dream. So, dear Amanda, I shall live vicariously through you, please be sure to show and tell lots of your new discoveries, and share lots of your beautiful polaroids.  I can’t wait to check out where you’ve been and what you are up to! But I fret for you with November coming  – hang in there, the weather will clear.

Here are some of Amanda’s gorgeous polaroids of her new surroundings so far, but please be sure to check out the rest on her blog…

JJR have done it again. Above is just a little sneak peek of their  spring summer collection for 2010. To say I want everything from the collection is my modest confession – I want double of everything.

Click here to read Riley’s post about the collection and see some very exclusive photographs that won’t go on the JJR website or in their look book  – they are just. for you.

Thank you Riley!

xx

PS can you believe I looked at that title at least a dozen times and never saw the typo? terrible. I’ve changed it (it was “abolutely”). sorry about that guys, for me having a wrongly spelt title is possibly the worst offense in blog writing.

It’s Tuesday already! Time and how fast it flies never ceases to surprise me. Below you can see some sweet inspiration I plucked from the blogosphere, and from this week’s blogs in the spotlight which you can see in the side bar to the right…

From top to bottom:

• an age old tree (LOVING your polaroid pics ann marie, and your great little stories) (and those apple cider doughnuts you just posted! miam)

• simply breakfast continues to be ridiculously scrumptious, every post. This one I’ve featured above is Jen’s brunch of ranchero and pinto bean skillet with eggs, monterey jack, cilantro, and creme fraiche. Jen has cleverly created a simply breakfast book which you can purchase right here.

• and look at that incredible tapestry work by elana herzog which I found on 2 or 3 things i know. just beautiful.

Also in the (blog)house kitchen is our dearly missed guest, Ms Yvette! She has been a busy bee and tells us all about what she has been up to, all while stirring, slicing and serving us the perfect autumn dish:  classic corned beef with a little twist. Oh it smells delicious. Click here to read her full post which includes Yvette’s  gorgeous illustrations.  Thank you Yvette!

xx

PS thank you for all your ideas, suggestions, and offers for assistance below. I’d be in heaven if you all lived closer. I’m still thinking about it.