My bedroom at the River House

Besides the lovely time I had spending time with my girlfriends last weekend in Deltaville, I relished the time I was able to spend in the beautiful, old Southern river house. Katie's parents bought it several years ago and its a mix-match of things left behind by previous tenants and also from Katie's family. Except for the master bedroom, all the bed in the house were single beds, so darling! Lindsay and I stayed in this room. Of course I fell in love with the bright light-blue bed spreads, but also the simple quaintness of the room. 

Oyster Lesson in the Chesapeake Bay

We arrived in Deltaville late Friday night and despite wanting to sleep in, when Katie mentioned driving to pick up fresh oysters Saturday morning, I knew I didn't want to miss out. Katie has worked on the Chesapeake Bay doing oyster restoration. We met Tommy, the man she works for, who took the time to walk us down to the dock and show us a batch of oysters. He explained the process a bit and even opened an oyster for us to see - Katie took the liberty of reaching right in and slurping it down :)

This is also my first time using Flickr to post photos rather than the blogger uploader so hopefully they look even better! More pictures still to follow!

The view out Katie's window Saturday morning. 





Heading down towards the dock. Of course I loved the green & turquoise canoes!







Pulling the oysters out of the water.





Such beautiful, weird looking creatures!





Little baby crab & shrimp.





This is our little lesson - he's explaining how they live in clusters together. 





Slicing one open - much more graceful than shucking.





Katie going in for the raw oyster - about as fresh as they get!





View from the river





And another - such a calm, cool morning





Catherine - love all the lavenders going on here.



Katie & Tommy

First of many Deltaville photos

Had such a lovely weekend at Katie's river house in Deltaville, VA! Love this goofy photo I took with the self timer on my camera. Many more photos to follow!

Headed to Deltaville, Virginia

Going to spend a weekend with some college girlfriends this weekend in Deltaville, VA. Have a great weekend!!

(Jon Beard)

(Anna Wolf)

(Anna Wolf)

Bonnaroo in the Snow!

So this isn't cute or design or NYC related in the least, 

but I'm a HUGE fan of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival 

held in Manchester, TN every June. I went to the very first 

one in 2002 and have gone to most since then - missing a year here 

and there. Its always so sweltering hot & dusty - so crazy 

to see it all under a blanket of cold rain & snow: 

More or less the same spot, taken this past June: