The weekend is here!

Happy Friday! This short week flew by. This weekend, I’m Hamptons-bound to celebrate my friend’s last summer as a single girl! Her wedding in Ireland is fast approaching this fall. 🙂 I’m looking forward to a bit of wine tasting, and time at the beach, too. What do you have planned? Here, to get your weekend started right, a few happy posts from around the web: 
Birthday wishes for the Golden Gate.
A mouth-watering summer salad.
Air mail nostalgia.
The perfect graduation card. (And love this one for bdays.)
A tranquil moment.
30th a la Alice.
Long live the Queen! (Plus: A clever gift and Royalty in Vogue.)
Signs of summer. 
A tune for June.
 

Flavors of the week

Memorial Day has come and gone, and the humidity is on in New York. On the steamiest of days, what’s your favorite frozen treat? This past Sunday, I enjoyed a classic near home — Doc Davis’ ice cream in Pepperell, Massachusetts. Then, this week, I splurged again, this time opting for sorbet (one scoop of lime, one scoop of raspberry from Eli’s on the Upper East Side). Both are refreshing, and signs of summer, too. 🙂

Ice cream or sorbet—which one do you prefer? Flavor recommendations? Share them here!

(Images via Easy Living UK)

Color coding at home

What do you do to organize the books and magazines you keep in your home? I’ve blogged about the number of magazines I keep in my New York-sized apartment before, but right now, I just keep them all in neat piles under my bed. What a clever idea to color code my collection based on the magazine’s binding. The bookshelf idea is pretty cool, too.

Any other ideas? Would love to hear your suggestions!

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Treasure hunting

I love this post from A Girl, A Style about the art of collecting, and seeking out all kinds of big and little things that make us smile every day. It got me thinking about my favorite finds from May—the items that I didn’t know I wanted, but were definitely a delight when found! From top to bottom, Regina Spektor’s new album (available today!), Bobbi Brown’s Beach body oil that absolutely smells like the beach, the June issue of Easy Living with Debra Messing talking about Smash, and this gorgeous spearmint skirt from J.Crew.

Tell me — what’s a recent (and unexpected) splurge that made you smile? 

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The weekend is here!

Memorial Day Weekend, at last! My dear readers, what do you have planned for the next few days off? I’m looking forward to kicking back and relaxing. And maybe playing some golf, too! 🙂 Here, to get your weekend started right, a few happy posts from around the web:

Pretty in pink.

See this play now.

End of an era.

Pretty pillows here and here.

A salad for spring.

Get minted with this design and this one.

Bring it on, Gatsby. (So excited!)

A touching goodbye.

Live pinning—say what?

Music to start your weekend!

(Image via Pinterest)