The Joy of Date Nights In

Mike and I are on an extra strict budget these days, but our stomachs and love of Indian, wine, pizza, sushi...the list goes on, don't always seem to be on board with that. Being in Brooklyn, the convenient  daily access to some of the most delicious food in the world is enough to make me somehow find an extra twenty or thirty…

My Best Friend’s Gift for Interior Design

Happy Sunday! My best friend Monica and her husband James bought their first house a few years ago, and since then have gradually transformed it into a home that is uniquely theirs. It's not surprising to discover that anyone who sees Mon's photos is dying in stealing her design ideas (or maybe just her design style, period). I am no professional, only an…

A Brief Thought on Teaching and Pain

Happy Saturday! If you've read my first post on Cobble & Brick you know that this winter I made a difficult choice to leave a job that challenged me and people that I love very much. This journey I'm on is unfamiliar to me, so the obstacles I'll face  will also be new. That's troubling, because I probably won't be…

5 Spring Trends from the LookBooker Fashion Week Wrap Up Event

In my non-expert opinion, the most ingenious, successful companies are the ones that make everyone slap themselves on the forehead and say, "Of course! Why didn't I think of that?!"The idea is so logical it seems simple, but this couldn't be less true. Enter: LookBooker (@_lookbooker) Founded by friends and co-workers Renee Robbie and Giorgia Rossi while working…