Get the Coachella Look

Spring is hands down my favorite season. I find myself in a good mood 24/7 because I can finally be outside. I also adore spring fashion. I feel like people are dying to shake the dust off of their spring wardrobe and I find that spring style is always a little more daring and fun. It's also the start of music festival season and which festival is better known than Coachella? The California music festival draws celebrities and muggles alike and the fashion is always hippie chic. Below are some items I will wear next year when I go : ) Cali here I come!

Have a Healthy Weekend!

It usually takes me about 3-4 days to really commit to a diet/health kick. If I cheat on day 2, I am so far gone I have to wait another month to start again. I am on day 3 right now and am feeling great. I picked up a Green Guru smoothie from green&tonic in Greenwich, which was delicious! If you haven't been, there are locations in Greenwich, Cos Cob, Darien, Mamaroneck and Armonk and they have 4 options for cleanses and one includes food (score!). They have chia puddings and salads and soups and great cold pressed juices and smoothies. Are you guys fans of green juices? I may be a total weirdo because I love them...  Below is the recipe for the one I had today - you have to try it! I'd love to hear from my readers your favorite healthy recipes and favorite places to get healthy smoothies and juices - help a girl out!

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Green Guru Smoothie

-Green Tea (matcha is an easy way to add potent green tea powder to smoothies)

-Coconut Water

-Lemon

-Spinach

-Banana

-Green Apple

-Ginger (not my favorite but tasted great in this!)

-Mint

Loving Right Now: Black and White Rugs

I have been loving black and white rugs and not just in neutral rooms. Black and white rugs have been popping up in colorful rooms and look great. Finding the right rug has always been a struggle for me when decorating a room.. I adore the look of the black and white Moroccan rug below and may have to try mixing black and white with color! Madeline Weinrib has some amazing ones and Pinterest is a great place to look for ideas for how to style this trend. 

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Landscaping and John Street Reno Update

It is finally feeling like spring has sprung! I took a trip over to the property that my parents are cleaning up/building a house/renovating cottages on and they have done a ton of work clearing out old trees and   the property looks amazing and huge! With the sunlight and the fact that the snow has finally melted and you can see the ground, it is all starting to seem real. Pictures below:

 The wires will all be buried and there will be planting along the fence along with grass planted everywhere. The shutters are going to be put on the cottage soon.

 A bunch of dead trees were knocked down hence the big pile of wood chips. It's been very rainy in Greenwich so there is a lot of mud but from the old 100 year old stone wall to the new house will be a huge front yard. 

Panorama view

 This is from where the old tennis court was looking back. The new house will be built here.

The adorable cottage! Interior pics coming soon! There is also a gate house that is being completely gutted and I will have pictures of that along with the 6 car garage/barn that will be converted to a "party barn." Next step is talking to an architect for the house. 

My mom is starting to think about planting and building the house now and we've been pinning to our secret John St. pin board amazing ideas. Check out some of our favorite landscaping and planting.

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