Archives for August 2011

instagram link-up

 

Well, like I suspected, I couldn’t stay away. Also, it’s a drizzly morning here in Cape Cod so I’m reading some blogs and cozy-ing up on the couch. I saw this fun link-up from a {little} dash of ash and I had to join in! The photo above is one of my favorites from this summer of instagramming. I love the plate (found at HomeGoods) and blueberries are one of my favorite summer fruits. I can eat the whole carton in a day if I don’t watch myself!

If you’re following me on instagram, then you know I’m addicted. There was simply no way I could choose just one photo to post today (I take way too many), so I decided to choose my favorites from the past couple of weeks.

This photo sharing app has changed my world. I love capturing little snippets of my days that before I passed by without noticing. You can make anything ordinary suddenly unique, and your life instantly seems more detailed and interesting. But then again, maybe life always was this interesting– and now we’re just taking the time to pay more attention to the little things around us.

from left to right: views of Brooklyn, taxis in NY, Boston skyline from canoe, blue sky with clouds, summer blackberries, Charles River water, Beacon Hill sidewalk, sun shower in Back Bay, wedding flowers and favors.

Join the link-up party!

off i go…

Signing off for a while as I head out of Boston to enjoy some much anticipated time away.

First, to Lake George in the Adirondacks for my lovely friend Katharine’s wedding (I’ve got my dancing shoes!), and then to the Cape to enjoy the last days of summer. I may pop in once or twice, but mostly I’ll be off the grid, just soaking up the sun and the sand and the company of my family.

I’m oh so excited. I’ve been looking forward to this all year.

Have a wonderful week!!

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for the love of reading.

 

“There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.” — Jacqueline Kennedy

My cousin Karyn (married in, if we’re being specific) posted on the Book of Faces the other day just how much fun she had reading Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends to her son Jack. She stated, “I really couldn’t tell you who enjoyed it more, him or me….”. I loved reading this. I loved reading this because, of course, I’m a teacher, and hearing about parents reading to their kids makes me giddy. I feel this happiness in my heart about reading to children. Children’s books are gold. They are fun. They are interesting. They are outrageous. They are magical. And reading aloud is something special, for all people involved. I know that when I love a book, it shows, and my students inevitable love it too. Reading is contageous. If you believe a book to be delightful, the children you’re with will delight in it too.

I know this to be true.

I read aloud numerous picture books and a bit from a chapter book every school day the whole year through. We are readers in my classroom and we’re proud. Besides reading aloud I encourage my kids to read what interests them. There’s time every day for independent reading and book exploring.

Every single kid in my class last year thought reading was the coolest.

I did what I set out to do.

Reading is the best. This is why I am a teacher. Reading is knowledge and reading is awesome.

Teach your kids to love to read. There is no lesson more important than that.

Jimmy’s, Brookline

My super terrific friend Erin and I went out to dinner last night.

It was wonderful. One, because we got to catch up and rekindle our love for each other and two, because we got to try a fun new restaurant steps away from my apartment.

What’s with me and going out to dinner these days? It must be because I’m moving soon. Gotta soak up Brookline while I can.

Anyways, I totally recommend this place. The pizza was delish and they have a classic (albeit limited) selection draft beer. They also have completely open windows, so open that you feel like you’re outside. Which was awesome tonight considering it was pouring rain. POURING. (Really though, the weather is whack this week!)

So if you live in Brookline, or even if you don’t, Jimmy’s is great for a dinner date.

They have large TVs.

And huge open windows (all glass, garage-style for the winter months).

Great atmosphere.

Casual menu.

And it’s yummy.

Plus, if you have company like mine, you’re a shoo-in to have a fun time.

JIMMY’S
1653 Beacon Street
Brookline, MA 02445
617.277.2774