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tropicana

Guinevere de la Mare — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:36:02 +0000

Rolling along with our Tangerine Tango theme this week, let’s add this Fruiteria lamp from Anthropologie to the wishlist. Love the warmth of the glass and those citrus hues.

real love

Anna — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:26:21 +0000

Anatomically correct jewelry is so much fun. String this handmade glass bead simply on a leather cord.

shopping local: luxe and liberty

Anna — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:15:46 +0000

Granted, what’s local for me probably isn’t local for you; but the Orlando-area shop Luxe & Liberty is deserving of your attention, even if you have to order online instead of popping in to pick out a few choice gifts. Organized around goods made in America, L&L stocks lines both little and big, from neighborhood artisans to well-known names like Calphalon, Amenity Home, and Pangea Organics. (See? I told you they were good.)

Here are my picks:

1. Skinny Fish Artisan Stationary–produced in small batches by artist Shawn Laughlin; 2. Leather Photo Album, in prismatic colors; 3. Kalender Platter, trimmed in platinum and gold; 4. Herb Bowl with Mezzaluna Chopper–one of those tools you didn’t even know you needed; 5. Endangered Parrots of the World Chess Set–prohibitively expensive, outrageously fun; 6. Crocus Rocks Glasses with 22K Accents–hello, hostess; 7. Chiller Pitcher with Lid–a closed carafe that will keep al fresco flies out; 8. Chick Chair; 9. Balustrade Napkins–round and round the table they go; 10. Aptos Collection Pebble Pendant; 11. Amber Dard Hunter Rose Thermometer & Clock–outdoor temperature gauges are so underrated; 12. Teco Art Pottery Orb Vase–lovely lines, from an exactingly reproduced historical collection.

Hurry! Go! Misosouper readers can enter LUXE09 at checkout to receive 20% off their first purchase.

baker, baker, bake me a cake

Anna — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:09:50 +0000

Because I’m not sure my culinary skills are up to par for the buttercreamed, polka-dotted, layered deliciousness that belongs in this dome.

forgetting sarah sideball

Anna — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:17:44 +0000

This weekend, we watched the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which features an incredible amount of full-frontal male nudity. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.) So much in fact, that Mr. Misosouper and I coined the term “sideball”–the masculine cousin of “sideboob”–to describe the vistas of poor Peter Bretter’s, well, Peter Bretter.

And then we thought, drinking game! Which reminded me of these glasses; make a highball and drink to sideball. Cheers, naked man; we don’t see you on film often enough.