by Claire Star
Happy winter, friends. It’s that time of year when the days are short, the air is brisk, and all I want to do is bake cookies and watch classic rom-coms while snuggling with my dog, Freddie. While it’s true that I happily partake in these very activities every season, winter feels like an especially appropriate time.
In an effort to branch out a little, I asked Nicole and our good friend Emily about a few of their favorite things to do around the holidays. Here are a few of the things we came up with, like making chocolate covered popcorn.
In an effort to branch out a little, I asked Nicole and our good friend Emily about a few of their favorite things to do around the holidays. Here are a few of the things we came up with, like making chocolate covered popcorn.
Nicole:
+ Ice skating in Central Park
+ Seeing the decorations and window displays in NYC
+ Attending tree lightings
+ Watching Christmas classics, like Rudolph and the Grinch
+ Seeing the decorations and window displays in NYC
+ Attending tree lightings
+ Watching Christmas classics, like Rudolph and the Grinch
Emily:
+ Decorating with paper snowflakes
+ Watching White Christmas
+ Seeing the gingerbread houses in downtown Seattle
+ Going on Christmas light walks
+ Watching White Christmas
+ Seeing the gingerbread houses in downtown Seattle
+ Going on Christmas light walks
Claire:
+ Making latkes for Hannukah
+ Baking gingerbread cookies
+ Drinking hot chocolate on a drive to Candy Cane Lane in Seattle
+ Watching Olive the Other Reindeer
+ Baking gingerbread cookies
+ Drinking hot chocolate on a drive to Candy Cane Lane in Seattle
+ Watching Olive the Other Reindeer
Should you venture only as far as the living room, never fear: I find a successful at-home pedicure can be equally adventuresome (it’s hard to stay within the lines!). We have some season color ideas from tenoverten’s eight-free and cruelty-free line of polishes, which would make for a pretty gift. I love that the colors are named after placed in NYC.
Our tenoverten picks:
+ Nicole: Greenwich (silver), Grand (bronze), Reade (carbon)
+ Emily: Maiden (purple), Wall St (holograph), Austin (dusty blue)
+ Claire: Mulberry (dusty rose), Hudson (red/orange), Commerce (navy)
What are you looking forward to this month? Any fun plans? (And are you pedicure-challenged like me?)
P.S. Our 2016 gift guide is coming soon!
// Graphic design by Claire Star. Images via tenoverten, My Paradissi, Gardenista, Reading My Tea Leaves, IMDb, Apartment Therapy, and oh happy day.
Tags: by Claire, Beauty, New York, Seattle, Style, Winter
+ Emily: Maiden (purple), Wall St (holograph), Austin (dusty blue)
+ Claire: Mulberry (dusty rose), Hudson (red/orange), Commerce (navy)
What are you looking forward to this month? Any fun plans? (And are you pedicure-challenged like me?)
P.S. Our 2016 gift guide is coming soon!
// Graphic design by Claire Star. Images via tenoverten, My Paradissi, Gardenista, Reading My Tea Leaves, IMDb, Apartment Therapy, and oh happy day.
Tags: by Claire, Beauty, New York, Seattle, Style, Winter