Easter’s just a bunny hop, skip and a jump away (April 4 – less than two weeks to be exact) and if Cadbury Eggs aren’t your bag, perhaps Vosges’ gourmet Bacon and Eggs are. Each of the luxury chocolatier’s eggs is filled with soft buttery bacon caramel and the only thing we could think of that could possibly top them would be the Deep Milk Chocolate Eggs with pink Himalayan salt. Le yum.

Perhaps you’re more bunny than egg? Meet the most darling chocolate bunny in the world, who will surely delight you and your taste buds (if you can bear to eat him!).

Ready to bunny hop and egg hunt?

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A nice reminder that life really is only about two things when it boils down to it.

Shot outside of Marfa, Texas at the Prada Marfa. Visitors have taken to leaving their business cards along the ledge.

I felt like taking them all, calling everyone up and inviting them to a party in the middle of a field. Maybe one day I will…

For now, I’ll just leave my card behind and hope someone calls me.

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If you’ve seen lace nails popping up lately and wanted to try your hand at it (pun so intended), the stunning Trang of Behind the Seams shows us how. If only she could share her patience. Le sigh.

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Spring is here (cue the trumpets!) and we’re feeling very feminine, very colorful, very happy. And even happier because we’ve met Polli. The Australian jewelry line brings nothing but smiles to our faces, and soon, whimsy to our necks and ears. From punchy petals to proud peacocks, precious pooches to tandem cycles, we love the cheeky, exuberant line from our friends down under. Doesn’t it make you want to take your dachshund for a stroll, your lover for a ride on a bicycle built for two? All the best things of spring captured in stainless steel, kohl gold and woven hand-stitched fabulousness.

Polli wanna trip down under?

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Grandpa (just kidding - photo via My Parents Were Awesome)

I don’t know about you, but I seem to get the question ‘Where are you from?’ a lot. Normally the inquirer presumes a foreign country and is a little confused when I reply “My parents are from Ohio?” Often said inquirer guesses Eastern Europe, France, Poland, even Spain (that usually only happens when I have on hoop earrings, with my hair pulled back –  go figure). So playing the Ohio card amuses me to no end (and as someone who’s as American as chocolate milkshakes and cupcakes), it’s always fun for someone to think I’m from somewhere much more exotic (to me, anyway).

But lately, due in large part to watching the new show Who Do You Think You Are, I’ve become more curious. We know my Dad’s grandfather came from Greece, but the rest of the lot? Mostly a guess. So, armed with a new ancestry.com membership and a few names gathered from my parents, I set to finding out. And it’s been interesting indeed. If you saw Who Do You Think You Are, in the episode with Sarah Jessica Parker, she and her brother presume they are more recent immigrants to the U.S. She was shocked to find out that wasn’t the case. I, too, assumed we were likely more recent transplants and was amazed that with only a few names and tidbits of information, I was able to track my Mom’s Dad’s side back to the 1700s. In Germany. My German-born husband was so proud. All kidding aside, it really is fun, especially for those of us who really have no idea, no family tree. Do you know where your family is from? Do you care? I’d love to know your thoughts…

If I ever complete my family tree, I’d love to have one of these pretty modern My Tree and Me family trees made. Aren’t they fun?

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