Pink Ladies Do Valentines

♫ Pink is the wooord... ♫is the wooord... ♫is the wooord... At least that's my theme song for this Valentines and I have ferreted, loaned and borrowed some hue friendly goodies for sharing, i.e., hubby/bf suggesting, over the next couple of days...

A new Lonchamp in Rosaly will be great for summer and lesson the blow when it does come time to pack up my beloved Gucci hobo for the season...

Deborah Lippmann's Dream a Little Dream of Me heading back to Mexico with this sheer shimmer polish on my tan piggies...

Ahhh, the coup de grâce of all the offerings, Canfora Layla sandals in close enough to qualify purple...

Stumbled upon these pretty Tory Burch jammies during a drive by at Kappa Prep...

Kristin Pearce at Summer in Newport blog is offering these très preppy notepads, a set of four, for $65. Email her here for inquiries, orders and general drooling...

And, just like Suzanne Sugarbaker said on Designing Women, a linen hankie IS a sign of good breeding! Give a glimpse of yours from D. Porthault and it'll also be a sign of good taste...

Kindness of Hopsey and Kristin for the swanky TB pj's and note pad ideas. If ever I feel like my virtual loot pile is in danger of dwindling, a stroll around the ole blogging hood and I'm good to go...XXOO

Babe's Casserole Trifecta: Third And Final Contender

I've been recycling my friend Kathleen's Enchilada recipe for years and it's one of Babe's absolute favorites. So much so, that occasionally I have to shelf it so Babe doesn't end up in "EA". You know, Enchiladas Anonymous...

Enchiladas

12 flour tortillas
6 chicken breast poached in white wine and chicken broth (reserve broth!)
2 cups chicken broth
white wine
3/4 cup chopped finely onion
8 oz package Mexican grated cheeses
1/4 cup flour
cup sour cream
can diced mild green chilies

Poach trimmed chicken breasts in the 2 cups chicken broth with generous splash of white wine. Cool then slice chicken into shredded, bite sized pieces.

In each tortilla place approximately 2 tablespoons chopped chicken, 1 tablespoon chopped onion and 2 tablespoons shredded cheese.

Roll up each tortilla and place seam side down in a 9x13 casserole dish sprayed with olive oil.

Replenish the white wine in the cook's glass...

Melt the butter in a saucepan, blend in flour. Add the reserved poaching broth and cook stirring constantly until sauce thickens and bubbles. Stir in the sour cream and diced chilies cooking til heated through. Don't boil! Pour sauce over enchiladas and bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Cover with remaining shredded cheeses and cook for an additional 5 minutes.

Kindness of Kathleen Abercrombie for the tons of mileage Enchilada recipe. And, for forgiving me the less than fantastic staging due to the fact that all my pretty cooking accoutrements are in storage...XXOO

Bikinipalooza vs Lilly Pulitzer

This is the barometer I use each year to begin the mental count down til spring. Once the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue hits the stands I believe it becomes socially acceptable to start building the incoming season's wardrobe...

And, although I have another week before the 2010 SI issue hits the stands, I got a smidgie false start this year when Lilly Pulitzer posted this waaay too inspirational pic on their Facebook page. Let the season begin!

This unofficial jump on my summer wish list has me lusting after the Whitney Poncho Engineered Print, which totally appeals to my inner Mrs. Roper...

All white bottoms on deck for the très 90's prep Roe One Shouldered Stripe Top...

And, the Nan Kemperish Mira Jumpsuit Printed...

Yup, this year bikinipalooza has been usurped by Ms. Lilly...

Kindness of Elle MacPherson for having the magic ability to make the information Babe digested up until her appearance completely fly out of his pretty lil head...XXOO

Valentine's Spoiler Alert Pour Homme

Babe either already possesses, is soon to receive OR is about to have a full fledged campaign waged upon him for why he should have the items listed below in my Valentine's pour homme suggestions...

J. Crew cashmere v-neck sweater in purple, the color of royalty. That's what ya get when you refer to your wife as "Queenie"...

Babe has already devoured this book and I have it on deck. That is, I did until my dad who was reading it felt obliged to turn to me on the beach every twenty minutes or so and give me a book report. So it's more like I'll be re-reading it...

Oooo and find of the month, courtesy of my très fashionable friend, and ex-G'town neighbor, Alexandra, the Ledbury shirt collection for men. This southern duo have done their due diligence when it comes to the art of shirt making. I'm eying up the work shirt in blue gingham for Babe...

As well as the dress shirt in pink royal oxford...

...with color contrasting french cuffs for a lil conservative flash. Can not wait til they come out with a women's collection!

The Wiley Brother's hoof pick belt as modeled by Maxminimus in his Heathrow Airport mug shot...

And, as part of my continuing political education I recently purchased Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story DVD. Per usual, Babe intercepted the package whilst I was sunning it up in Mexico and, now we have both enjoyed it. Boy that man had charisma in spades. Not to mention, what had to be the best head of hair in DC...

Hmmm...wonder which item's gonna take some campaigning on my end? Maybe a sneak attack's in order...

Kindness of Alexandra Lee Small for reporting in with the fabulous Ledbury find. Templeton, George, Babe and I really miss Beau and Capote and you. NYC dinner date at Ippudo in a couple of weeks? You wear your grandmother's white rabbit again and I'll wear my Nana's mink...XXOO

My Welcome Home Package

As soon as I finished smothering Babe and the boys in kisses upon my return from Mexico, I tore into my awaiting Chuck Pinnell package...

Inside, my much anticipated needlepoint belt finished with Chuck's sterling hoof pick...

I may have to dub this one as my all time fav completed projects and can not wait for my red velvet Belgians to arrive and officially complete my uniform du jour...

And, killing two birds with one stone, a pic of the belt annnd a filled request for a sneak at my tan. Anymore than this sliver of exposure under my Petite Bateau tee and Dr. Proper will have a coronary over his Morning Dew...

Kindness of good ole Maxminimus for the heads up that my hoof pick (he has a more colorful name) buckle apparently has now made it onto the TSA's list of regulated items allowed for carry-on. Between this and the pearl handled buck knife charm on my bracelet I'm a walking lethal weapon...XXOO

Busted Again

Scene I opens with Babe and my sister Julie at the beach house having a conversation about poor moi being stuck in an airport...

Julie
You know, the only thing to do in an airport is shop.
Babe
Phew, thank God she's not stuck in the Tokyo airport cuz they have an Hermes!

Cut to Scene II in Houston airport Sunglass Hut...

Text sent from me to Julie
Got a new pr of Maui Jims. The Canoes in tort. Shhh...

Cut back to scene at home...

Julie
Oh, it's a text from Alice...
Babe
What's it say?
Julie
Woops. (laughing)Well, let's just say, it's a good thing she's not stranded in the Tokyo airport.

BBM exchange that immediately followed...

Babe

Shhh?? Mmm hmmm...

Moi

U snoop! I deserved a lil something

Babe

All of your 'deserved' packages are here when u get home

Moi

I didn't order anything!!! That's prob the stuff I won.

Babe

Oh, you won something from Chuck Pinnell?

Moi

Oh, that. Rats.

Kindness of Babe for allowing me to save him the trouble of buying me a Valentines present. Well, maybe just one of them...XXOO

A Comedy Of Travel Errors

This was my last wave in with my brother Keith before I headed to the aeropuerto Friday afternoon to begin my three day trek home:

ZIH and a total of six delays and a hollow promise that I would "indeed" make my connection→HOU missed connection, surprise, surprise, a dead Blackberry and an hour long line to get on standby for the following afternoon, and twenty minutes on the hard, cold airport floor charging my cell so I could call Babe and get a ressie for the night→Houston Sheraton←back to HOU Saturday morn for standby flight which I get ten minutes prior to takeoff, yeaaa→BWI bouncy landing on a snow covered runway and iwishihadanickelfor every person that took one look at my gold Bonanno's and said, "I hope you have some other shoes dear"→skidding Shuttle ride to my car parked at the Sheraton parking lot←back inside to the Sheraton to toast my exposed piggy's by the fire while I call Babe to make me another ressie cuz, there ain't no way I'm getting stranded like Laura Ingalls on the side of the road in this blizzard and found frozen to death in my pale pink summer weight khaki's, gold sandals and peeling nose↑upstairs for room service and Miss America→back into three day old summer clothes and a three hour, sometimes harrowing, car ride and I was finally ♫home again, ♫home again, ♪jiggity jig♪...

Kindness of Babe for orchestrating my hotel ressies while juggling two phones for many hours with simultaneous calls to Continental and Orbitz. Sorry we only had a few hours together Babe before you→NYC...XXOO