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What's been happening: 

The HB is a huge Frank fanatic - (Frank Lloyd Wright) so we attended the Phoenix Art Museum every week after work for the last few weeks in April.

Kansas City, MO.

We took a long weekend trip to Kansas City, MO for a college reunion 
(where my husband attended college)

The Country Club Plaza is an area of Kansas City that is absolutely fantastic it's filled with restaurants and shops.  Very European feeling and architecture.

Fountains are everywhere - very pretty

My husband

Overlooking Country Club Plaza

You may or may not know this but as a NW native I've had my share of delicious Salmon so it was amazed at just how delicious this Salmon was from Jack Stacks Barbecue.

Grilled Salmon served on top of Caesar Salad  

I may have had a little too much of the grape here lol

Handbag obsession for the week

Gucci 1970 Medium Python Shoulder Bag

Picture courtesy of Saks Fifth Avenue

Elegant, simple and sophisticated I love this Bag. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Wicked

This past Saturday night the HB and I went to see Wicked and It was FANTASTIC. The way the story line meshes in with the Wizard of Oz that we watched when we were kids.  The HB and I absolutely loved it.

This is news to me - did you know that Tommy Hilfiger's wife Dee Ocleppo is launching her own collection of handbags, DEESIGNS.  

Picture courtesy Elle Accessories

Guess which one I like...

Picture courtesy of Socially Superlative 

Congrats on your new line Dee.

BTW, My fave is the Animal Print.

What do you think?  Do you like what you see so far?

I feel like a Flake

It's been so long that I've written that it makes me feel like a flake and I don't like it.  This is not an excuse I'm just saying.  So this past November and December flew by in the blink of an eye.  With so much to do I never had a minute to sit down and write.

Back In November we went on the “Architects’ Own Homes Tour” presented by GNOSIS Ltd Friday night started with a little get together at Taliesin West with an intro from each Architect and what inspired them to create and design their house.

Saturday and Sunday we toured a total of about 12-13 houses throughout the valley.

The pool at this house was amazing because of the way it fit in such a small area there wasn't a lot of land to this property.

The front of the house

A very contemporary residence.

Yes those are rocks that you would stand on when showering (above)

This was a bathroom in one of my favorite houses

A bit too contemporary for me

 Living room in another house that was a fave for me

• Winter - We're in the heart of Winter and cold and flu season is lurking everywhere if you know someone who's in need for a household remedy check this out by Fab Housewife
• The Birthstone for January is the Garnet and it's color ranges from rich red to orangey red. 

In honor of the garnet checkout of these beauties:

Bracelet from Ippolita gold and garnet combo

Picture courtesy of Neiman Marcus

A gorgeous, gorgeous gorgeous purse I would love to have:

From the 3.1 Phillip Lim Pre-Fall 2012 Handbags

Will probably retail over $2,500.00 US dollars (my guess)

Mothers Day is upon us.

As mother's day approaches I came a cross some great gift ideas for mom's across different age brackets

 

Mother's Day Gift Ideas    

My favorite gift suggestion is from Venti Girl I want these for myself... 

Anything from Wendy Brandes you can never go wrong with Jewelry.                     

Here's a do it yourself gift idea from Daily Candy perfect for the mom that loves to say "you should be saving your money, not spending it on me".                                     

For the Tech Savy Mom check out these cool gift ideas from She-knows

And lastly, how could you not love this?  Michael Kors creates a bag for his Mom, Michael Kors Joan Bag