Happy Valentine's Day 2012!! My favorite day.

This is a video I made about family and love. Such a wonderful year of smiles and hugs.

I had some friends come over for coffee, sweets and Valentine's making. It was great fun.
Carrot cake cupcakes. Yum.

Cookie hearts for my dearest.

The Valentines are ready.

One for my sweet love. As I said to him this morning, forever is not long enough :)

And for my little bunnies, when they were just widgets. I heart U.

Inspiration. From Estemag online magazine.

Texture happy with black. Perfect combo + orange.

The over dyed rug here in pink.

The chalkboard strikes again. Still love it.

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Josh has a day.

Happy Birthday my love.

Since Josh is not the cake kind of guy. We bought him a hunk of cheese for his candle aka sparkler.

Birthdays always happen.

Thanks goodness for that.

My birthday was great this year. It started with a bunch of sweet cards from my family. My Mom always sends 2 or 3. Mose called me swaggerrific. MJ wrote me a haiku. My favorite, though, was from Josh. It said, You remind me of the planet, as you get older, you're getting hotter :)

We had lobsters for dinner. My fav.

And Mathilda made me a cake. Very simple chocolate whipped creme tart. 2 pans of chocolate cake. Whipped cream and cheery filling in the middle and on top. Delicious.

It was my lucky day. I have had 17,155 lucky days so far!!

Jillsroom. Before and after.

A small stool mess.

The perfect dinner perch.

San Francisco Fun.

Josh and I took advantage of a Saints playoff game in SF to enjoy some great food with friends and family and a little r&r.

Getting off the plane in SF. Fox 8 sports talking to Josh about the game. Camera hog.

First stop was Swan's Oyster Depot. Amazing oyster's, crab salad, chowder, herring and more.

Our room at Hotel Vitale on the Embarcadero had a view of the Bay Bridge. Lovely.

Pre game farmer's market visit, where our friend and food blogger Pim of Chezpim, was selling her award winning jams.

Game day at Candlestick. Tailgateing with fellow New Orleanians. Josh getting into the mood with a quick game and pose. Heisman.

Popeye's represented.

We got on the field for pre game and saw up close the Saints' game faces. Love me some Jimmy!!

It was a crazy game and ended as a true heartbreaker. This photo says it all.

We made it out of there with our lives. (Actually we had a pretty good experience with the 49ers fans.) And headed to Nojo in Hayes Valley. An awesomely delicious and very interesting Japanese tapas/skewer restaurant.

We did some sight seeing, SFMOMA (great Richard Serra show) and some shopping around.

Love this advertisement.

On Sunday we headed down to Los Gatos to eat at Manresa. Josh's best buddies 2 star Michelin restaurant for an amazing meal. You must eat here before you die.

David at the bar.

An egg dish like nothing you have ever had before.

We headed south to Santa Cruz to hang out with Pim and David for Monday. The Dream Inn on the beach was a great stop for us.

All in all a FANtastic trip. Game aside:(

Ultimate hangout.

Thinking of the Herrington house here. Oodles of black and white bean bags. Please say yes!

Mose's birthday party. 12 years.

Mose had a party to go along with his birthday. It was at the Great Lawn in City Park, one of our favorite places to spend some time together. Here he is with a few buddies. playing football.

He wanted a cookie cake, so we made one. He helped and it was way better than any store bought cookie cake for certain! BO$$

With the candles. To another year:)

The 2nd in my quest for a miracle. Azulene Calming Mask

Only kidding, but time IS my enemy at this point in my relationship with my face. I love this mask so much. Made by Mario Badescu. It is light and tingly and makes my face feel amazing!! Also available at my local Earthsavers.

What's in my cart?!?

A rug to cozy up to as the height of winter sets in. Souk rug at West Elm.

Kjoo necklace. I love her things so much. I buy them as gifts, but thinking about my own birthday coming up...

The Labyrinth pillow by DwellStudio. For a client's banquette.