To the Cape!

Architecture
May 31, 2013

Headed to Cape Cod this weekend to see a dear friend get married, so I thought I would post an Historic American Buildings Survey photo of a Cape Cod style house. One of the early colonial styles of architecture in this country, this type of house was prevalent in many coastal New England towns. This photo, taken in 1934, is of the Captain Solomon Howes House in Chatham, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. Not sure whether this house is still standing, perhaps I will go and find out …

More pictures from the Cape on Monday, enjoy your weekend!

Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Jamaican Mood, American Holiday

Life
May 24, 2013

This morning I woke up missing Jamaica, and promptly made myself toast with guava jelly for breakfast. Tonight, I am hosting friends for dinner and I’m thinking of indulging my Jamaican mood. On the menu? Jerk tilapia, pineapple salsa, coconut rice, and most importantly planters punch. I know, quite strange for Memorial Day weekend when I suppose I should be making hamburgers, but I have the whole weekend to do that! For those of you who don’t follow Lacquered Life on Instagram, (please do!), below are some pictures from our anniversary trip to Jamaica Inn.

Please visit www.jamaicainn.com for more information on where we stayed, I highly recommend it. It was our third time staying there, and we are thinking about making it an annual visit. Perhaps I will see you next year. Happy Memorial Day everyone!

Out East Down South

Designers
May 23, 2013

Over the past 10 summers I have spent a great deal of time out East. And over the past 10 summers I watched as the local stores closed and larger, more expensive retail chains took over. Goodbye local store, hello Gucci. And the thing was, I probably wouldn’t have complained as much had the new retail stores been anything that I was interested in shopping. (This obviously does not go for JCrew). Of course, now that I have left NYC, and my frequent visits to Long Island, a store that I would love to peruse on summer weekends has opened in Wainscott. To toast Serena & Lily’s opening, here are some of my current favorites.

Despite the fact that these Fouta Towels are in fact bath towels, I might be inclined to bring one on the beach. Although I will miss summers on the East End, and won’t get to see the Serena & Lily store until later in the summer, it is already full on beach weather here in Charleston – and I have a tan. Good trade, don’t you think?

Photos courtesy of Serena & Lily