May Diet
dessert of the month, calming necklace, silver cloches, whispering to a baby etc.
Hello! Here is my monthly “diet” of things that have either occupied my thoughts, moved me in some way or just felt special enough to share; what I was reading, watching, eating, wearing and visual research that shaped my month as a thank you to my beloved paid subscribers.
Last year’s May Diet included a skirt the colour of fresh pea soup, a great BLT in Toronto and a comfort-food blog, the dream date in Frankie and Johnny, a visit to Buffalo’s Albright Knox Gallery and seeing the “Speedboat” painting etc.
Below you will find: highlights from a hotel weekend, beauty blog update (favourite new “no makeup makeup”), outfit notes, baby journal, “stubborn optimism”, dessert of the month (aside from the above cherry blossom cake), new favourite children’s vintage store etc.
Room Service and Baths
At the top of the month my family and I were invited to the Park Hyatt for two nights to capture the hotel’s cherry blossom programming. This turned out to be a heavenly experience for us as new parents and a much needed break from the slog of the everyday. While I love to celebrate blossoming trees, the real highlights for me were ordering room service and taking a million baths. I texted a friend “I love room service and baths!!!” to which she replied “well, duh!” Everything tastes great when it arrives to your room on a white tablecloth with a pink rose and comes from under a silver cloche. Especially: a hamburger and fries, a wedge salad, Coca Colas on ice, a hot fudge sundae (from the kid’s menu), a silver pot of piping hot black coffee, two tall glasses of freshly squeezed orange juice with fluted paper hats, scrambled eggs, a short stack of buttermilk pancakes, berries, a side of whipped cream.
The silver cloches especially made the whole scene feel like a Dutch still life:
