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I recently painted most of our loft apartment grey (Pike's Peak by BM, to be specific). I was horrified to discover that even after agonizing for weeks it was still far bluer in most light than I had been shooting for. I've come to like it, but it was momentarily very traumatic! More so than any other color I've worked with.

I am always shocked that people like yellow rooms. Whenever I am in them they make me actively edgy and uncomfortable. Color psychology, I guess!

I read a lovely article recently (maybe in Vanity Fair? not sure) about how this shop was all put together under the very very specific consultation of Kate Spade's (yes, the KS) husband Jack Spade. What a lovely aesthetic those two have together.

My boyfriend and his friends play football on Sundays. They prefer dark meat chicken and usually come home with a big appetite. I like to use that day to clean and I'll throw something in the crock pot to be ready when they get home. Their favourite recipe is shockingly one of the easiest--for 6-10 chicken thighs it's something like 1 cup Coke (that's right, coca-cola), 1/2 cup ketchup and a cut up onion (don't remember the exact proportions, but easily Googleable). It takes me 2 seconds and I have enough delicious food to feed an army! One of those great recipes that's more than the sum of its parts.

I also make creamed spinach or artichoke dip in the crock pot (instead of using the microwave as my recipes call for) and have some some amazing memphis roast chickens. Frankly that smell is half the reason that I use it--depending on the recipe, it creeps up on you and is so fragrant, strong, and lovely.