The Nero Chronicles

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Of Summer Slowing and Skates

School is officially out and that means that our own little genie has moved back in full-time. Yes, things have decidedly lightened up for the solstice -- meals have grown greener and shed flesh, roller skates have become a permanent fixture, and taking it one day and one board game at a time have translated into our MO. Communiques may get spottier for a time around here, slowing to a summer trickle. But fret not, fair Nerophytes, Nero's going nowhere fast.

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Monday, May 28, 2012

Of an Ikat Attack

Nero was simply strolling by, lost in deep reverie

When suddenly this ikat brat stopped me dead in my tracks

What comely curves, what mystery

Verily, a thing of colored beauty is a joy for all to see

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Of Spoke Stoked and a Day Off

It's a holiday folks, go for a spin.

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Friday, May 25, 2012

On Peet's Retreat

Ever since Nero first watched Amanda Peet wrinkle her nose in the quirky, gender-bending sitcom Jack and Jill, I've had a thing for her bubbly down to earth charms. Fast forward a decade or so and Peet's boho Hollywood home double-dutched from the pages of Domino straight into a little padlocked file cabinet in Nero's heart. Flipping through the June issue of Vogue, I was delighted to stumble across yet another little spread on Peet's pad. Though the images focus mainly on the garden, it's plain to see that a couple kids in, the crib -- and its charismatic chatelaine -- still look as lovable as ever.

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Of Summer Decor-ade Decoded

In a straight-laced foil to Kindergarten graduation, the end of year pool party, and that white noise buzz of "school's out suckahs -- not!" that keeps playing in a loop in Nero's weary head, the June issue of Elle Decor is looking very grown up indeed. Perhaps too much so, in fact. Nero would sum up the mixed metaphor of its parts as Gracious Grandeur meets Almost Amish, with a groovy Pit Stop in Marfa swathed in Santa Fe Style. Or something to that jumbled effect. Thankfully, the "What's Hot!" selection leaves nothing to be desired and is, as promised, thoroughly smokin'.