We tend to document everything (could you have guessed?), but I often miss the feeling of pouring over hand-held photo albums and mementos. Someone gave us this beautiful Petit Collage Baby Book and Memory Box recently, and I can’t wait to start filling it with photos and details of our baby’s first year. By the way, […]
Aron’s parents bought us the New York City Walks flashcards by Chronicle, and we used to take them along with us when we were first navigating the city. Now they have sets specifically geared for parents going on walks with their kids in places like New York, Paris, San Francisco and London. Sometimes big cities […]
by Ashley on April 29, 2011
As we start to carve out a space in our apartment for the baby, I’ve been thinking again about this beautiful and provocative book, Where Children Sleep by James Mollison. It is written for all ages, and the photos highlight social inequalities as well as cultural differences. I think it could be a wonderful thing […]
by Ashley on April 21, 2011
While we were on vacation, we picked up this cute book, Counting with Wayne Thiebaud, in St. Helena, California. Wayne Thiebaud’s paintings remind me of being a student at UC Davis, where I would pass the artist in the halls on the way to studio classes (though I was probably more interested in passing by […]
by Ashley on April 14, 2011
Seasonsby Blexbolex looks like a beautiful way to celebrate Spring–and all four seasons! (via Sycamore Strees Press: Those adorable little chubby fingers belong to Eva’s daughter!)
by Ashley on March 28, 2011
Aron and I started Hither and Thither, a travel and lifestyle blog about our lives in New York (and elsewhere) a few years ago. Now, as we anticipate our first baby, I decided I wanted a separate space for baby and kiddo-related things: to share thoughts on pregnancy and parenting, indulge shopping and design interests, […]