Eden Ice Cider Company

In honor of Fall and Foodies, for the next few days I plan to feature a few Vermont favorites.

Albert and Eleanor Leger started Eden Orchards  in the winter of 2007.

Located on what was an abandoned dairy farm in West Charleston, Vermont, the business currently consists of 800 apple trees and a small [...]

Jill and her Kiln

If you’ve not seen this month’s House Beautiful then you are missing out. Featured in the Best of the Best section are ceramics by Jill Rosenwald. As soon as I saw the page, I knew I just had to check out her ETSY shop.

Jill Rosenwald works in a sunny downtown Boston studio [...]

The Magical Gardenhouse

I like to call it the Magical Gardenhouse. Cheryl Maeder Antonio grew up in a family with three children, where everyone was an expert in talking and listening to six different conversations all at the same time - she needed to find her own voice.

In her early twenties, she traveled to Switzerland and picked up a [...]

The Perfect Garden

Keeping a garden in tip top shape is a lot of work.

Recently, I have grown a green thumb and have an increased interest in not only my garden outside but also keeping plants (and orchids) well manicured and alive inside. Wisteria is one of my ”top picks” for garden supplies.

Wisteria Flourished Vase.  A beautiful ceramic [...]

Gifts Gone Wild

Hunting for the perfect gift for someone is probably one of my most favorite pastimes. Probably because I usually go the route of “one for you, one for me.”

Whether it’s finding the perfect gift for my husband for his birthday (which reminds me, I need to get started), getting a little treat for [...]

Welcome to Product Snob

Welcome to my new blog, Product Snob.

The idea of Product Snob came about when in one week I answered fifteen emails asking all sorts of things, like:

1.  Where should I go to dinner tonight with my friends? 2.  What is the best place to buy a LBD? 3.  Do you have someone you could recommend [...]