Preppy Francophile (2025)

18/07/2025

Finally!!

After 4 years of missing out, I managed to time a drive down 6A in my own town to grab some hydrangea cupcakes from The Friday Club.

The ladies were so sweet, and they made 500 cupcakes! There are cupcakes with vanilla and chocolate batter, and they even make gluten free ones!

Speaking of sweet, is having a sidewalk sale where select dresses are $98! That never happens!

Linked in the Sales section of my ShopMy and on LTK.

My earrings and ring are from and my hydrangea sandal is from ‘s collab with from a past season.

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17/07/2025

That Chatham hydrangea walk house.

I shot this a few weeks ago before things hit peak.

I’ve been coming to the Cape for close to 40 years, and it just never gets old.

Hydrangea season gets old.

What spot never gets old for you?

13/07/2025

Instagram v. Reality.

Yesterday afternoon was pure joy.

Today: not so much. After visiting my friend .name.is.zavia at her pop up brunch, i headed to to check out their hydrangea gardens. I swapped my walker, which i’ve just started using for a wheelchair, because it was quite a distance to the garden.

Sadly, when I wheeled myself up the hill (sweating and swearing profusely, the path that led down to the hydrangeas was shells- which I discovered was impossible to navigate in a wheelchair- even with the help of kind strangers.

i got on the transport back to the front, picked up my walker, and started bawling my eyes out on the way back to the car.

Today made me realize that although I have made a lot of progress, I am still really limited.

That’s really hard, especially being alone.

Again, it’s just temporary. But it sucks, and today is a day where i’m going to spend the rest of the day feeling bad for myself.

As the summer may goes, that’s life.

My dress, which I got dozens of compliments on, is from and is almost sold out!
My earrings and ring are from , and they are having a fabulous sale right now.
My necklace is a birthday treat that I bought myself and my mom chipped in for from my friend Abby of , who makes them herself. The charms are swappable, and this one is perfect for hydrangea season.

13/07/2025

That.Felt.So.Good!!!!

Another day in the books!

Music has been an essential part of my life since birth (probably before knowing my parents).

I cannot remember if i mentioned this since the last two and a half months have been such a blur, but the morning that I broke my ankle playing pickleball, I was five hours away from getting on a plane to celebrate the friend in these photos 50th birthday at Jazzfest.

Besides the immense pain and the loneliest weekend of my entire life, i felt like I let one of my closest friends down.

Julia is a die hard friend who had always been there for me and for those she loves; and she loves more passionately than anyone I know. Her daughter Anya is a special soul, and in the years after Victor’s death , she asked her mom if I was still sad.

It was only fitting that the first concert that I saw post surgery was with these two.

I cannot count how many concerts i’ve seen over the years with Jules over the 17 or 18 years that i’ve known her, but i would guess over 100.

Highlights for me today included new to me band (download and go see them- they are going places!), Jamaican musician@protoje and , who i came to see.

i have never been to a festival and not discovered a new band!

Oh, and the man wearing the tutu? Completely straight, there with his wife on the ADA platform with me, like me, a lifelong ally to the lgbtq+ community and the only person all day who saw my tattoo and acknowledged it to show support.

I did not hesitate to ask him for a hug. Would you have given him one?

12/07/2025

Lobster mania for a fun day of shopping, seeing old friends and making new friends in at in Osterville.

Every other year, Wianno Club hosts an epic shopping market in their gorgeous property, and it’s like the preppy super bowl!

I love seeing some favorite brands and the people behind them and meeting new ones. And the setting is so beautiful!

Let’s talk about the outfit:
Both the top and the skirt are from - lots of lobster pattern play!
Shoe is from
Bracelet from

I’m tagging some of the great brands that i saw and discovered today. Check out my stories for a few as well!

11/07/2025

Cape Cod hydrangeas lately!

I haven’t made it for my annual Nantucket birthday trip this year, but i’ve been plenty happy with the blooms on the Cape!

I’m just going to keep driving around, rolling down my windows and taking pictures as long as it lasts.

And today kicks off !!! Check out all of the happenings!!

Do you prefer blue or pink hydrangeas?

10/07/2025

Cape Cod caftailing for summer theatre at !

I LOVE the theatre, and thankfully, so does , who took me to see Rent as my birthday present.

This little playhouse is so special, and so is my time with my friend when we go together.

Speaking of special, if you are not familiar with small brand , I would like to introduce you! Their prints are absolutely jaw dropping, and the details are incredible! I saw this caftan, and i had to have it.

If you think it looks beautiful in the photo, I encourage you to treat yourself, because it is beyond stunning in person!

Linked in or DM me.
I am wearing a S/M. It runs generous. The L/XL was too big!

Are you caftailing this summer?

08/07/2025

i have been begging my sister .goodnight.5 to bring her family back to the Cape for a family vacation for years, and lucky for me, her son .goodnight lives and works here, so now I don’t really have to beg!

Sally became my older sister in 1978 when my family moved next to hers in Richmond, VA. Her brother Steve became my older brother and my best friend until I was 10 (still friends, but i stopped being a tomboy).

Their parents are no longer with us, so my parents are their parents and always were their second set of parents anyway.

That I get to celebrate my 50th birthday, let alone any birthday, with two of my sisters is a gift that I cannot put into words how grateful I am to have been given.

I love you, .goodnight.5 and your fantastic family- Bill, Bryce and Caroline.

My dress is from , and I love the feel of it!

Swipe for a pic of little Sally and little Jenny.
amAnd i remember this song being played at Steve’s wedding and us dancing to it all as a family!

#50

07/07/2025

This is 50!!!!

Yep, you read that right. I turned 50 yesterday, and the last three days have been the best farewell to my 40’s and hello to my 50’s!

I learned a lot in my 40’s, and I am taking it into my 50’s with the intent of making it a far better decade.

Special thanks to my sister and my nephew for braving the traffic for an epic early birthday celebration and the 50th birthday numbers that were hung outside my door- a family tradition that i have missed out on for about 30 years.

Waking up on my birthday with family in my house (in addition for my 4 cats) was the best present I could have asked for.

And to my friends Alex and Erica, who spent the weekend with me, went with the flow and went out of their way to adjust to my handicapped needs and still make it a fun and fabulous weekend, thank you. You are two or my best friends, and the sh*t we’ve been through together over the last almost two decades is stuff that would make one of those series that we were talking about!

I really didn’t want to plan anything major this weekend, ans i am still very limited with where I can go and what I can do, so this weekend was just what I wanted it to be.

My birthday dinner dress is from , and the print is called “sip and slurp!”. I was waiting for my birthday to wear it, and we ended up eating at , which was phenomenal.

My cover up is from , which I will link.

My brunch dress is from from a past season, and it is still available is some sizes on sale!

I’ll link what I can in stories and in ShopMy/LTK.

Thank you to those who saw the few stories that I posted and wished me a happy birthday.

Let’s do this, 50’s!

02/07/2025

Are you freaking out?
Because I was when I saw these jeans from !

These take white jeans to another level, and in the words of NKOTB, “I’ll be loving you forever.”

is a woman owned shop located in Reading, MA, but you can shop their amazingly curated selection online as well. There are several pieces i’m eyeing that i haven’t seen anyplace else!

I have lost a lot of followers and a lot of “friends” (shalom means goodbye!) because of my videos and my outspoken advocacy for the release of the hostages and for speaking up against antisemitism.

I was recently asked, after publishing a video following the attack on in Boulder, which resulted in the death of Karen Diamond, if any of the businesses that I support have reached out to me to support me.

The answer is yes, but VERY few and far between. This is sadly true for both businesses and friends, whether active on social media or just lack of people in my life reaching out.

One of the first things that Julie, owner wrote me when we connected, was
“ I’m not Jewish, but I am absolutely appalled by all the people who are so biased …in this country that don’t understand how terrible October 7 was, and it disgusts me. I love how you advocate for the Hostages your content about that has been amazing, as well as your fashion, of course! “

Julie gets it. I will support her and her business forever. She an ally, and a gem.

My outfit was kindly gifted, but I will be happily shopping for other pieces on my want list , and I think a lot of you will be now that you’ve seen this outfit and once you check out her store and site!

Swipe right for my sweet necklace from another rad friend . it’s called the Ketcham necklace, and it has a blue lobster inside!

01/07/2025

Linen. Summer. Love it.

Even more so when it’s from a small sustainable brand like , who donates all of their proceeds to cancer research and ocean conservation!

The color of this dress is even more beautiful in person!

It’s a great dress to style for 4th of July!

I’m wearing a M, and the dress in on sale for under $100! Grab one!!

And check out their UPF swimwear! I love their swim dresses!

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29/06/2025

What to do on a non-beach day summer Saturday on Cape Cod:

🛍️ Hit up a local makers and/or farmers market and support local. Chatham Markets will be going from 10-4 tomorrow, Sunday, June 29. Catch my friend and stock up like and I did!

🧀 Stock up on cheese and other entertaining essentials. has a great cheese and wine selection and the most fun selection of accoutrements! The also make sandwiches (too busy eating to take a photo) and cheese and charcuterie boards!

🦞 Stop at and get some goodies to go. The smoked bay scallops are to die for. I cleaned them out- and ate about 1/4 a lb in the car on the way home! Their selection is awesome, and they have a restaurant too (kids love their Mac and cheese).

🥧 Pick up sweet and savory pies from . I’m embarrassed to say that it wasn’t until my late 40’s that I tried a savory pies from Marion’s, and the seafood pie is my favorite savory pies I’ve ever eaten. Baileyberry is my favorite sweet pie. Tip: if you love alone like I do or there are just two of you, order the large size, cut up into slices and freeze half. Then you won’t get sick of eating it and you’ll have some in the future!

My top is from , and I ordered it as soon as I saw the back bow details. It’s smocked and comfy, and it’s the cutest madras piece I’ve ever owned- and that’s saying something! Linked in stories and . Midi is old .

How was your Saturday?

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