I can't believe it's not butter! (It's paint.)
Plus, the stoop sale of the season.
READ
Crush by Ada Calhoun, a new book that has so much voice that I honestly questioned if it was non-fiction at one point. Nope, it’s definitely a novel. Crush follows a married woman who starts crushing—duh—on a man who’s not her husband, though her husbands is okay with it, mostly, until, well—read it! Her references range from Leslie Knope (who also appeared in my wedding vows, FYI) to Virginia Woolf, and lines like this really got me: One thing though, that’s good to keep in mind, is that love is infinite, but time and energy aren’t.
PAINTED
A guest room in my parents’ house in Benjamin Moore’s Good Vibrations, a perfect butter yellow shade. Don’t be scared of yellow—this is more than a cream, but less than a mustard. (Wow, food is a great color descriptor!) It’s clean and cool and truly goes with anything, from sexy wine-colored sofas to every wood shade imaginable.
COOKED
Caroline Gelen’s Everything Salmon with Creamy Caper Sauce. Cream cheese, salmon, everything bagel spice, capers: It’s brunch, but for dinner. I made it in the smoothest, most non-stick cast iron I’ve ever used—as in, I’ve even scrambled eggs in this thing. After Field Company sent me an 8-inch one (#transparency!), I realized that the only other cast iron pan we own—and have loved for years—is by Field Company, too. (Plus, the whole site is 15% off right now when you use code JULIEVADNAL.) Trust me, you will have this thing forever.
BOUGHT
Nothing (yet) from GAP x Doen, and I think that deserves an award? The striped PJ shirt and shorts are the kind of set I would 100 percent wear all summer long. They’re almost sold out, so instead I’ll pivot and get another color of my fave summer set: this linen button down with these matching high-waisted shorts.
P.S.
My dear friend and former Domino colleague Julia Stevens and I are hosting a design stoop sale on May 17 in Carroll Gardens. We’ll be selling new and vintage housewares (so much glassware and tons of textiles), all tariff-free!
