Happy Weekend and Happy Spring!

It’s still a little chilly here on the east coast to feel much like spring but I’m off to tackle some spring cleaning in the spirit of the season. My friend and Volatizing’s Clever Girl, Natalia sent me Jessica Alba’s new book, The Honest Life and I’ve been thumbing through it this week for some toxin-free inspiration (so has Gigi, above). I read Healthy Child, Healthy World a few years ago and it set me on a new path to clean living. It is a bit overwhelming though. I have to admit that after reading it, I was a little panicked about the level of toxins in our everyday environment and my lack of control over it. I think her take is a more simplified and easier to digest version. Kudos to her for having the courage of her convictions to create The Honest Company and spread the knowledge.

Each month we receive our little cleaning bundle full of honest goodies, which I LOVE- especially the shampoo/soap and the laundry pods. Her partner, Christopher Gavigan, is the former CEO of Healthy Child, Healthy World so that adds some serious street cred to the mix. She comes across very real and cool in her book and has filled it with some great recipes, diy makeup and style tips to boot. Sure life’s a bowl of biodynamic pesticide free cherries when you’re a movie star, but it’s actually not so hard to make a few adjustments and live a little cleaner. We’re not exactly camera ready in this house as clearly illustrated above and while our home doesn’t look like Miss Alba’s on an ordinary day, and I lament that I will never be as organized as her, her book is still chock full of great insight. I recommend.

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P.P.S.: We’re drinking rosé full tilt right about now whether spring is here or not. We popped open this bottle tonight, one I had been saving since a trip to Provence two summers ago. While there, we toured a few small wineries in Gigondas, Vacqueyras and Chateauneuf du Pape with Olivier Hickman, a British expat now making his home and living as a winemaker in the Rhone Valley. If you find yourself in the Southern Rhone, I highly recommend Olivier as a guide for a fun and inspired day of wine tasting. Back to the wine at hand- my glass was a deep strawberry, ruby red with bright red fruit and beautiful herbal notes of wild garrigue with a grounded earthiness. Not to be a tease but this bottle is not available in the states. Michael Skurnik imports Domaine la Garrigue’s wines but not this one. A crime since it is absolutely heavenly.

What are you up to this weekend? What will you be imbibing to celebrate spring? Enjoy and Cin Cin!

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