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• Wilder Style: A Hankering for Handkercheifs (or) Simonnot Godard

  

  Ever since I posted about Commonwealth Proper and mentioned that awesome floral handkercheif, I've noticed lovely little pocket squares everywhere I look. Does... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Pictures + Style: The Farmer's Market, Volume I (and) Floral Pants

  

  This past Saturday in Maine marked the beginning of summer. Not because I had gone swimming in the lake the day before, not because the air smelled like salt an... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2012 FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wilder Happenings: Dinner at The Lost Kitchen in Belfast, Maine

  

  Route 1 winds up the coast of Maine. It snakes through coastal towns and slides up and over worn hills. There are stretches of it that go through thick woods an... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2012 DINING OUT

• Wilder Style: Window Shopping the NET-A-PORTER 50% Off Sale

  

  The great thing about having a blog is that I get to write about whatever I want whenever I want to. That freedom means that if I'm lusting after oh, say,... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Words, Pictures, + Beautiful Thing of the Day: Country of the Pointed Fir...

  

  Oh, Rockport, Maine. You are the most perfect place in the world to me. Being up here right now is bittersweet; for the past twenty-three years, coming up here... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Wilder Pictures: The People of Paris

  

  Well, dear readers, the time has come for me to post the last batch of photos I took in Paris. These are some of my favorites from the whole trip, and while I... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• 10 Things I Like: Memorial Day Weekend Edition

  

  I have been slacking on the weekly "10 Things I Like" posts, and for that I am deeply sorry. I don't know if you missed them as much as I did, but with a trip t... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Style: My Uniform as a Child (or) Commonwealth Proper, Beautiful Clothes...

  

  There are few things I like more than soft, well designed T-shirts. This probably stems from the uniform of athletic shorts and a graphic T that I wore to schoo... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Street Style: Sunshine at the Louvre

  

  Some of the people milling around outside the Louvre were in school groups, most were tourists, and a few were French ladies out for an afternoon of art with... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Style: Pamela Love for J.Crew (or) Gimme This Outfit (please?)

  

  I know, I know, two posts in two days about a J.Crew collaboration? I'd apologize if those espadrilles from yesterday and the belt above weren't so totally... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2012 FASHION

• Wilder Recipes: How to Crack and Roast a Coconut (or) When the Cat's Away...

  

  My mom went to Maine this past weekend, leaving my father and me (and Rosie The Dog and Snug The Kitty) to our own devices. Even though he's a man of a certain... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2012 FOOD & DRINK

• Wilder Style: 5 Awesome Espadrilles (and) 1 Ugly, Overpriced Pair

  

  I've loved espadrilles since I first clomped around in my mother's at age 3. There's something inherently inviting about them; they look so casual, so summery,... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Street Style: Wedge Sneakers in Paris (or) Shoes I Want, Women I Want to...

  

  Wedge sneakers have been a big deal for a while now. I've seen both Isabel Marant's and Marc Jacob's versions a fair amount in NYC, a few times in Boston, and... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Beautiful Thing of the Day: How to Sit by the Water in Style (or) 8 Knots Knows...

  

  When the weather gets nice, all I want to do on the weekends is listen to country music (I've tried fighting it with no luck; I've been a sucker for twang... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• A Wilder European Trip + Musings: The End of Paris (and) On Connections and...

  

  Our last two days in Paris were a heavenly blur of museums, stores, walking, food, and friends. Strangely enough, a lot of people my mom and I know were in Pari... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Street Style: 2 Men at Cafes in Paris with Dogs

  

  So the French not only know how to dress well, they know how to accessorize...(more after the jump) ...with dogs. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• A Wilder European Trip: Paris, Days 2 and 3

  

  I’m good at shopping. This I know. What I learned in Paris, however, is that I’m even better at shopping in Paris. If you read my blog, you’ll know I’m... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• Wilder Street Style: 6 Parisians, from Behind

  

  While some may call Paris the city of light, I've coined it the city of people-watching; I'd never seen so many beautifully dressed citizens in my life. Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• A Wilder European Trip: The Chunnel to Paris (and) The Most Beuatiful Apartment...

  

  Our last morning in London fed into our first afternoon in Paris; after a long, leisurely breakfast, we got ourselves to St. Pancras station. Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE

• A Wilder European Trip: London, Part 2 (or) Happy Birthday, Mama!

  

  My mother’s birthday in London was absolutely perfect. After sleeping in (because we were jet-lagged and tired from the theater the night before) we went down t... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2012 FASHION, LIFESTYLE