Journal

June 14, 2022 Italy Part One & What I Have in Common with a Pig Farmer What is it about Italy? Is it the astounding architecture that is inconceivable to...

Back from the hack... and just in time for Easter! It happened when my husband and I were on our way to a Celebration of Life for a friend’s mother...

Shop our 50% OFF #savingstjoe sale this Friday - Sunday! Heaux, Heaux, Heaux! Sending holiday cheer from Louisiana It’s that magical time of the year and we're prepared to make...

Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder I’m not sure I have ever enjoyed a trip to Europe more than after this pandemic stifled our freedom to travel. I felt like...

Finding the Silver Lining I always told my children when things went wrong “If it never rained, you wouldn’t appreciate the sunshine.” So to try to cheer up our battled...

The Dog Days of Summer are here... I grew up in a dog family. My dad had beagles and basset hounds, my mom had a little toy poodle named Coco....

Remembering Gerrie Bremermann Shortly after graduating from Newcomb I was a tour guide in New Orleans. My Louisiana architecture professor Sam Wilson inspired my love of history and houses by...

Q&A with Genevieve Trousdale of Circaphiles With life finally getting back to normal, things are speeding up again and B. Viz has a lot of news and travel in the...

Rebecca's Traveling Thread When my son Ross was at the very academically competitive Episcopal High School in Alexandria VA, he was diagnosed with ADD and prescribed medication. He took it...

Rebecca's Traveling Thread Sometimes the best things in life are accidents.   Five years ago this Memorial Day weekend when I opened my first retail location (see our June 2020...

Rebecca's Traveling Thread Dispatches from the Pillow Pusher, p. 2 After a year of uncertainty, here’s something I am certain about: now more than ever is the best time to...

Rebecca's Traveling Thread If suzanis were flowers, I think they would be dahlias or zinnias. Not only are they happy and colorful, they are remarkable, intricate hand stitched textiles with...