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TSLL’s Top 5 Style posts, 2024

Style posts, whether they be Signature Style or Style Inspiration regarding their categorization, are one of the most read posts on TSLL by readers, and while my own style is becoming more streamlined, yet also clear in my mind’s eye as I edit out what no longer suits how I live and would like to […]

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TSLL’s Top 5 British-Inspired posts, 2024

Pour another cuppa, nibble on one more piece of Grasmere gingerbread and let’s take a ramble over the hill with the pups in the rain! Oh, and make as much time as possible to potter away in the cottage garden. 🙂 Each of these and more remind me of Britain, and why I am drawn […]

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TSLL’s TOP 5 French-Inspired Posts

France beckons (when does it not! :)), but in the meantime, as we go about our everyday lives, we can infuse what we love about the culture into how we live wherever we call hom. That has always been the ethos of TSLL, and with each passing year, it feels more and more a significant […]

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TSLL’s Top Recipes of 2024

Part of the reason I love to cook I will readily admit is because I am not required or expected to cook. Ina Garten expressed a similar sentiment in her recently released memoir that it is the love of cooking as opposed to the ‘have-to’ that is the difference in many ways. And so my […]

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TSLL’s Top 5 Décor Posts, 2024

“I understood very early on the importance of having a cocoon, an anchor in which one feels good and the need to have a universe that resembles us.” —Sarah Poniatowski, French interior designer One person’s sanctuary might cause another who visits to feel angst or unrest, but so long as we know ourselves and how […]

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TSLL’s Top 5 Petits Plaisirs, 2024

The tradition on The Simple Sophisticate podcast to conclude each episode with a Petit Plaisir, where a book, a film, a show, a recipe, anything that is a simple pleasure to satiate your sophisticated taste is recommended, began more than 10 years ago, a few years before the podcast premiered, and continues to be a popular component of […]

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TSLL’s Top 5 Podcast Episodes of The Simple Sophisticate, 2024

This year marks the 11th season of The Simple Sophisticate podcast, and as we step into the second decade of the show’s production, exploring and sharing on this audio platform continues to be a favorite medium of connecting with listeners, and conversely, connecting listeners to inspiration and ideas to live their lives with more contentment […]

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My 15 Favorite Books of 2024 + TSLL Celebrates 15 Years!

Books. Reading, learning, exploring, sharing and growing. Forever a cycle that enriches our lives and one that only ceases if we stop heeding our curiosity. Recently, a reader of TSLL asked how I curate my reading list, and to be honest, I’ve never set out with any intention whatsoever when it came to the books […]

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A Note from Shannon & Happy Holidays from TSLL!

Joyeux Noël et/ou Joyeuses Fêtes ! Freshly baked Grasmere gingerbread to nibble on, holiday tunes to listen to and a quiet December 25th to savor with Norman and Nelle at home here in Bend at Le Papillon. Now that is my kind of Christmas Day. 🙂 To experience all of the seasonal gifts of the […]

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This & That: December 20, 2024

British and French finds abound in this final This & That of 2024, along with books to pick up to finesse your style as well as your new year as you make your dreams a reality. Clothing for winter style as well as sales on all-season style will ensure you are effortlessly attired, and new […]

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