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Farewell and a final Wednesday post.

Author: Victoria

Jun 30

The lovely front windows on a sunny day.

The lovely front windows at Sideshow Cafe.

It is hard to believe that a year has passed since Suitably Cool launched with the Sideshow Café post- the little café where I spent many afternoons teaching myself blog software over Americanos and coffee cake. It was exciting to be blogging everyday for 7 months straight. Some posts were stronger than others. Some, that I spent hours laboring over, were far less interesting than others that seemed to fall from the sky in the 11th hour.

The blog changed to a once weekly post starting in February in order for me to jump on board with Diana C. at A Touch of Vintage. I never knew what the site would become or where it would take me. It was meant to be an adventure and it has been!

Thank you Michael Chan!

SC would have been no more than a fantasy had it not been for Michael Chan who put up with me through dozens of edits on the initial look and design of the site and who happily was photographed in dozens of posts. I would make him eat things that I had made and he never once complained, not even about the coffee cake…see below.

In the course of a year, myself along with bloggers Amy, Emma, Diana, and Lydia, have written 197 articles in total. A big thanks to all of you for bringing your own personal style and energy to this site. I couldn’t have done it without you! And a special thank you to everyone who opened up your homes and businesses and allowed us to interview you for many of our posts.

SC will be stay online for your perusal and reference. I may continue blogging again after getting settled into a new rhythm with the baby. I will keep you updated on facebook, twitter, or you can join the RSS feed. If you are not on any of these social networks, you can fire off a comment or email and I will keep you in the loop if/when I return.

I hope the site will continue to inspire you to seek out the wondrous and the pleasurable in your life- even in mundane chores. Writing for the site has opened my eyes to the beauty, possibility and adventure that surround us all.

Thank you again for your amazing support and comments! You have kept me going for the last year.

Now on with today’s post! I spent all afternoon combing through a year’s worth of posts and put together a compilation of some favorite articles. Just click on the pictures to take you to the article! Enjoy!