Comment by Whit on Illusion of Transparency: Why No One Understands You · 2007-10-23T18:21:55.000Z · LW · GW

Chesh, lay out in lavender means "displayed in the best possible light" according to http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/222725.html. If you google "out in lavender" or "laid out in lavender", you get more hits.