Speechless.

I just read Shari @ Little Blue Deer's post, and my heart goes out to Cory. Take a look at his post on his late wife's blog, Holding Court. I really don't know what else to say.....

Crushing on Couture

via Who What Wear...

via NYTimes...

In light of the current economy, Chanel has downplayed Couture and made it a little more wearable than traditional couture. Here is a video of the runway (note: Karl Lagerfeld wearing a lion head at the end..) PS special thanks to Uptown Girl for sharing the video with me :)

Confession.

Yesterday my sis Virginia and I were driving to a baby/wedding shower (***two separate women! ha!) and we were talking about how we want to start running. We both want a runner's body. Lean, cut, but not huge muscles. Soooooooo then we start flexing our arms and comparing the left to the right, and we look to our right. These two nerdy guys in the car next to us are CRACKING UP LAUGHING watching us!!!! OOoooooh what a sister moment.

I think that was the funniest part of my weekend hands down...already Monday??

Weekend wishes

Ingredients: comfy clothes, comfy shoes, pool, good company, and a large cocktail.

Mix one part super straight denim....



With one part summery shirtdress...

And add fabulously funky sunnies...

Not exactly what I had in mind, but I could go for it all the same..?

Happy weekend :)

Stepping out

Giovanna stepping out in a kick ass colorblock look. Love the coral and nude.
Image via Jak & Jil

Independence Day

Independence Day commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring our nations independence from the kingdom of Great Britain. We took a look at the Declaration of Independence in the newspaper that day, and were reminded of a time in our childhoods where we were required to memorize it.

"We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, and among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

What strikes me most about this sentence is that our Country fought to have the right to pursue happiness. Isn't that amazing? In honor of that topic, I celebrated with my college roommate, Clare, and her family for the weekend in Minnesota. You wouldn't expect it, but the weather was perfect and I came back with a tan (and a neck ache from tubing!)
some relaxing on the dock...
this is sweet Clare:
Some skiing...this is Pete. I don't think I stayed up long enough for a photo op ;)
Some fishing...(Pete's fish)
some reading in the evening... And some wine and talking after sundown...

It was a great vacation and I'm hit hard with a busy (short) week at work! Happy Wednesday :)

Hen

This is Henry. He says good morning, and welcome back to work (to those of us who had yesterday off). He wanted to let you know that normal blogging will resume shortly. His aunt (writer of daily ann-tidote) is currently under a pile of phone calls and invoices, but will dig from the pile shortly. Some call him Henry Penry, or Hen Pen. He has bright red hair and puffy cheeks perfect for squeezing.