Comments, please!

As I embark on the next phase of my little blog, I want your input on what you'd like to see!

-Fashion on a budget

-Closet organization

-Interior design/home decorating

-Entertaining

-A topic of your choice!

I want this blog to have a cohesive theme, and reason for you to bookmark it and make it one of your weekly, if not daily sites to visit! Leave a comment with your decision and I'll get started on fun research :)

Beach day.

Swimwear is fabulous this year. Vintage inspiration takes us back to a more modest feel. Cover ups and over sized beach hats, wine spritzers and long walks. I love the beach.

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I absolutely adore anthropologie's swim collection. If only it didn't cost a holy fortune... JCrew has a new Jersey Lomellina line that "gives each suit a rich luminescent appearance and allows it to keep its shape longer". The Sartorialist posts gobs of images of everyday beach wear.

Just yesterday I proposed a beach day to my cousin. What is standing in our way? Short term obligations that will be wrapping up at the end of August...perfect timing to enjoy the end of the summer in Texas. We'll pack a cooler of snacks and wine and gab about fashion magazines and photography all day. Check her out here!

For now I'll enjoy lunches on patios and swimming at my parent's pool...until I can get the full effect!

Enjoy the weekend!

It's the time of year...

For a getaway. I crave the city around this time of year. I'm sure it's bloody hot, so I'll wait a little while.

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Last summer my mom and I ran away to NYC for a few days. I had just moved, we were overtired, recovering from our busy lives, and needed a getaway. These are some of our spots... La Grenouille, Pinkberry, NY Public Library, Empire State building, and shopping, shopping, and more shopping! We went to yoga at my cousin's studio, Mang'Oh. We slept in. We ordered in. And I believe I only bought one pair of shoes! They were Day 8's Snakeskins.

Next time I go to NYC, I'd like to go to Pastis for dinner. Balthazar's for lunch. Then shop till I drop... What are your stops in the city?

Insights for your work week.

What moves you? What shakes you? What stops you dead in your tracks?

I have several answers to these questions. I thought I should expand this blog to include these things, so you can learn a little more about me.

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1) Fashion: It moves me to hunt for bargains, buy more shoes, and find it in everyday life. It shakes me out of my comfort zone to experiment with my wardrobe. It has the ability to stop me dead in my tracks, plotting out ways to sneak a snapshot of the inspiration.

2) Music: It moves my soul. It shakes up my emotions. It does the reverse of holding me down-it lifts my spirits, gets me going, and may make me bust a move.

3) Art: It moves me to expand my talents. It shakes my view. It stops me dead in my tracks whether it's a modern sculpture downtown, a famous oil painting in Italy, or the giclee in my apartment.

Whatever it may be, let it continue to inspire you! All I want to do lately is sit down at the piano and jam out or pull down my box of paints and paint what's running through my head.

For now I'll just let it simmer a little more...

Happy Monday!

***I have included a few of my recent favorite albums...Grizzly Bear, which I was able to see live a few weeks ago, Discovery, which is a recent combo of members from Vampire Weekend and Ra Ra Riot, and there is also an image of the members of Ra Ra Riot!

***Please bear with me while I test out "board" programs and decide what I like best! :D

General Apologies.

My apologies for lack of blogging! I have been out of town for work for a couple weeks. I have been brainstorming about different things I can do to make this interesting again...Has anyone looked at Snippet & Ink before? What I love about it most are the frequent Boards of themes/colors. I was thinking of using similar tools regarding fashion finds and trends that catch my eye...what do you think?


And don't worry. I'm not going to blog about Michael Jackson. While I think his talent will be missed in the world, I know everyone is getting an overdose in the media, and I don't think I need to mention him here.


In the mean time, the most fashionable everyday teen I've seen:

Hello! I definitely was nowhere near that cool as a teen. I think I was still suffering from braces, triangle hair, and bottle cap glasses :)

Have a great day! Maybe I'll document my 4th of July fashion festivities...

Show Stoppers.

When I was at Shoeffle with Corina in NOLA, we gawked at these shoes. They did not come in my size so I had to order them online! They are SO comfortable and SO cute. In the store they were nearly $100 but online at overstock.com they were half the price! The flower is made of grosgrain and the heel is also similarly wrapped. Allover taupe satin.

I will look over my budget and seriously consider purchasing the wellies I posted about yesterday...thank you for your opinions!!! :D Happy Friday!!!!

“You put high heels on and you change”- Manolo Blahnik

Justified Purchase?

So all night long the storms woke me up because lightning would light up my entire bedroom...

Regardless, I eventually got out of bed and got dressed for work. I drove my small SUV through the storm and this is what I saw when approaching downtown...



Does this weather justify these? Probably not but I sure love Hunter Wellies....


Sigh...I guess I'll hold off on purchasing...

"Brilliant to the top of his army boots, those boots were leather Wellingtons." Lloyd George describing General Douglas Haig.