New York City BABY!
As I’m sure you picked up, I was beyond excited for this trip – Seeing my best friend, attending IFBCON, and getting the chance to spend some quality time in NYC, a city that I’ve been having a love affaire with for years now.
{You can shop similar pieces by clicking these hyperlinks: Embellished Striped Top – Zara, Zipper Detail Shorts – Zara, Ankle Strap Heels – Fendi, Oversized Crocodile Clutch – Express, Silver Art Deco Bracelet – JewelMint, Silver Bow Bracelet – Forever 21, Silver Chainlink Watch – Vintage & Ring – Tiffany’s}
{You can HYPE this look on Lookbook.nu}
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When I was packing for my trip to New York I found myself in a quandary – it was going to be extremely hot and humid but I’m a fairly formal dresser. Luckily for my internal body temperature this was the first Summer that I’ve worn shorts since Junior High, so I packed a few pairs for the trip. But how to style them? Shorts & a tank might be an appropriate bathing suit coverup, but for walking down the streets of New York City? Definitely not!
So with that in mind I paired my exposed zipper shorts from Zara with a striped tee with a rhinestone embellished collar, tons of chunky silver jewelry, ankle strap heels, and an oversized envelope clutch. I was comfortable temperature-wise, but still felt stylish enough to strut my stuff all over Manhattan! 🙂
Interesting in more fashion from my September trip to New York City? Check out these previous posts:
Did you have fun wearing shorts over the Summer? What’s your favorite style of shorts to wear when the weather heats up?
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While I didn’t have the honor of attending any of the New York Fashion Week Spring 2013 shows – SOB – I was lucky enough to spend four days in the city that never sleeps right before the shows, parties, and FNO kicked off, and it gave me a unique chance to witness the city amping up to the fashionable frenzy that is Fashion Month.
And please believe me when I say that four days of glorious walking , exploring, shopping, eating, drinking, and aimless wandering are this city were four days very well spent!
{A little jewelry shopping at the MET – We definitely got some funny looks!}
{Yes, we are complete and utter nerds. Since 7th grade.}
{Lincoln Center, Far West Chelsea, Meatpacking District}
We also ate at three vegan restaurants, walked through Central Park twice, sprinted through Central Park once, and had a little quality retail therapy in Soho.
Check out my previous NYC posts to see what else I was up to during this trip: Weekends Away – Styling, Deciding & Packing, IFBCON Preparation, MCLV Style: IFBCON Day One, IFBCON – Trends, Styles & Inspiration, and MCLV Style: IFBCON Day Two.
When you travel to a city during a trip do you like to do “touristy” things like go to museums? Do you like to walk around a new city to get to know it and familiarize yourself with the neighborhoods?
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September 12, 2012 | Categories: Fashion | Tags: Blogger, Blogger fashion, Blogger Street Style, blogger style, Burough, Central Park, Diary, dress to fly, dress to travel, Exploring a new city, Fashion, Fashion Blogger, Fashion Blogger Fashion, Fashion Blogger Street Style, Fashion Blogger Style, Fashion diary, Fashion Week, Fashion Week Diary, Fashion's Night Out 2012, Fashions Night Out, Fasted cardio, Fitness, FNO, FNO 2012, Food, healthy lifestyle, healthy living, How To Pack, How to style a long weekend, Hudson, Hudson River, IFB, IFB Conference, IFBCON, Independent Fashion Bloggers, Independent Fashion Bloggers conference, long weekends, Low-Intensity Fasted Cardio, MBFW, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, New York City, New York City Fashion, New York City Street Style, New York City streetstyle, New York City Style, New York Fashion, New York Fashion Diary, New York Fashion Week, NYC, NYC fashion, NYC Street Style, NYC Style, NYFW, Packing, San Francisco Fashion, San Francisco Fashion Blogger, San Francisco Street Style, San Francisco style, September 6th, SF Fashion, SF Fashion Blogger, SF Street Style, SF Style, Soho, Spring 2013, Spring 2013 Collection, Spring 2013 Collections, Spring 2013 Ready-To-Wear, Spring 2013 RTW, Spring 2013 shows, Spring/Summer 2013, Spring/Summer trends, Street style, Style, Styling, Styling in advance, stylish traveling, Stylist, The Hudson, The Park, Travel, Travel clothes, Travel fashion, traveling, traveling in style, trip, vacation, vacation clothes, vacation fashion, vacation style, walking, Weekends away | 3 Comments
Happy Saturday!
Why not start this weekend off with some beautiful photographs and inspiring words? The perfect way to prepare for a fun, fashionable day if you ask me. Enjoy!
{Sources: Vintage Virgin, Champagne & Strawberries & Pinterest}
Hope you all have a great weekend!
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August 11, 2012 | Categories: Fashion, Fitness, Food | Tags: 1960's, 1970s, 60's, 70's, A Clockwork Pink, Alexander McQueen, amour jewelry, Anja Rubik, Ankle straps, Appearance Is Everything, armour, armoured jewelry, art, art-documents, backstage, Banana Republic, Banana Republic Ad Campaign, baubles, Benjamin Eldem, Bill Murray, black & white, Bohemian, boho, Bostonista, Brightly colored shoes, brunch beverages, candy colored, Champagne & Strawberries, chandelier, Chanel, Chanel perfume, Citizen K International, Clutch, collar, Colored Tights, colorful jewelry, colors, Custom Alexander McQueen, Dannijo, Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend, Fall 2012 Ad Campaigne, Fall/Winter 2012/2013, Fashion, Fashion Hoarder, Fashion show, Fashion Week, Finger ring, Fitness, fixtures, Floral Skull, Food, French designer, French perfume, fresh fruit, fruit, fruit smoothie, Ginta Lapina, gold armour, gold nail art, gold polish, gold spikes, Gold studs, Greg Nawrat, health, healthy lifestyle, healthy living, heels, Heels with socks, Hippie, hippie chic, Holland Roden, Home decor, I'm Revolting, inspiration, inspirational sayings, jewelry, Jourdan Dunn, La Vie, Lee Bul, Lee McQueen, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, Live Love Laugh, London Fashion, Louis Vuitton, Luggage, Marie Claire, Marie Claire Hungary, Marilyn Monroe, Men's fashion, Menswear, metallic polish, mixing prints, Mod, Model fashion, Model street style, Models, models backstage, motivation, motivational sayings, nail art, nail polish, Niki Hajdu, No 19, Noah Mills, Number 19, Nutrition, Oh So Lovely Obsessions, OhSheGlows, Parfum, Paris, Pastel Thoughts, Patterns, Peter Pan Collar, Poisoned Lust, Pop of color, Prada, Prada Menswear, Prep Of The South, prints, produce, pumps, rainbow, Retro, Rich & Skinny, Runway, Shoe Vending Machine, Shoes, Silvia's Mind Clutter, Skinny Sticks, Skull, skull adorned, Skull candy, Smoking coat, Smoothies, Spike jewelry, Spiked jewelry, Spikes, Splash of color, Spring 2012, Spring 2012 Fashion Week, Spring/Summer 2012, statement necklace, Statement piece, Stockings, Studded, Studded jewelry, Studs, Style, suitcases, tangled chandeliers, The Fashion Critique, The Fashion Way Of Life, the katie omalley, Theo Hall, Those Finer Things, Tights, Tights & heels, Tom & Lorenzo, Tom & Lorenzo: Fabulous & Opinionated, Travel, Tumblr, twiggy, Under sheep skin, vintage, Vintage luggage, Vintage Virgin, Vodka & Caviar, Vodka & Glitter, Vogue, Vogue Is The New Bible, Vogue Loves Me | Leave a comment
Over the weekend this little city girl escaped San Francisco for a weekend of wind, water, and family at dreamy Fallen Leaf Lake near South Lake Tahoe – Virtually the same weekend as last year actually.
After a short stop in sweltering Sacramento we headed up to the breezy, welcoming mountain air of Tahoe. I’ve been visiting my family’s cabin on Fallen Leaf Lake since I was a baby and it holds so many memories.
Day-long hikes gone awry with their destinations never discovered, swimming in the freezing snow-melt lake, climbing up waterfalls, boating on the lake in everything from a canoe to a kayak to a Sun Fish sailboat, and even flipping one of the boats & getting stranded at the opposite end of the lake with a friend.
Needless to say a jolt of excitement and anticipation always thrills through me as soon as I can see the distinctive roof top and the vacation actually begins.
And this was an especially fun weekend as the boy and I joined my parents, aunt, uncle, and grandparents at the cabin for a relaxed weekend of hikes, boat rides, reading on the deck, vino, and huge family meals. I mean the amount of food, not the number of people by the way. 🙂
How was everyone’s weekend? Do you like to get out of your hometown on occasion and relax in the country or are you a city mouse through-and-through?
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August 6, 2012 | Categories: Fashion, Fitness, Food | Tags: Alpine lakes, backpacking, Cabin, Camp Richardson, casual, city girl, country girl, Emerald Bay, exercise, exercisew, exercising, Fallen Leaf, Fallen Leaf Lake, Fashion, Fitness, Food, health, healthy, healthy lifestyle, healthy living, hike, Hiking, Lake, long hikes, long walks, Low-Intensity Fasted Cardio, low-key, Nevada Border, Northern California, relaxing, Road trip, Roadtrip, Sacramento, San Francisco, Stanford, Stanford Camp, Street style, Style, Tahoe, The Y, Three day weekend, Travel, traveling, vacation, vacay, walking, walking as exercise, walking for health, waterfalls, work outs, working out | 2 Comments
Fashion:
Want to see Darance Dore dance? Thought so.
Not sure how to apply current and upcoming fashions to yourself? Check out Bazaar’s Fabulous At Every Age for some tips on how to style Resort looks for yourself. But keep in mind your personal style and what’s appropriate for you.
Need some Zoe in your life? Frugal Fashionista has a breakdown of Zoe Saldana’s fabulous 2011 looks, Mama’s A Rolling Stone shows off her love of brights here and here and WhoWhatWear featured her fabulous fringe.
Did you enjoy Chanel’s Paris-Bombay Pre-Fall 2012 show that I reviewed here? Then check out the video – Eerily gorgeous is the phrase that comes to mind…
Health & Fitness:
Are you all set to make some huge fitness resolutions for 2012? Perhaps run a race, start using the fitness DVDs you got for Christmas, squeeze in even mini workouts when you’re short on time, taking up yoga to keep yourself calm and relaxed,
30 Things To Start Doing For Yourself from Polish My Crown and take some time to reflect on yourself and how you spend your time like Holly Would If She Could.
Both sides of the meat-eating versus non-meat eating arguments – Dead Cow Walking: The Case Against Born-Again Carnivorism and The Meat Of It. What’s your stance? Do you make your food choices based on moral choices? Nutrition? Health?
Ready to get started on your 2012 fitness regime? Whether you’re a gym-rat, take as many classes as possible or like to workout from home, there’s something for everyone to get into shape this year!
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January 6, 2012 | Categories: Fashion, Fitness, Food, Links You'll Love | Tags: 2012 Fitness Challenge, Age appropriate clothing, Anja Rubic, Best Dressed, Blogger, Blogger fashion, Blogger Street Style, Blogger Streetstyle, blogger style, brights, Carnivore, Chanel, classes, Dead Lifting, Fabsugar, Fabulous at Every Age, Fashion, Fashion Blogger, Fashion Blogger Fashion, Fashion Blogger Street Style, Fashion Blogger Streetstyle, Fashion Blogger Style, Fit Bottomed Girls, Fitness, Fitness DVD, Fitness DVDs, FitSugar, Food, fringe, Frugal Fashionista, Functional Movement Systems, Garance Dore, Gym Classes, harper's bazaar, health, Health.com, healthy life, healthy lifestyle, healthy living, Holly Would If She Could, Ignite the Fire, Jackie Warner, Karl Lagerfeld, Mama's A Rolling Stone, Marathon training, Mini workouts, Nutrition, Paris-Bombay, Personal Training With Jackie: 30 Day Fast Start, Petit Bateau, Polish My Crown, Pre-Fall 2012 Collections, Running, San Francisco, San Francisco Fashion, San Francisco Fashion Blogger, San Francisco Street Style, San Francisco Streetstyle, San Francisco style, SF, SF Fashion, SF Fashion Bloger, SF Street Style, SF Streetstyle, SF Style, Street style, Streetstyle, Style, Tone it up!, Travel, Trendy vs Chic, Une Vie Saine, Vacation exercise, Vegan, Vegan diet, vegan lifestyle, vegan recipe, veganism, Vegetarian, Vegetarian diet, vegetarian lifestyle, vegetarian recipe, vegetarianism, WhoWhatWear, Zoe Cassavetes, Zoe Saldana | Leave a comment
The next leg of my vacation consisted of four spectacular days with my extended family at the Chateau La Durantie, less than ten minutes from the village of Lanouaille.
Not bad, huh?
Fashion: The fashion at La Durantie was allllll about the wedding. My aunt and her boyfriend of 8 years tied the knot in the sitting room of the house while 20 of us watched with barely concealed glee. Shortly after their “I do’s” we popped the bubbly and got down to the business of eating, drinking, toasting and dancing our booties off!
Food: We had some catered meals while we were here, including the wedding dinner and brunch the next morning, as well as two borderline gourmet dinners prepared by my new cousin and cousin-in-law, Taylor and Melissa. Sour dough baguette pizzas, gluten-free pasta, homemade pasta sauce, tomatoes & pumpkins from the garden and tons of salads. Yummy! And when we went to a small town nearby to get flowers for the wedding, I found a health food store with tofu! Tofu in France! 🙂 Needless to say I was a happy, happy girl while I had access to the kitchen at La Durantie.
Fitness: Walking, sightseeing in the nearby towns, bike riding, a short run, the Chateau even had tennis courts and a pool! It was nice to have more than a day or two in a single place and once we settled in we were able to explore the beautiful countryside between summer showers. I also spent a healthy chunk of my time sprawled across the bed in our sun-drenched bedroom finishing my
book.
Lodgings: The pictures above hardly do La Durantie justice. It was an older building still undergoing renovations, but given that it didn’t have plumbing or running water a few years ago, we were all pleasantly surprised by how modern the facilities were. There were ten bedrooms on three different floors, and the top floor was for us “kids” (the youngest of whom was my 22-year-old cousin). Running up and down those stairs dozens of times each day did wonders for my legs!
Travel: Since we still had our rented vans we did a couple day trips and when we left the Chateau on Monday eight of us piled in and began a NINE HOUR drive to Saint-Émilion, which for the record, should have taken two.
Highlights: My boyfriend’s favorite part of the entire trip was the wedding dinner, which was a pepper-encrusted steak (I had ratatouille which was great as well), and he honestly hasn’t stopped talking about this meal since we got home. He ate his, as well as most of my mother’s, the 13 year old sitting next to me’s entire steak and half of her mother’s. He was stuffed by happy.
Stay tuned for Bordeaux, Spain and the adventures from the longest car ride ever!
(If you’d like to catch up, you can check out London here and Paris here)
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October 17, 2011 | Categories: Fashion, Fitness, Food | Tags: Chateau La Durantie, Lanouaille, Travel | 4 Comments
When I last left off on my vacation overview I was leaving London for the city of lights. We arrived in Paris Tuesday night and left Thursday afternoon so it was, as with London, a very brief visit. Finally over our jet lag we focused our energy on sightseeing and sampling the local cuisine.
And by cuisine I mean wine & beer. 🙂
My brother & boyfriend at the beginning of our first night in Paris
Cheers! My family at lunch. Seriously, lunch.
Vin rouge
Fashion: I am still shocked that I didn’t have any major accidents while walking down the streets of Paris considering I don’t think I was looking where I was going for more than 30 seconds the entire time we were there. Some stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason and the women of Paris did not disappoint (I’ve been to Paris before, but I wasn’t as fashion oriented at the time). They were chic and thin, there wasn’t a tennis shoe or a pair of sweats as far as the eye could see. Lots of flats and low heels, probably due to it being a walking-intensive city. Lots of layering and fun silhouettes, lots of high-low mixing & matching and lots of not-so-basic black. The accessory de jour? Le pliage bags from Longchamp, they were everywhere! The other, not so chic accessory in every woman’s hand? A cigarette. I spent most of the time in Paris sneezing!
Food: Honestly, I wasn’t blown away by the food while we were in Paris. Neither my boyfriend or I eat bread so most restaurants were something of a challenge during our short stay, though he usually ended up with poulet of some sort. We supplemented our smaller meals out with petit casino finds like nuts, goat cheese, apples & little Tupperware containers of tabouli. And yes, I made up the phrase petit casino to mean corner store. And I think it makes perfect sense! 🙂
Fitness: So much walking! Lost wandering, church steps, hills, exploring and walking between our hotel and the areas where the rest of my family was staying. Exhausting! We had a nap the second day and still barely made it to our pillows that night before crashing.
Lodgings: Our hotel wasn’t really anything special, but the location was great, we were across the street from the scenic Jardin du Luxembourg and we had a cute little cafe on the corner.
Cafe on the corner
View from our hotel
Sights: My family was spread out all over Paris which gave us a unique chance to check out all of the different hotels and fun neighborhoods. My aunt and her fiance stayed at the sumptuous Park Hyatt in central Paris, while my cousin & brother stayed in the Latin Quarter and my parents rented an apartment in Les Gobelins.
My Auntie & her then fiance and now husband at Sacre Coeur Basilica
Travel: My family rented cars for our from exit Paris and seven of us piled into a van Thursday morning for a five-hour drive south to Lanouaille lead by Mademoiselle Garmin. You’d think they’d get someone who can pronounce the French words to be the voice of the GPS…
I still have nightmares. At the next round-about, take the second exit.
Highlights: Most of our rowdy group really enjoyed the food in Paris, from thin crust pizzas & giant beers to roasted chicken & steaks w/ pomme frites. I ate the frites. 🙂 My favorite part? The fashion of course. With big cities like this you get to see a lot of street traffic even during a short stay, and I really enjoyed the people watching. Oh, and I loved seeing everyone carrying their groceries home each night with the inevitable baguette sticking out the top. Too French!
Back soon with Milan Fashion Week!
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October 5, 2011 | Categories: Fashion, Fitness, Food | Tags: Paris, Travel | 3 Comments
Moi Contre La Vie 