BLOGGING FROM THE EMPIRE STATE

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Countdown

Right now I am like this…..


By Sunday I will be like this……


1 day until my last exam
2 days until my love comes to visit
3 days until the Champagne Memories Gala
4 days until I can breath again

Monday, April 20, 2009

Fetishized

Givenchy shoes....I DIE I DIE I DIE I DIE.
please please please please please with a CHERRY ON TOP.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Who doesn't keep a basketball in their ombre bag?






If I were to play basketball, I'm hoping it would look something like this.

Rodarte

Most wanted

Do you remember a time before swipe passes and electronic pads, when doors - and secrets- were opened with keys? From steamer trunks to hotel rooms, personal diaries to jewelery cases, a metal key was the only way in.

This spring Tiffany & Co. unlocked their archives where such vintage treasures lay hidden, and reworked them into exquisite pendants in silver, platinum, and gold. Now if only they'd make them to fit in our front doors, it would be the perfect mix of style and practicality.

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Evening enchantments

This spread is too stunning for words.
Well played Harper Bazaar.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

I'm trying to...


In 1971 Abbie Hoffman penned this classic go-to-guide for staging your own personal rebellion. It was published at a time when American revolutionary zeal was at an all time high. The book includes instructions on everything from building your own pipe bomb, to how to use slugs to get past the turnstiles in the New York City subway. Essentially, every way you can come up with to cheat the system. Hoffman wrote it from jail, which makes his anti-authoritarian cause all the more legitimate. The book is notoriously hard to find, especially in libraries or bookstores, due mostly to its title and implied mentality. I've been searching high and low for a copy. If you ever do happen upon it, I dare you to be devious and make like the title suggests. (Just make sure to read the chapter on shoplifting FIRST).

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I could tell you all about my wonderful and ridiculous Parisian life, the places I go, the things I do, and the people I see, but that would defeat the purpose wouldn't it? Read and try to imagine. This is my Paris report.