let the count down begin

(camilla kaftan)

(aje denim dress)

(Shona Joy crochet dress)

(matthew williamson for h&m 2009, image from graziadaily.co.uk)



(mayakoba, mexico - the fairmont resort)



greetings lovelies

plane tickets have just been booked for mayakoba, mexico for a fabulous week long vacation celebrating my 25th day of birth and my girlfriend, julia's wedding.  with the city covered in snow and my hibernation mood in full gear this was some much needed news.  all i can think about is the sunshine, mini dresses, and kaftans galore... these are some looks that i am going to be hunting down for the trip. 

xo 

how thick is your stash

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(julia, sarah, natalie and me)

(julia and tiff)

hello, hello

so one of my girlfriends celebrated her 24th day of birth this week - what better way to celebrate than with a little mexican fiesta... and some dirty stashes too, of course!!  the game plan was a night of poker, but a bottle of patron later we were sucked in by the game loaded questions were we learned one of us in the group doesn't enjoy online shopping - who knew that was physically possible?  we devoured baja fish tacos, some dirty good guacamole/salsa concoction and these lovely little spicy shrimp thanks to natalie.  for dessert i crafted dark chocolate cupcakes with a strawberry puree and champagne butter cream... these bad boys were amazing, unfortunately i got a little champagne happy with the butter cream and it caused the powder sugar to separate from the strawberry puree, they were the weirdest looking cupcakes.

anyone know any other kinds of recipes with champagne in them? i just love cooking with it...

xo



(kors dress, guess boots)



(vintage 1970's chevron mink coat)

hello there loves

there was a beautiful powder that covered the city friday night.  anytime it snows i like to locate a nice hole in the wall bar with a band playing and wet my whistle with a little bourbon.  nothing goes better with snow than bourbon and fur.  david found this new guy at the nitty gritty for me for christmas - needless to say i was giddy christmas morning.  

xo