Friday Favorites - New York Fashion Week

All of this week's favorites are from the first two days of NY Fashion Week.  
It was difficult to narrow it down! But not surprisingly, most of the images came from some of my favorite blogs and sites.  Click on the links and follow them across their social networks for more fun stuff.

The list could go on and on . . . .

Favorite Models Having Fun

Trina Turk via Elizabeth Holmes

Instagram - eholmeswsj

Favorite Selfie

Jacey Duprie at the Harpers Bazaar party

{Her site has such fashion, travel & lifestyle inspiration: Damsel In Dior}

Instagram - damselindior

Favorite Shoes

Kate Spade via Mackenzie Horan

{Check out her boutique/blog Design Darling}

Instagram - mackenziehoran

Favorite Bag

Kate Spade via Carly

{She had me at Live Your Dreams}

Instagram - carly

Favorite Nails

Kate Spade via Mixed Makeup

Instagram - mixedmakeup

Favorite Street Style

Cara McLeay in a dress by Marciano. #love

{The most beautiful pictures & ridiculous #hairenvy: A Fashion Love Affair}

Instagram - carajourdan

Favorite Formal Look

Monique Lhuillier via stylealdrin

Instagram - stylealdrin

Favorite "Wish I Was There"

Harper's Bazaar Party via Branda Diaz de la Vega

Instagram - brendlv

And I'm sure I'll have a whole new list of favorites tomorrow. . . . . 

All photos property of respective Instagram owners. I share them as an act of admiration but if there are objections please email me and I will take them down.

My Sunday Adventure

I have to admit, I get stir crazy pretty easily.  And with nothing on the docket today, I decided to take a little solo day trip out to Long Island.  There was no agenda and nowhere I really wanted to go, but I just drove Eastward.

I had a good book on tape to keep me occupied and before I knew it, I was out in the Hamptons.  Growing up about 20 minutes from the beach, I love being near the Ocean.  {I would say "water" but the Hudson River doesn't count.  And sorry New Jersey, thanks to MTV I can't stomach The Shore.}

My last trip out this way was in September when a couple of very good friends and I spent the weekend in the Sag Harbor area for The Mighty Hamptons triathlon.  This time though, I drove further east, out to Montauk Point State Park and the lighthouse.  I was two weeks early to take a tour, but was still able to get a great picture of the setting.

A view like this, along with the walk on the beach was completely worth the drive, and being off-season, the whole area was nice and peaceful.

All in all, a very nice start to the week.

Until tomorrow . . .

December Photo Project 12.15.11: Keeping me toasty and warm

It gets down right cold here in New York and with my still thin West Coast blood, I will do pretty much anything to stay warm.  Last year, near the end of the season I saw what I had been looking for - a cashmere covered hot water bottle from Restoration Hardware.  This was probably the worst/best example of not knowing that I needed something until I saw it, but it was just so soft!


I didn't end up getting it last year, but when it looked like this

out my apartment window before November even hit, I decided to see if they were in stores again this year.




I was in luck!  It comes in 7 colors, and even through it warmed up for a few weeks after I made my purchase, with the temperatures last week I loved curling up to read with my very own water bottle in Silver Sage (I absolutely love this RH color!). 

I clearly talked quite a bit about this concept over the past 9 months because just recently, one of my very dear friends gave me a different one for Christmas:

Faux Fur Version

It is even softer!


To get a better idea of what they really look like, here is a link to the Restoration Hardware site:

Cashmere Hot Water Bottles

Until tomorrow (I'll be snuggled up and warm!). . .

December Photo Project 12.14.11: {Sometimes} I Love NY

Living in and around New York for the past three and a half years has been full of up and downs.  There are definitely days where I absolutely LOVE living in the Northeast and near The City - admittedly these days usually come in the Spring and Fall.  If I hadn't come back East from California I never would have discovered so many of the things I love; Central Park, Nantucket and Northeast Style to name just a few. But, there are also those days where I wish I lived anywhere but here.  These days are usually in the dead of winter or height of summer when I ask myself: "Do I really have to go out in this weather?!?!"


However, no matter how I feel on any given day, the view from Hoboken, NJ across the Hudson River always makes me smile.  New York is such an amazing place and I can't get enough of this view.

NYC

I just wish the view came with 70 degree weather year round.


Until Tomorrow. . .