I can’t take my eyes off the Aspre sheath dress from RM by Roland Mouret. I have two Roland Mouret pieces. The first is a skirt from his original namesake line. He quit designing that line in 2005 due to differences with the company owners, who then retained the rights to his name. That’s the…
Speak of Sneakers and They Doth Appear
A day after I posted the only known photo of me in sneakers, a package arrived bearing new sneakers! They are an incredibly thoughtful gift from gorgeous soon-to-be-blogging-again ENC (check her blog TOMORROW). When I saw her in L.A. recently, I admired her colorful Onitsuka Tiger sneakers.A I don’t know how she weaseled my shoe…
Up, Up and Away in Wine Country
Something I did in Napa Valley: Hot-air ballooning. Something I didn’t do in Napa Valley: Grape stomping. I Love Lucy grape-stomping episode News reporter grape-stomping fail Family Guy’s Stewie imitates the reporter’s grape-stomping failure UPDATED TO ADD MORE PICTURES: Here’s one from the air. After the flight, we had breakfast at a Tex-Mex place, where…
More Adventures in California
I’ve moved on from L.A. to Napa Valley. On the way, I stopped in San Francisco and had dinner with four gorgeous bloggers at NOPA. From left to right: Catie of Cuffington, Annie of Poetic & Chic, Mai of Fashioni.st, Patti of CuteMess and me in my Francis sailor dress. In Napa Valley, I helped…
You CANNOT Be Serious!
I woke up on the wrong side of the bed today and neither lolcats nor the misery of others could lift my spirits.A Then I started watching YouTube clips of John McEnroe‘s tennis court tantrums. This is a great way of safely channeling psychotic rage. Please play on.
Lemon Tree, Very Pretty
I’ve been having fun in L.A. but I’ve been doing a lot of work too. I managed to tear myself away from the laptop yesterday to sit by the pool for three hours. While poolside, I pondered a lemon tree that, unlike more productive neighboring lemon trees, had put all its energy into creating a…
The Guilt Is Killing Me
This blog has become the place where tags go to die. Gorgeous bloggers have been generously including me in tags and giving me awards since January, and I have failed to do the right thing and pass the tags/awards along. It’s not that I don’t appreciate such things. I do! But I ran out of…
In L.A.: Kristin Londgren, Bloggers and Coco
My trip to L.A. full of interesting meetings. On Tuesday, I visited Kristin Londgren, a chic little boutique on West Third Street in Los Angeles.A I had a nice long chat with Kristin Londgren herself, who showed me her own line of clothing as well as the jewelry lines she carries. Here are a few…
Runway to Bloggers’ Night Out
I’ve always liked the “runway to red carpet/editorial/music video” posts — with side-by-side comparisons of a dress on the runway and real life — that beauteous blogger Fashion Critic does at Red Carpet Fashion Awards. Last month’s “runway to red carpet” post on Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman jumped out at me.A Fashion Critic wrote: “Many…
Good Samaritan in a Subway Map Dress*
I like to help people out, so last weekend I threw on my Francis by Christian Francis Roth subway map dress and went to the subway station in order to help lost travelers. Eventually, a nice lady with a yen for peach sangria came by. She needed to go downtown. Luckily, I was there to…