Happy 4th of July!

Hope everyone is enjoying their 4th of July Holiday!

Converse store in Soho NYC

Now back to you regularly scheduled program.

Back In Time

Part of my Summer 2011 to do list was to visit Governors Island right here in good ol' NYC. Making sure I got my summer started right I was able to cross that off my list this past weekend. YEAH to accomplishing goals!!! I took a step back in time attending the Jazz-Age Lawn Party on Governors Island. The event was held both Saturday and Sunday and I managed to make it out on the very first day as it was a hop, skip and a free ferry away. There was good food and drinks, a sprinkle of vintage vendors and good sportsmanship to the many that showed up in costumes. I uploaded the pictures in sepia for an added nostalgic touch. Enjoy!

Michael Arenella & His Dreamland Orchestra. Note to self must get one of these hats that the band members were wearing.

Additionally, if this looks like something you would enjoy attending, the next Jazz-Age Lawn party on Governor's Island will be the weekend of August 20-21st. Make sure to wear a costume, you'll feel left out if you don't. If not there are many other exciting events happening over at Governor's Island so do make the time to have a visit this summer.

Paisley & Bulldogs

Wrapped up the longest day of the year with friends, bad food and a couple of bulldogs at Blockheads NYC.  At $7.50 they managed to concoct THE PERFECT summer drink. They call it the Pink Bulldog I call it pure awesomeness. Although innocuous looking it managed to pack a powerful punch and was very appealing to the taste buds. Frozen lemonade topped with a shot of white sangria and an upside down coronita never tasted so good.

Dress: Orion  Skirt: Zara  Bag: Francesco Biasia  Earrings: Vintage  Ring: Urban Outfitters (?)  Watch: MK

Below is a better pic of the outfit. Would have been even better if taken in sunlight and prior to the intoxication but I'll just note that for next time. I need to make some paparazzi like friends.

The dress was a recent Gilt purchase but since it was too short for the office I paired it with a simple clean lined knee-length pencil skirt. Just wished I had tugged the dress down some more before the photo but just blame that lack of judgement on the alcohol.

Hope you all had a happy Summer Solstice!

Pillow Fight!

You know what I love most about NYC? There is always so much here to do at any time of the day. I say sometimes I would like to live somewhere else....Washington D.C., Atlanta, Madrid....but my heart and soul is just here in New York. There really is no other place like it.

Last weekend I spent a couple hours at a pillow fight in Union Square. It was a peaceful way to get some aggression out after a long hard week of work. It was nice to see that such a large number of people can get together and do something like this in a peaceful way. See us New Yorkers aren't so bad after all!

Sunglasses: Michael Kors, Coat: J Crew, Scarf: H&M