The Sartorialist Book Signing

My hero is coming! My hero is coming! Scott (The Sartorialist) Shuman will be in town next week to sign his new book. Even better, he will be at 14th Street's newest restaurant Masa 14. Boom! You get to check out a new place to eat AND meet a mad fashion genius. If Garance is with him, I may literally freak out a bit. See you there!

Washington DC
Monday October 19th
9pm-10 pm
Masa 14
1825 14th Street NW(I love this picture of his. The hat... such a perfect simple touch that makes the outfit.)

Capital Area Foodbank

CAFB just launched their new website. My friends over at iStrategyLabs asked me to work on the copy while they did magic designing the site. It's not the first time they've had me write about hunger. Hmmm, am I seeing a trend? Anyway, the site is done, it looks awesome... so check it out! www.capitalareafoodbank.org

Halloween is Coming

Halloween is coming, which means that I am obviously scrambling for a costume. You would think that someone who loves playing dress up in their everyday life would love a holiday that is about nothing but dress up. Wrong. The pressure, the ideas, the craftiness that goes into it. It all just stresses me out.

So this year I took the easy way out and went to www.halloweendoneeasy.com (ok not the real name of the site, but you get my point) and ordered a costume.

Voila, all finished.

My Daily Obsession

Right now I love bracelets. Lots and lots of bracelets piled on top of each other, overtaking my wrists and slowly creeping up my arm. No rhyme or reason. Nothing matching. Different shapes, colors, sizes. As long as they are bracelets, they can stay. Oooh and if they jingle and jangle as I walk that's even better.

Where have your pants gone?

I love this look (maybe minus the torn tights, hmmm). And my friends can probably tell you about a few times that I have gone out of the house trying to pull off a long sweater as a dress. But the tee shirt as a dress looks much more fresh and carefree to me. I am dying to try it, but I am a little worried that people in DC may stare at me like I am crazy. Then again that wouldn't really be anything new, now would it?

(photo from Garance Dore, who you all should be people crushing on)

Timeless

I love this picture. It was taken just hours ago, but looks like it could have been taken decades ago. In another time, when people put on more than just jeans to go out and life felt more simple.

Taller and Taller

How beautiful is this? I wanted to buy it for one (or both) or my nieces for Christmas, but it is out of stock. Which may actually be better. Because if I had gotten it now I would not have been able to wait until December and would have ended up putting it in a box to mail to them. But then that box would have sat on the floor of my office until December... so yeah, nevermind.
Anyway... it is a growth chart! You hang the jute on any way with the red satin ribbon and mark it with tags and safety pins.

(Fawn and Forest growth chart)

Quote of the Day

“For me fashion is fun, and it’s supposed to help you feel good about yourself. I think that’s what all women should focus on: what makes them happy and feel comfortable and beautiful. I wear what I love. Sometimes people like it, sometimes they don’t. I’m fine with that.”
-Michelle Obama

The September Issue

For months the buzz in the air has been all about The September Issue, the Vogue/Anna documentary. It's been screened all over and finally opens in DC in September. My poor, dear friends. You could quiz them and reluctantly they would be able to tell you why the September issue of a magazine is so important. They don't ask to know these things. I just tell them anyway.

And inevitably some poor soul is going to be dragged along to see it with me (I am looking at you). I plan to bribe with sushi first (you know you like sushi).
Consider yourself warned!

Prettiest Lashes in Town

My She Uemera eyelash curler finally arrived... from Japan. Yes, I said Japan. It took over a month to get here. Why didn't I just go to Sephora like a normal girl and buy it there? Because I like my sh*t authentic. That's just how I roll.

eyelash covered kisses,
me