Another very cold day in the Nation’s Capital! I did prepare my house with having the curtains closed all day, draft dodgers under the outside doors and doors closed to rooms we don’t use. I think this weekend I’ll go buy some of that plastic to shrink wrap around the windows – I did that…
Today is cold. Super cold. I live in an old house from the 40s and in the kitchen and bathroom ceilings is a Cromalox heater. They are run by temperature, so they kick on to achieve the temp you set it at. There is no “off,” you just turn it to 40 degrees. Come now,…
Saturday, my sister and I went to the mall, then had a late lunch at our favorite Greek diner. We came back to my place for a movie night and a late-evening snack of oranges, samosas and a nice bottle of Spanish wine (for those who want to know, we saw Hairspray and Waitress). She…
I was visiting my MySpace account and was approving friend request and as I usually do, I look at the pages of people who want to be my friends and inspect their friends. Through this process I came upon the page for Chronique Couture and just knew I had to write about this company on…
Black merino shift from Banana Republic, black footless tights from Old Navy, tan Bern boots from Duo, green pashmina from Nordstrom, silver cuff and hoops. Hair was air dried sans product, then hit sections with the curling iron and then used a small amount of Jonathan Silky Dirt in hands and twirled around sections. Makeup…
I don’t know what I was thinking. I got home last night just before 10pm, but stayed up past midnight. How is it that I can’t stay awake through an episode of Project Runway, but I can stay up almost to 1am putzing on the computer? To add to the situation, I was woken at…
Black stretchy cotton v-neck sweater from Banana Republic, denim skirt from Gap, black tights from Target, tan Bern boots from Duo, sea glass and silver necklace from Ross, silver cuff and hoops. Hair was washed and allowed to air dry, then a bit of Jonathan Silky Dirt was added, twirled around pieces. Then I hit…
SuperGap was the pioneer outlet store – a cheaper version of the famous Gap brand, it sold lower-priced versions of their wardrobe staples and irregular and damaged pieces from the classic Gap stores. Growing up in middle-class America, our first stop for back to school shopping was at the nearby SuperGap, getting “name brand” clothing…
There is a Friends and Family at Ann Taylor, Ann Taylor Loft and online this weekend (December 14th through the 16th). If you plan on hitting one of the stores, I hope this link will work to email yourself the code. For those shopping online, enter the code holiday30 and you will get the 30%…