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A Détacher via Style.com (more photos here)

this collection makes me crazy. so amazing.
time for me to get some sleep.

Assembly x A Détacher Clog Boot

My NYC Itinerary - Part 1

Inspired by the Refinery 29 city itineraries, I wanted to make my own version... these aren't necessarily places I have been once or twice that I think you should check out, but the places I go to drink/shop/eat/hangout on a regular basis. I am a creature of habit. I always appreciate when people blog about the places they frequent - when I was in San Francisco this month I haunted Annabel's blog for recommendations and it was awesome & incredibly helpful. You probably don't read this, but thank you Annabel!

1. Barrio Chino - Broome at Orchard in the LES
This place isn't exactly a secret downtown (but still kinda feels like it when you're there), and it can be a huge mob scene any time after 6pm, but if you have to wait I promise it is worth it (and it is never as long as they say it will be). The space is small and intimate, no one is waiting around (they call you when they have a table, so we usually just go to Sweet Paradise down the street and get happy hour) and the drinks are unreal (I get the strawberry vanilla or grapefruit habanero margarita). So is the guacamole. The staff are beautiful and friendly and there is always a nice, fun atmosphere.

2. LaHore Pakastani Deli - Crosby at Jersey in Soho
A hole in the wall cabby stand that I go to at least three times a week for lunch. $6 for a huge dish of rice covered in curried vegetables ($5 for a smaller dish)...I usually get chickpeas with cauliflower or bell pepper, but they have meat options also. It is so delicious and you get so much food for the price. Make sure to get a chai with sugar in the winter too. There are steps outside to the right that are good enough seating.

(photo credit Marianne Rafter)

3. The Lucky Dog - Bedford Ave. at South 1st in Williamsburg
My most frequented bar in the city! A really friendly mixed crowd, really good and diverse beer menu, a big backyard patio and they let you bring your dog if you feel like, so there are always cute things wandering around. It's a very nice break from Union Pool which I go to more than I'd like to admit...(but kinda, sorta recommend too...;)

4. Dumont - Union Ave. at Devoe off of the Lorimer L
I don't eat that much meat, especially not red meat, but I could go here a couple times a week for a hamburger. I even had one for breakfast last weekend. I think the pickled onions are what make me love this burger the most, but the restaurant itself is incredibly cute (the inside as well as their pretty back garden - however, insist on sitting in the garden! even if they try to put you inside) and they will serve me a burger any time of the day (they have other good things too!). I also strongly recommend the cucumber & dill cocktail. Nearby (conveniently across from the Lucky Dog) they have Dumont Burger, which is just a little smaller with a condensed menu & just as delicious.

5. Assembly - Ludlow street below Houston in the LES
I love Assembly. They have a great mix of amazing vintage (the kind of vintage that doesn't scream vintage) and contemporary labels for girls and guys in one really cool space. Last winter I also scored a black over-dyed quilt that is one of my favorite pieces in my apartment. The girls that work there are really sweet and helpful, and there are so many things that are shockingly affordable. They have a linen heavy, perfectly unisex house label and also carry designers like Risto, Arielle DePinto and A Détacher for shoes. (also check out their new all-vintage store, Everybody's Going to Heaven around the corner on Rivington & Norfolk.)

Part 2 coming soon...what are your favorite spots in the city?/Wherever you're from?

Cooler than a magazine

I love the idea of Sweden's T-POST. I don't know who doesn't love getting mail, and magazines in the mail. I always forget that I've subscribed to things - the other day I got a copy of POP in the mail that I already own, because I forgot I had a subscription. But despite that I already had that issue it was exciting knowing that, yeah! I will be getting more of these! And I have already paid for them...its a surprise every couple months and it feels like its free. T-Post is kind of like getting a magazine, and it calls itself a magazine, but instead, every five weeks (that is more often than it sounds!) you're sent a new t-shirt designed by a different designer, with a news story screened on the inside. "There are t-shirts that can inspire a conversation. And there are t-shirts that can inspire a movement. T-post was created to do both. With T-Post, it’s not just what your t-shirt says about you or the artist who designed it, but also what your t-shirt says about the world. More than just a fashion piece, T-post uses great design as a subversive tool to instigate meaningful thought, conversation, and action. It’s a communication experiment that typically begins with a compliment like ”Nice t-shirt” and continues with the wearer explaining the interesting news story behind the design."about). So awesome, no?

My first issue - "Sexy Apocalypse"

Time to start saving for my winter coat

Why when I am so excited about summer must Opening Ceremony come out with a lookbook with the bessstt jackets ever. Good thing I can't afford one right now/don't need one right now & I will pretend maybe I can once they're in stores. No more shopping for me!

Sigh....

(Opening Ceremony Lookbook photos via Refinery 29)

HESTER ST FLEA MARKET!

I went to Massachusetts last weekend to surprise my family BUT I didn't know what I was missing 2 blocks from my apartment! HESTER ST FAIR. It sounds like Manhattan's own Brooklyn flea with vintage vendors and good food and cute people galore. And this will be happening all summer and fall long! I might not spend all my free time in Brooklyn after all this summer. I don't even need to get on the train. Very exciting! See you there!

Hester St Fair Info

summertimeee and the livins easayyy

Forget that it isn't officially summer yet! I like to walk around my house singing this song all day long (not the Sublime verson...I just remembered that one..but i like that too ;). Sometimes I think I belong in the south or California or someplace where it is always warm and sunny. I also realize I blog and post pictures 10x more when the weather is nice - this is an unofficial ode to summer blog! I went to Pathmark today to see if they had a tri-fold lounge chair to put on my roof but with no luck - I will have to try K-Mart later. This summer will be me Saturday, Sunday, Monday lying on my roof in my chair, bathing suit, reading books and listening to the radio and the crazy people that hang out by my house and gettin' a tan. I need to start a good summer playlist - any recommendations? anyone want to make me a mix cd? yes?

hot tease

the weather this weekend in the city was crazy beautiful. everyone seemed to be outside taking advantage of the freak 70 degree string of days in mid march. my sisters were visiting and we napped in mccarren park in the sunshine and girls next to us were sunbathing (still wayyy to early for me...though i did buy 2 bathing suits this week! i am not ready to expose myself). there was hardly a place in the grass to put a blanket down. i'm escaping to charlotte nc with my boyfriend for the weekend, but for now back to rain and cold for the next month or so...

photos from the keller ny lookbook...
to dreamy/warm/sunny/happy days ahead!