weddddingbelles.

my beautiful cousin sarah, who got engaged last october, has finally set a date for her big day! june 11, 2011 in the south of france.

sarah and her sweet fiance, luke, live in london. i loved nothing more than visiting their little house on sunday nights for take out and the strictly come dancing results show last fall.

she just started looking at dresses, and yesterday sent me a link to the amsale bridal collection. i'd never looked at their gowns before, but ashley and i have been beside ourselves since devouring their website. so far these are my two very favorites, the ella and the coco. (don't you just love when clothing has people names?)

their flag ship store is on madison avenue, and i promised i would check them out soon and send a report across the pond. is it weird that i can't wait?

morning inspiration.

just a few beautiful images to give me a little pick me up this morning.

yesterday was so so lovely. the weather was painfully perfect, it was impossible not to spend time outside. i (finally!) crossed the brooklyn bridge, had the yummiest pizza on the other side, walked back all the way across manhattan and ended up watching the sunset in battery park. it's absurd how much i love this city.

happy wednesday, only a few more days until the weekend. we can do it!

simpleee

i bought my simple diary in january. it was a new years gift to myself. i promised to write everyday, and of course finally (sporadically) started at the beginning of june.

hardly a diary, its instead a series of questions, that you must appropriate to the day you wrote.

for example, was today, a) lacking experience, b) bedazzled, or c) a sure thing? it then asks you something like, "and what is somewhere over the rainbow?" and in the end it always gives you a quote.

todays?

a sunrise has no stage freight.

hey tonis, you're rad

meet one of my very best friends, tonis. she is super.

tonis likes to read harry potter books, eat mint chocochip ice cream everyday, and say really witty things. she lives in dc now, working at a nonprofit and saving the world. every friday she sends out these hysterical recap e-mails. they are always so funny they make me cry. last week it was all about her adventures in grocery shopping. only tonis could turn buying string cheese into a saga.

and, not only is she way funny, she is also way smart, way compassionate, and a way good listener. for my brithday last year, she flew to london to celebrate with me. we spent the day just wondering around the tate modern, drinking tea, and planning our livess.

so, tonis, i think you're really rad. i hate not being able to hang out everyday and pretend like we're hippies, but your 'district' emails make you feel not so far. can't wait to see you on the fourth and live like its earth day.

ps. tonis has a fedora. and she looks cooler than cool in it. told you girl was rad.

whitegirlproblem.

so, i bought a fedora.

i look completely ridiculous when i wear it.

let me repeat. completely. ridiculous.

i tried to wear it to brunch last weekend, and i ended up taking it off and putting my hair into a messy bun, per usual, before i even got my coffee.

how do you wear a fedora without looking as dumb as i know i do? do you take it off inside? do you wear your hair down or up? do you have to wear a plain t-shirt, or is a pattern better?

perhaps i should count my blessings that these are the questions that keep me up at night...lord help me though, because i'm getting sleepy.

whirlwinddd

new york is such a whirlwind. i feel like i stumble back to my computer after a day out, and i'm so overwhelmed with happy thoughts.

what a sweet new york weekend this was. lots of exploring, pubs for the world cup on the lower east side, the Hudson River walk way until the wee hours of the morning, a yummy brunch in the west village, and then to the met for the american woman exhibit.

please pinch me. i feel so lucky.

ps. isn't that a neat picture? times square in the 1950s. i can't stand time square now, too many people all looking up, but everything was a bit more glam back then i think. even craning your necks.

hey casey, you're rad

this is my sister-in-law casey. she is way cool. i mean, way, way, cool.

casey started dating my older brother, phil, when i was in 4th grade, so she has been around forever and ever, but i like it that way. she is so creative it hurts all over. she is now super important at fossil and gets to travel all over the world to shop and scope out trends for upcoming seasons. (told you her coolness hurts.)

when she isn't at work, casey and phil love to take their dog boomer on walks, eat yummy vegetarian food, and watch american idol with their cat pee wee in their perfect little house. casey is an amazing interior designer. their house was even featured on d*sponge! (and if that isn't enough, check out the business she runs from home in her "free time.")

so, casey, i think you are really rad. i'm super happy phil was smart enough to catch you when he did, and that you love him as much as you do, because you make thanksgiving and christmas a lot more fun. i absolutely can't wait for you to come to new york this summer.