Zucca

Looking for long dresses to cover me up in Morocco. I adore this one.

Swimsuit

Bought a brand new bathing suit today for the first time in years. Seriously, maybe 4 or 5 years. Isn't it adorable?

24 hours to go

I'm leaving to Korea tomorrow morning!

I'm putting in a final few hours at work, then running around frantically for a few hours with last minute errands, and then finalizing my packing--including downloading new jams and podcasts to get me through the 13 hour flight! (Any recs?)

Then in the AM, B and I are going to a much-awaited breakfast (after this past weekend's vegan juice fast), then we're taking a zipcar to the airport!

Here's a sneak peek at opening ceremony red carpet outfit:

Dress Peak

A sneak peak into my shoes/dress...finally got them last night at Maryam Nassir Zadeh's blissful store.

Anthropologie

You steal my heart.

Sick of Winter Wear

via what anna loves

Can't wait to wear this all summer long.

Sneak Peak Keep

Here's a sneak peak into the Keep shoot I was just talking about...

Holiday Wishlist

(clockwise from top)
Whale Chalkboard // Marc by Marc Natasha Crossbody Bag // Wallet
Acoustic Guitar // Huipile Booties // Bracelets
Turkish Kilim Pillow Covers // Vintage Globe // Woolly Pocket Wall Gardens
Food Processor // Kuhn Rikon Non-stick Colored Chef's Knives

Huipile Bootie

Do I want these little booties? Yes, I think I really do.

Fjällräven

Thanks to a tip, I found out that Fjällräven has just opened up an NYC store. I think I might want one of these nifty backpacks for Christmas. Look at these colors!








The tipper also posted a Paul Simon song, which I will instantly re-post because I am gaga for Paul right now. Yesterday, I devoured three records of his at Earwax all in one fell swoop.

Paul Simon - Hearts and Bones

Rack

Yesterday's seasonal closet cleaning beget today's successful selling trip to Beacon's Closet, meaning that I've deposited some cash into my Adventure Fund and have a chunk of change left over to fill one hanger slot on my dress rack. What to get? I'm racking my brain!

Permanent Vacation:


Built by Wendy:




love church and state:

NorthFace

Check out this North Face backpack. I want it!

via

Chelsea Boot

Finally got the shoes I wanted, thanks to help from my keen, internet shopping savvy roommate. Not only are they lovely, but they were super cheap (in the realm of boots.) By Williamsburg-based line Marais USA.

Ida Sjostedt

via Ida Sjostedt

i want to be a wild thing

Where the Wild Things Are x Opening Ceremony

Waterfalls

Doing some research on an upcoming camping trip and I'm chasing waterfalls. Just found out about a place called Bash Bish Falls.

Jewels

I'm not nuts about jewelry, but this wedding 1974 wedding ring is incredible.

via bleachblack

Fall Fever

Now that my birthday is over with, I'm satiated with summer and ready for autumn to commence. Although I'm no longer a student, autumn will always carry the smell of a new year, with a changed schedule and fresh notebooks. The Jews really have the calendar year right--Rosh Hashanah, which means the head of the year, falls in September and ushers in the new year as I follow it. It's too cold in January for me to feel any sort of thrill towards the technically new year.

Anyway, the autumn bug has hit me. Occasionally, I'll catch myself looking at my cardigans and jackets longingly. I'm sending my boots out to be fixed. I've even started browsing some sites to check out the new fall digs, mainly because I received a lovely gift certificate to Opening Ceremony from my folks. I was swooning this morning looking at the perfect muted fall dresses. Liebemarlene just reminded me about Permanent Vacation, whose site I haven't checked out in a few months and who have just released images from their fall collection. I've wanted one of their dresses for awhile, maybe now 'tis the season to buy! But which?

My autumn excitement really kicked in with the arrival of the fall preview issue of New York Magazine. After devouring the calender of new releases and events, I neurotically went back with a pen to ink up the issue with my choices for the fall, as if I'm going to keep this already tattered issue around to guide me through the coming months. This is what caught the attention of my erratic pen:

+ 9/3 - The Giants host a (preseason) Super Bowl rematch with the Patriots. (Since dating a sport addict, I've kind of fallen in love with the ritualistic tradition of football Sundays. Especially when it's cold outside, there's nothing better than spending a Sunday on a couch, surrounded my food and people.)

+9/12 - Phillip Seymour Hoffman playing Iago in the Public Theatre's Othello

+9/28 - Yom Kippur. (Last year we had a supreme feast. I wonder what this year will bring.)

+10/3 - Zac Pelaccio's Williamsburg BBQ pit Fatty 'Cue should finally open this month.

+10/13 - "Global Kitchen: The Magic of Pickling" at the American Museum of Natural History

+10/17 - Gourmet's Adventures with Ruth, hosted by Ruth Reichl, premiere on PBS.

+10/26 - David Chang's Momofuku Cookbook comes out tomorrow. (Really, New York Magazine? Nothing else special about today?)

+11/2 - Everything related to Jonathan Safran Foer's eating habits will be illuminated: his investigative-scientific-philosophical memoir, Eating Animals, is released.

+11/8 - From your house to Bauhaus at their house: MoMA's epic "Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity" opens tonight.

+11/24 - The Pixies play the second of the three concerts--it's Doolittle, all the way through--at the Hammerstein Ballroom.

+11/25 - Rob Marshall's Nine, a Fellini-inspired musical drama starring Daniel Day-Lewis is released.

I can't wait to go to movies, museums, concerts, and plays, then walk home breathing in the crisp autumn air with hints of that wood-log winter smell, wearing my boots and tights and dresses and jackets. Woohoo!

P.S. Despite my eagerness for fall, I'm secretly glad we have three weeks of summer left, just enough time for a few more pool parties, BBQs, and a camping trip!

Tit for Tat

Buy my vintage clothes and help me get to Morocco!

Eyelet

Athena

Farmgirl

Hawaiian

Leopard