Orange Pop-cicle

Adding a colorful belt like this orange one to a super casual summer look makes it fun and unique. Try complimentary colors: orange with blue, purple and yellow and red and green. Belts like this can be found at the thrift store too!

The Girl with a Pearl Earring

The De Young Museum in San Francisco was hosting a Dutch masters exhibit which included the Girl with a Pearl Earring.  Seeing as the painting will be heading back to Amsterdam after the exhibit closes, my mom and I felt it was worth it to see it in person.  

After our museum visit, my mom and I stopped off at our favorite French soul food restaurant on Polk Street, Brenda's, for some gumbo and beignets (absolutely worth the calories).

I decided to try out a pair of thigh high socks with some J Crew shorts, a pair of penny loafers, and my sister's J Crew top which our mom accidentally shrunk, thus finding its way into my closet.  Once we took to the streets, I threw on a baggy canvas jacket the I picked up at Nordstrom's redesigned Savvy department. 

The museum also had a fantastic textile exhibit.  The bored expression is actually just poor timing on my lovely photographer's part.  Both Exhibits were really fantastic! 

Ain't Nobody Got Time For That

I love a big watch on a girl. This one is perhaps a bit oversized but it makes my wrist so small and dainty! A watch is a fashion accessory that works for everyday and is always in style. 

I'm a Crop Top Girl...Dammit.

What to wear to a gallery press preview of William Morris' (who used to be one of Dale Chihuly's glass blowers) show at Abermeyer + Wood? Something classy: a crop top, duh.  But seriously, what was I thinking? It was all this Seattle sun making me loopy.  Perhaps I was too casual, which really there is never an excuse, but I definitely stood out as the artsy type that doesn't give a fuck.  Am I that type of person? Not really, but I guess tonight I was...what a scandal.  

Anyways, this crop top, which I'm totally strangely digging on--when worn right! Not too much skin!--was one cent at Wet Seal (one of the only times I have ever been in there) and the skirt is a jumper that I just tucked the chest and back flaps down under to make it look like a super fab high-waisted skirt.  I love a crop with just that thin band of tummy showing.  The jean jacket is a GREAT Buffalo Exchange find--Just Cavalli and just amazingly wonderful.  The clogs are Woodies by Jeffrey Campbell.  So yeah, I guess today I became a crop top girl...dammit.  

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

I have gone blonde-ish. Balayage is the technique where it looks like the highlights are coming from the bottom up versus the opposite look of foil. Not quite sure how I feel about it, but it's fun to try something new...and I have to say, I feel like guys dig it.

The light coming from in between my shades was doing some pretty fun stuff