Friday Happiness

taken from here

Happy Friday all! So glad the weekend is here! I have so many things happening this weekend and I'm really looking forward to them all! 

Tonight I'll be cheering the football team at the high school that my boyfriend works at...it is their first home game of the season, so I'm hoping for a big win! 

Then, tomorrow morning I'll be running in the FITNESS Magazine Mind, Body, Spirit Games for the second year. It is a 4-mile race through Central Park, and it is such a great race to run. I'm looking forward to running with colleagues, friends, and thousands of FITNESS readers! After the race I have a brunch date with a friend (who I convinced to run the race too!), and our moms at Normas (ahh!). All that is happening before noon tomorrow...can you tell my weekend is busy?

Sunday will be spent at a picnic and then my family and I will be traveling to Boston to celebrate the Jewish New Year with all of my cousins. I can't wait to see everyone again...especially all of the little babies!! 

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Happy...

-a fav kate spade quote on my shoe bag-

-highlight of my week: meeting "kelly kapowski"!-

-nyfw has wrapped! until february...-

-a little sweetness-

-love this print from the wingshawaii girls-

NYFW: Polka Dots

I posted about a little polka dot trend that seemed to be happening over the summer, but based on the runways, it looks like spring will be filled with the innocent pattern too. Designers across the boards have incorporated polka dots into their collections, and I'm interested to see how long these spots will stick around for. Here are some of my fav polka dot looks from the shows...

victoria, victoria beckham

karen walker

diane von furstenberg

rebecca taylor

christian siriano

jason wu

NYFW: Rebecca Minkoff

On Friday afternoon, I had the pleasure of attending the Rebecca Minkoff runway show at Lincoln Center. RM is by far one of my favorite accessories designers, but after seeing her spring collection, I'm so in love with her apparel as well. She was totally working off of the 1960s and 1970s vibe that we've been feeling for the past few seasons (using Slim Aarons photographs as inspiration), but she totally captured the true essence of that time period and made it super modern and easy to pull off (or so the models made it look!). Floral prints were all over her collection, as well as lots of white, lots of short shorts, and of course, some killer shoes. Oh yea and did I mention that the ever so beautiful Hillary Rhoda closed the show? Ah-maz-ing.

click here for the full collection

NYFW: BCBGMAXAZRIA

With fashion week in full swing, I've been noticing a lot of similarities amongst the collections that have walked down the runway so far. One that I'm kind of loving is bringing black and white together for spring.  You don't normally find black as a staple for such an easy, breezy season, but I find it to be kind of fresh and cool- a total step away from all the pastels and neons that we saw last spring. I've always been partial to black-although color is littered throughout my spring/summer wardrobe-and I'm looking forward to taking spring to an edgier level.

BCBG seemed to embrace this trend the best, but stayed true to who they are, with bondage-esq cutouts with light and billowy fabrics. I've always been a huge fan BCBG (most of my wardrobe comes from the multiple lines from the fashion empire), and can't wait to get my hands on some of these amazing pieces. 

click here to see the full collection

Friday Happiness

taken from here

Happy weekend all! Hope you had a great first week of September. Even though things seem to be getting back to the normal routine, I'm still in denial that summer is over, and I'm looking forward to spending some time outdoors this weekend soaking up as much sun as I can, and enjoying the last bits of tank top and shorts weather that we have left. The mornings have been cool, which is a sign that fall is almost here...not such a terrible thing, since I have lots in store the next couple of months, but it is bitter sweet, and I'm going to miss my weekend beach trips, my multiple ice cream outings each week, and of course the warm and sun soaked air. Hope you all have a great weekend! 

A little happiness...

-just me & pup this week. sissy power-

-an amazing new fragrance cc: @bcbgmaxazria-

-preview of the october issue-

-silly dog-

-one of my fav pic from the summer-

California Dreamin'

I spent last week out in Los Angeles shooting covers for FITNESS Magazine. It was a quick trip (only a couple of days), and I wish I could have stayed out there longer. Every time I head out to the west coast, I always try to convince myself that I could make the move...you know, give up my job and just go...but then I come back to good old NYC and remember why I love the east so much. The hustle and bustle is who I am, even though the sunrises and sunsets and laid back vibe out in Santa Monica are pretty enticing. Who knows, maybe one day I'll find myself catching some rays and dipping my toes in the Pacific for a little while. 

-monday night's sunset over the pacific-

-view from tuesday morning's run-

-palm trees & pink skies-

-that skyline is incredible-

-out and about before the sun-

-view from topanga canyon-

-hello hollywood-

-the best thing about la-

Wardrobe Wednesday

Sometimes, your best accessory is a pop of color on your digits. With summer practically over, I couldn't resist one last neon pink mani, so I decided to go with Essie's Flirty Fuchsia. There's nothing better than a little tan, a little pink, and the last little bit of summer! Hope you all enjoyed your long weekends. Now onto Fashion Week! Let the games begin!