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Summer of the Spritz

Posted on September 3, 2017
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Last Sunday was definitely my best Sippin’ Sunday yet because I got to throw my very own Aperol Spritz party. Yes, you read that right. A full on Aperol Spritz only party 😍 with allllllll the spritzes, Aperol Spritz photo booth, Aperol Spritz hats😂, and even an Aperol Spritz pup! 😛🐶 Safe to say, it was the BEST DAY EVER!

It’s clear by now that I’m obsessed with spritzes, but why?!  Having a spritz is having an experience, it’s not just a drink. With every sip I’m transported to a different European ally, sitting outside, ocean breeze in the distance.  My family and I have been drinking these for years and I’m stoked they are slowly becoming more popular in the states! Been way ahead of the curve for too long. 😉  Plus, they pair extremely well with gigantic wide brim hats. 😜👒💅✨

Another reason I love them? Recipe is on the back of the Aperol bottle so really anyone can make it even if they haven’t heard of it! Easy pease! They are light, refreshing and you can drink the for hourrssss without getting to sloshed. I should know, I think I had 6 or 7 at my party. 😆🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍊

Scroll dow for the party of my dreamsssss!!! 😁😁😁

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Thank you Campari America and Made PR for sponsoring this event; and thank you Grace Sager for capturing it all!

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A Few of My Favorite Things

Posted on August 30, 2017
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As we enter our last month of summer (officially 23 days left 😬, unofficially 56 days… I see you, SF Indian Summer 👋🌞), I figured appropriate to talk about a few of my favorite styles & trends that I’ve been really drawn to recently, which are sure to remain a wardrobe staple of mine this fall… ☺️👕👖

*Enter* mocknecks, cool-girl denim, mini backpacks, and statement earrings.

  1. Totally obsessed with mockneck turtlenecks ATM. 🙌🏼 They exude this level of chic sophistication, with a slight mysterious edge that I love. 💕🖤 Plus Everlane just came out with 2 mockneck styles that I’m swooooning for; literally just bought this one and this one.
  2. Statement earrings. They came for summer and are staying for fall. (Trust me, I work at a jewelry company and we didn’t even make cuffs for our upcoming collections. 😂😆 It’s all about the statement earrings. 💫💫
  3. Not sure whether I’m more attracted to the high waist, wide-leg or raw hem on these pants; but these days I’m only wearing pants with a raw hem – it gives any denim an instant 🆒 girl vibe…(ha! so maybe it’s the raw hem; although, I could say the same about a high waist 💯).

So basically, this look optimizes me. 😜🙌🏼 I combined allll the above here with my retro New Balance kicks for an 80’s reminiscent look (also in style 😏), but they can just as easily be the main “event.”

(and yes, I did change sunnies mid-shoot. 🙈🙊 It isn’t the first time I’ve done this either hahaha, guilty! 🤣 Truth be told, probbbbably 60% of the time I leave the house with multiple sunnies options. A common problem of mine lol 🤐🤐🤐)

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Wearing // Shoes: New Balance via Urban Outfitters  (similar) /  Pants: Rachel Comey (similar: here, here) / Sweatshirt: Topshop (similar: here, here) / Glasses: Ray-ban / Gold glasses: Supa Sundays / Earrings: The2Bandits / Backpack: Urban Outfitters (similar) //

Colors (left to right) // Pantone 679C / Pantone 540C / Pantone 7700C / Pantone 7552C / Pantone 7528C //

Photography // Kara Nixon / @kbdawg //

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Eat Drink SF

Posted on August 26, 2017
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Chaos! A great way to describe last night at Eat Drink SF. Not gunna lie, I felt pretty cool last night waltzing in with my media pass and getting ahead of the crowd (totally worth it), once everyone was in the building it was mayhem. But I guess that’s what you have to expect from SF’s best food and wine festival. And the best part? (Well besides an endless glass of booze in your hand) It last’s three days!

All the top restaurants in and around the city gather to show off their most interesting menu items and I was ready to take ALL of them. Gotta say though, I was disappointed that Cotogna was serving pea soup instead of their famous and seriouslyyy delicious pizza.

And while we’re on the topic of honesty, I think I enjoyed the alcohol options more then the food! haha. I mean it can be a bit underwhelming to wait in a line and only come out with a cracker & cheese or one piece of sashimi – ya feel me? But getting to try 18 different kinds of cocktails, along with spirits, wines, and beer. I mean… that’s a great Friday night right there.

Last thing I wanna say is that Lillet won best booth design, SO stinkin’ CUTE. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves now…

PS: You can still get tickets for today or tomorrow, or I’ll just see you there next year. 😉

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My Go-To Dress of the Season

Posted on August 23, 2017
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BEHOLD: My favorite way to wear dresses this season, with, (surprise!) my favorite summer dress. 💖👗

I’m sure you’ve seen it all over my Instagram, after all, it has come on every vacation with me in the last 5 months (…and that’s a lot of vacations). 😜

This dress is part everything which is what makes me constantly reach for it when the sun comes out. When I paired it with elegant sandals? Classy.☺️👡 Paired with sneakers? Sporty. 😎👟 Paired with flip flops? Beachy.😄👙 And naturally? Sexy. 😘

The layering of the fabric and movement in the dress is stunning. I can’t help but constantly twirl and run it through my hands with each wear.💫👗🙃

Easy, versatile, beachy, sporty, sexy, casual dresses (most under $100):

But what’s my favorite way to style a dress this summer? Sneakers. More styled and more unexpected, I want people to do a double-take 💅💃👀…yes..surprise, surprise that’s my M.O. 😝😛

Shop my top picks for sneaker/dress pairing:

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Wearing // Shoes: Converse  /  Dress: Free People (similar) / Hat: Urban Outfitters / Glasses: Ray-ban //

Colors (left to right) // Pantone Neutral Black C / Pantone 143C / Pantone 5773C / Pantone 434C / Pantone 427C (50%) //

Photography // Kelsey Mitchell / @kelseymitchellphoto //

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SF Summer of Love

Posted on August 17, 2017
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It’s the 5oth Anniversary of SF’s Summer of Love, people! And so many “summer of lovey” things have been happening lately…

  1. First of all, I actually went to the Summer of Love exhibit at the Deyoung just a week back and it was to DIE for. Totally geeked out and got the audio tour, wrote notes on my phone, and made the whole group wait at the end for me since I was reveling in all it’s glory just a little toooo long.
  2. Outsidelands was last weekend! Which is basically hippies dancing in fields ala Summer of Love right? ✌️🎶🌾  (I skipped it for the first year, in forever ,  and went out to Guerneville instead BUT the point is I was still out in nature, exploring and consuming trees 😜🌲👣  so….#summeroflove vibes for sure 🌞
  3. Speaking of, love in the air! It was just Katie and my 7 year anniversary!! Yayyyy for us! I know you’re prob not reading this babe, but I love you.💞✨👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩✨💞

Anyway, I don’t know if this shoot was inspired by alllll that has transpired the last few weeks or if I’m just naturally a hippie boho kinda chick (👈😛👍 ) but I’m really digging the sense of freedom that came of it. I could feel the wind blow through the lace kaftan (literally cause I was freezing my ass off 😂), lifting and tousling my hair, chill the tip of my nose.💨🙌💨  Brisk yet peaceful…

That is SF, and all I wanted to do was keep dancing in this field; I’m sure the people at the Trips Festival of 1966 got nipped by the cold SF air a time or two….🤔 I wonder… I mean, it was Golden Gate Park after all… 🌥👯 🌿💛🌾

Psst: Earlier this summer I was also a part of Free People’s Summer of Love campaign! Check out more on the FP blog, and see if you can find my contribution to their Summer of Love playlist 😉

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Hope you enjoy the look and check out the Summer of Love exhibit if you can!! Highly recommend and it’s only around a few more days (ends 8/20)!

Wearing // Shoes: Frye Boots (similar: here, here) / Kaftan: Jen’s Pirate Booty (similar: here, here) / Bralette: Free People / Glasses: Vintage / Earrings: Vanessa Mooney //

Colors (left to right) // Pantone 642C (50%) / Pantone 5743C / Pantone 7749C / Pantone 7582C / Pantone Black 4C //

Photography // Charlotte Dupont / @itsmecharlottephoto //

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Beer Rec: Rare Barrel Supermassive

Posted on August 13, 2017
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The Facts
Style: Dark Sour
ABV: 6.9%
Brewer: The Rare Barrel
Location: Berkely, CA

So it’s been awhile since I’ve done a beer post, oops. Too busy drinking Aperol Spritz lately.😳😬 Wanted to bring it back though with one of my local favs, Rare Barrel. An East Bay house of sours,  these guys make some of the most mouth puckering brews around! 😙 That being said…they mellowed out ever so slightly with this dark sour. Still sour but softened a bit by the aging in oak barrels and brettanomyces fermentation.

TASTE TEST: Minimal carbonation. Sour for sure but less then most extreme bright Rare Barrel beers. Dark cherry color. Ripe blueberry notes. Grapes (red not green). Not overly mouth puckering. Definitely notes of blackberry, and black currants. Hint of dark chocolate and raisens in the mouth but tart/tannic on the finish. 🍫🍇🍒

What’s the point of living in a city if you can’t enjoy rooftop drinking? Looking out over the cityscape on a warm summers eve….HA jokes on me cause it’s cloudy AF on this Sunday. Thank you, SF. 😂😑🌁 But that won’t stop me from living my best rooftop beer dreams. 🏠🍻😍

So….Roof beers anyone?? Sippinsundays? Let’s do it! 😝🍺
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Beer // Rare Barrel: Supermassive / Found at: BiRite and K&L Wines //

Colors (left to right) // Pantone 7545C / Pantone 4715C / Pantone 503U / Pantone 480U / Pantone 478C //

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The Wrap Maxi Skirt

Posted on August 10, 2017
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The Wrap Maxi Skirt – My Go To Vacation Piece

I bought this floral maxi skirt from Reformation at the start of summer for alllll my upcoming travels, but now I have to blog about it since it’s been (and will continue to be) my go-to vacation look. Let’s be honest, when & where would this skirt not work? 😝🤷‍♀️ I took it to Ibiza and will be taking it to Italy in Sept, Hawaii in November and Mexico in December. So, seeeee?! It’s really a year round purchase, as “summery” as it may look. 🙃😉

I loveeee the flexibility it brings to my vacation wardrobe because I can dress it down with some slides and a bikini top for the beach or dress it up with heels and a blouse for dinner.🏖👠

Pairing a high waisted wrap skirt with just a simple white cami or off-the-shoulder crop is the perfect level of casual chic that I like to go for on vacation.🌼 🌸 🌺  That effortless cool, like when I just get off the beach but then 5 minutes later, ready for a glamorous dinner. 😉✨☀️💅

With that trail of fabric flowing behind me, I always feel like a goddess in a wrapped maxi. 👘👑

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