I Miss You Like The Deserts Miss The Rains

Hello from the Hyatt New Brunswick. (West Brunswick? East? I don't know. Also, why are there that many Brunswicks? One's really enough.) Oddly, the room service is quite good here.


My SINCEREST apologies for the delay in blogging. It's NOT because I'm mad at you or anything. What? You heard I was mad at you? WHO told you that? That's SO not even true? Ew. Don't believe anything she says. Come on. She's an idiot. I would NEVER.


Seriously. I miss you! I miss our talks! I've been traveling like a BAWSSE. First I was in Palm Springs taking in all of the angular mid-century modern architecture and Googie signs and enjoying NOT WORKING for a few days. Then I came back to work, endured the resultant shitstorm as one does when they're out of the office and Outlook is like OH HELL NAW when you try to make some semblance of sense of the gravitas of the gravity of your inbox, and then I turned around and went to New Jersey for Bamboozle. (SHUT UP. IT'S FOR WORK.) Which explains the Brunswick.


Anyway, this is a blog about SHOPPING, so let me quickly share that I got a pair of Nike x Liberty of London Dunk Sky Hi platform wedge hi-top sneakers, and HOLY SHIT, they're the best things I threw a honit and twenty at in a minute.

$130, Nike, Nordstrom
These things corner like they're on rails.

Next thing I don't regret buying at all -- the apotheosis of the best-ever boyfriend jeans: Current/ Elliott's Boyfriend Jeans. Best fit, best slouch, and best of all, I sized about three sizes down. Thanks, C/E, for that body image shot in the arm.

$206, Current/ Elliott/ Shopbop.com

Okay. More blogging soon, I assure you so can sleep well tonight. INCREDIBLE tinted moisturizer with a cruiseship-sized boatload of SPF, gorgeous geode jewelry and other fun finds. But I REALLY must shower and wash the power pop off of me. And the Jersey. (No offense.)

Be & D's Sneaker Pump: Looks Like A Pump, Feels Likes A Sneaker. Literally.

$135, Be&D, Beandd.com

Behold, Be&D Big City sneakers, a collaboration with Brooklyn artist Trong Gia Nguyen, literally look like a pump but feel like a sneaker. To anyone who ever wished heels felt more like sneakers or that their sneakers came with rubber soles, here's the tongue-in-cheek answer to your first world prayers, bitches.

Coach Spring 2012 Preview

Coach's Spring 2012 forecast: fun, whimsical designs that prove that classic doesn't have to be safe. "I would just NEVAH do a white bag"? You thought that, right? But check out this white woven/ whipstitched carryall. THAT'S how you do an everyday white bag without looking like you belong to a yacht club or you're smuggling Easter eggs. It's all in the texture and hardware. Oh, you're into that terrific teal? Good, because that makes two of us. And those nude patent peep-toe stilettos are exactly what to wear with navy, orange, and every neon ever.

Don't think. Just put on the red, white and blue Coach hi-top sneaker.

Jelly watches? They never get old.

The Coach preview took place in their Midtown West ARCHIVES -- basically cold storage for decades' worth of handbags.... RIGHT? I love a well-organized accessories selection. Especially when it contains, oh, say, thousands of bags. 

Puma's Going MONOCHROME, Man. MONOCHROME

I was just having a regular day today until... I received a mass email from Puma and shit got real. They just released their new Monochrome line, and it's kind of major (although I wished someone called me to ask which colors I'd prefer but... the yellow will do). It's seriously all monochrome everything, and clearly I need to own everything from every colorway.

Monochrome Hat, $30

Monochrome #1 Logo T-Shirt, $30

Monochrome Hoodie, $60

Monochrome Track Jacket, $65

Monochrome Grip Bag, $75

Suede Archive Eco Sneakers, $60

In my opinion Puma has been lacking in the style department of late and I'm happy to say that they're making a step back in the right direction with this collection. I've noticed as a brand they're veering away from strictly fashion and getting back into a marriage of fashion and athletic apparel. "Athletic"... right. That's not in my vocabulary.


You can choose from hunter green, red, black, blue and yellow. There's a small part of me that's itching to get one of everything and wear it all at once. CAN YOU IMAGINE?! It brings back a childhood memory of this eccentric elderly family friend who used to dress in all one color. The most memorable was the day I saw her in hot pink from head to toe with matching hot pink lips and eyebrows. I remember my mother and aunt having to leave the room in a fit of laughter claiming she mistook her lip liner for her eyebrow pencil... but now that I think about it, maybe she was just committed and ahead of her time...