it's about time

I have been separated (by distance not by choice) from my husband for 3 1/2 months. I moved down to San Jose/San Francisco for a job, and he has been up in Seattle waiting to make the move. Finally, finally, finally I am getting my husband (and nacho-dog) today. We'll be driving down from Seattle with all our stuff, and the dog for the next two days. So, forgive me for my absence, but I got something far more important than blogging to do :)

Until Monday...

the issue with the september issue

Has anyone else seen The September Issue? I saw the movie last week with my mom and . . . was bored out of my mind!!!

Here's my movie summary:

• Everyone bickers with each other.


• Anna Wintour is pissy and aloof most of the time.

Umm, can I get a refund?

someday is today

When I was young (as if I am old), I would come to San Francisco from time to time. For my 16 birthday, I came to San Francisco with my mother and sister, and we shopped for my Jr. Prom dress. Upon driving back into the city, we drove up Van Ness Ave. and past the San Francisco Opera. It must of been their Gala, as the red carpet was rolled out and limos were parked outside. As we drove past the front of the Opera House, I vividly remember seeing a woman standing at the top of the steps; brown hair swept up in a twist, her back exposed, and the train of her crimson dress covered the steps beneath her.

I was enthralled. For a 16 year old girl, that spent her days listening to TOOL, to find the Opera desirable was an accomplishment. If my mother would have known what was going through my head at that moment, she probably would have stop right there, bought me a ticket, and made every attempt to save me from my poor music taste.

Anyways...we drove past the building, my head turning to see as much as possible, and although I only got a glimpse of the interior through the window of my mother's mini van, I thought to myself, "Someday, I will go there."

Well 10 years later, I'm going. Tonight, in fact. It's no Gala, and there won't be a red carpet, but I will finally see the inside, here the music, and be able to say at 16 I knew what I was talking about.

Enough said. I've got to go get dressed.

turning the page

My 25 year was destined to be a rough one. The day of my 25 birthday I said to TJ, "25 is a figure it out year, it will be messy; however, 26 is when I finally get to hit the ground running." Man, oh man, was I right.

I spent my last 5 months of being 25 "getting it together." Starting a new job, family members passing, living apart from the two best people on the planet (TJ and Nacho dog 0f course), moving in with my grandmother in San Jose, moving to San Francisco alone, blah, blah, blah...the list could go on...

Rough times only prove who you really are. They test your character and refine your soul. You true colors really show under stress. That being said, if you're a horrible human, you seem even worse. And if you are a person of character, you come out of the "toughness" a tiny bit taller, with your head held high.

Something about seeing the light at the end of the tunnel....knowing the end is within arms reach, makes me turn around and feel proud. "We survived," I tell myself. Mine (and our) transition to San Francisco is almost over. In less than two weeks TJ, Nacho, and our entire home will finally be here. No more sleeping on a sofa bed, yay! Finally, we both will be ready to "hit the ground running."

Point being, I turned 26 this past Saturday. And I just know 26 is going to be a good year.

it's just getting started

Although the fashion frenzy is just getting started, you can see the first trend from a mile away...they look like paintings almost. What the hell am I talking about, you ask? Why, brush stoke prints for Spring 2010, of course!

Who needs florals when you've got a paint brush? Though the spring 2010 season is almost a year away, you might as well start shopping early. You can save yourself a pretty penny searching out prints from this past seasons.

One down...many more trends to go.

here's why

Whyred pronounced why-red, is one of my favorite Swedish labels. Designers Roland Hjort, Lena Patriksson Keller and Jonas Clason started designing menswear back in 1999, and quicky grew into womenswear.

The Spring 2010 collection consist of minimal, raw, "throw it on and walk out the door" clothing that I would suggest you consider adding to your wardrobe. Simple, easy, clean, and modestly priced are all accurate words to describe the collection. Exactly what you need and what you can rationalize spending money on in "economic times like these." Whyred just launched an online store ... sounds like it's time to start shopping right?

Here are some more images from the Spring 2010 lookbook.

signs of life

I'm alive, still breathing, and back. I have moved into my apartment in San Francisco, finally established the internet, and in two weeks the sounds of A's baseball, Rachel Maddow, and little dog feet running across the hardwood floor will fill the house again. I am a step closer to normal, two weeks from having my husband back, and with some time things will be settled again...ahh.

In the meantime, back to basics, back to the things I love. I've missed staying up late, warm bubble baths, Cote Bastide soap, the smells of olive oil and garlic, drinking cheap table wine after 10pm, systematically scanning one fashion site after another for news, reading my French Vogue...ahh.

Anyways, I'm back in the game, just in time for Fashion Week to start.