Earlier this year I purchased a sage green Banana Republic x Olivia Palermo flared cuff jacket. I was quite jazzed that it was available in the tall range. Though I found it to run a bit big and I may not have been in love with it, I kept it. At the time, I had [...]
Who else missed out on the Starbucks x Lilly Pulitzer x S'well bottle collaboration? I know that I did not peel my ass out of bed at the buttcrack of dawn to hit Starbucks in time. The gentleman managing Starbucks the morning of the release incredulously informed me at 7 am how there was an [...]
Last Saturday the husband and I went to brunch at Maison 208 and then to Ritz Five for Hotel Artemis. Over the course of the afternoon, we walked over five miles. And y'all, it was hot out. The temperature topped eighty-six degrees. We were sure to hydrate: myself with bubbly rose, the husband with beer, [...]
Samantha Jones lowkey had the boldest wardrobe of the four principle Sex and the City characters. While her style played second fiddle to Carrie's, I think what she wore was more accessible to the everyday gal, especially in the early seasons. (Please note that I did not include her label-emblazoned outfits of the aughts.) I [...]
"Whenever I take Andi back home to Vermont, we have a bucket list to complete: Visit the Ben and Jerry’s Factory, have a spinach and bacon pizza from Positive Pie in Montpelier (our first date), enjoy a Long Trail Brewery Blackberry Wheat, and have my stepmother's spaghetti and meatballs. Her near-baseball size meatballs are a [...]
It has been raining a lot in Philadelphia lately. Right now I have one bright turquoise Patagonia raincoat and one khaki Calvin Klein raincoat, both of which I love for different reasons. The turquoise one is excellent for folding up and keeping in my purse for an afternoon rainstorm. The khaki one is fabulous for [...]
Seersucker is my go-to summer fabric. If a style is available in it, I will buy it. If a tall style is available in it, I bought it yesterday. The scarcity of time that it is permissible to wear seersucker makes the time that you can wear it all the sweeter. While today was in the [...]
I still cannot believe that a brand that was established in San Francisco and so quintessentially American has pulled out of operations in the United States. Did you know that the same gentleman who founded Esprit also founded The North Face? Regardless, since then, I have found a way to get Esprit contraband into the United [...]
I wish there were more stills available of Elaine Robinson, the daughter of the antagonist in The Graduate. The way university students dressed during the mid-century was fantastic, and the character of Elaine exemplified it. Not a pair of sweatpants or pajama pants to be seen! In their place: dresses with well-made overcoats. I would [...]
I am so into one piece swimsuits right now. I already added two to my swimsuit drawer. It must in corellation to growing up. In fact, this one also has a little person version in case you want to match your daughter. Not me. Not not. This suit reminds me of a version of a tank [...]
This spring-slash-summer I have been in love with rugby stripes. They are such an American classic, I cannot not incorporate them in my wardrobe. Not all of the rugby items that I buy work, but nevertheless I love them, even if it means that it is not flattering on my body type. I just ordered [...]
I distinctly remember my first summers both in Washington D.C. and Philadelphia, respectively in 2008 and 2016. I had arrived in the nation's capitol weeks after my graduation from undergrad, late June, from the Mississippi Gulf Coast. 2008 was a great time to be in D.C. and I will always look back on that summer [...]
