A dear friend of mine took these pictures of the cherry blossom trees in Central Park while they were in full bloom last month. I am in love with the pale pink color and the delicate petals of each flower. I heart springtime in New York.

I was a HUGE fan of french braids when I was in middle school. I went through one entire school year of forcing my mother to french braid my hair a different way every day and I would go as many days as possible without repeating the same style. Diagonal french braids, horizontal [...]

The Kids at The Eldridge in New York City
Photographer: self timer

I once passed Jude Law on the streets of Soho as I was heading to Balthazar for brunch. Sigh.
Anyway. I stumbled upon this behind the scenes footage of Jude Law’s new Dior Homme campaign and I just love it and felt inspired to share it with you.

There are moments when I desire to sneak off to Paris for a month or two.. just like Sabrina Fairchild in the film “Sabrina” … one of my favorites.
When I stumbled upon this three minute short, “Kisses From Paris” directed by Yvan Attal, that the Paris Tourism Board released earlier this week, it [...]

Although I’ve worn the same color palette and makeup* since I was in high school, I prefer not to throw away the free makeup I receive in gift bags and what have you…
So I keep it.
In a bin under the bathroom sink.
Actually there are two bins and I could probably use a third.
I’ve packed the [...]

In addition to painting my life gold…
I’ve also been making lemonade, spiked lemonade, sparkling mint lemonade, lemon bread, Jay Z’s lemon pie and basically anything and everything lemon until I reach that pot of gold.
Metaphorically speaking. Definitely, Maybe.
When a friend sent this to me yesterday to kick off my week with a little humor, [...]

I miss the supermodels.
What happened to the days that absolutely gorgeous faces graced the pages of magazines and billboards and filled the commercials and music videos with awe-inspiring-make-me-want-to-cry beauty?
Claudia Schiffer, Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Amber Valetta, Kate Moss, Shalom Harlow, and Tyra Banks were the faces that I associated with high [...]

 
va bene. simply bellissima
{photo by Becky Johnson}

Behind the scenes footage of Maximilian Wiedemann doing what he does best:

The music was too loud to converse at the party… it was all jingle and no mingle. So Kimberli and I helped ourselves to a tour of the apartment and stumbled across the perfect setting for a spontaneous photo shoot.