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Images from Viet World Kitchen and Kokken 69 I will be the first to admit that I do not have enough Asian foods in my cooking repertoire. I will also openly admit a lot of it is because I am afraid of the wok. Something about the level of heat and Benjamin rushing into the [...]

Spring doesn’t always have to be about pinks, flowers and wild prints. When I stumbled across this ensemble on Pinterest it struck me as clean, bright and polished without being over the top. With a subtler necklace it can go to work and with white jeans it can go anywhere else. The black accessories ground [...]

reated in the mid-1930s for Air Force pilots by Ray-Ban through a commission of the U.S. Government, the aviator has long since made the crossover from “military functional” to “completely chic.” I double dog dare you not to think of Top Gun when aviators are mentioned. These go-anywhere frames are wearable by just about anyone, [...]

am a big fan of ideas. Specifically great ones. What fascinates me even more sometimes is HOW those ideas came to be. I do not believe in the proverbial lightning strike. Great ideas are not random – they come from somewhere. Is there “right place / right time”? Yes. But that doesn’t work without the [...]

Otherwise known as,”Winter 2012 we are SO done with you.” If it’s 74 degrees here, 60 degrees in New York and Vermont has hardly any snow? I’m calling it SPRING. Even in the middle of February. WRITE IT DOWN. And since it’s now SPRING for all intents and purposes, it’s time to think turquoise. Let’s [...]

hoes are taking a memo from the color-blocking craze this spring – in the form of wide-strapped sandals. In a bold “up-the-ante” move, shoes have had a meeting and it’s a silver moment that takes the stage for spring 2012. I completely approve. I’m over at momtastic today talking about silver, wide-strapped sandals and picking [...]

Shop: BCBG ‘Lardenas’ | Calvin Klein ‘Felisha’ | Kate Spade Leopard | Vince Camuto ‘Stacie’ | Sam Edelman ‘Jayla’ | Delman ‘Larue’ Oh, the ankle bootie. I will admit to being a late adopter of this trend, but I blame the 80s and their silly tiny slouchy boots that made no sense to me. The [...]

All black, all the time. I know spring is right around the corner, but thanks to the resurgence of black on the runways for Fall 2012, I’m enjoying a renewed love affair with la vie en noir in all it’s incarnations… Have a great weekend everyone – we’ll see you back here Monday for more [...]

Inspiration image via Style by Kling Remember that old rule about white only after Memorial Day? It’s dead now. Let it go and pull out the white jeans today. You’ll like it, I promise. (And street style totally counts as runway during Fashion Week in New York.) Inspired options: Blazer, Hugo | Sweater, Vivian Tam [...]

I am the first to admit that colored jewelry makes me a little twitchy. Done poorly it reminds me of children’s jewelry – and no one wants that. But the trend of colored jewelry has made me rethink the old Hello Kitty baggage – and over at momtastic I’m taking a quick look at spinning [...]