new york diary: part 1

i've been looking forward to my trip to new york for far too long.  its by far one of my favorite cities.  the boyf had never been so i was excited to be able to experience it with him.  we stayed with some friends in weehawken.  i know know a little far but hey it was a free place to stay so no complaints there.  we were greeted with a lovely view of the skyline, some brooklyn lager and some proper new york pizza.  

packing/city skyline/time square/pizza/good food in soho/the skyline/kaws

outfit 1:

button down ~ ralph lauren

sweatshirt ~ target

sunnies ~ karen walker

watch ~ coach

suitcase:

denim jacket ~ pendleton for levis

dress ~ rodarte for target

button down ~ ralph lauren

bra ~ uo

tank ~ actual pain

mellow yellow

hello friends!  i apologize for my hiatus on the blog.  i've been curled up on the sofa reading harry potter (yeah i finally gave in) and on the rare nice day here in the great northwest i've been playing outside.  sadly my camera has been left at home and the only photos i've been taking are of instagrams of food i ate.  but maybe you want to see that too?

i picked up these steven loafers at the nordstrom sale a while back and finally wore them.  sadly my feet were bloody by the end of the day.  crossing my fingers they'll be comfortable one day.

oh and i could probably stop traffic with that belt.

wearing:

dress ~ hawks by geren ford

sweater ~ club monaco

loafers ~ steven 

belt ~ gap

watch ~ coach

xoxo

alicia

champagne and hot dogs

the boyf and i have lived in the same place for over a year now but have never hosted a proper bbq on our roof top deck.  last summer was one of the dreariest we've had in a while so our goal is to make up for it this summer.  it doesn't feel 100% like summer in seattle until the fourth.  so last weekend seemed like the perfect time to have some pals over for "b-raq's world famous hot dogs".

i whipped up some champagne drinks for voss and alex, that to be honest looked way fancier than they actually were.  it was just champagne and italian blood orange soda.  but when my neighbors were ooohhing and ahhhing i may have fibbed to make me look cool. ;)

did you get a free slurpee yesterday?  i didn't, so sad.

top/flats: h&m

romper worn as shorts: hawks by geren ford

watch: coach

hat: cooperative

moccasins: minnetonka 

xoxo

alicia