a musing of sorts: March 2011

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Snake Out On The Town

This is hilarious! The Egyptian Cobra that escaped the Bronx Zoo last week is tweeting his adventures in the Big Apple!

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Does anyone know if the Whole Foods in Columbus Circle sells organic mice?

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Getting on the ferry to Ellis Island. Let's hope this goes better than that time on the plane. #snakeonthetown

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Taking the Sex and the City Tour!!! I'm totally a SSSamantha. #snakeonthetown

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Holding very still in the snake exhibit at the Museum of Natural History. This is gonna be hilarious!

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I want to thank those animals from the movie "Madagascar." They were a real inspiration.

Follow The Cobra here.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The Celine Boston Tote came in an array of sizes and colors and skins, I was overwhelmed with the choices! I needed more time to think! Classic ending to my story - I'm still cursing myself for letting it slip away :(

Maybe one day you shall be mine...

Monday, March 28, 2011

Spring Cleaning

It's that time of year again. Cleaning out your wardrobe, closet re-assessment, de-cluttering your closet, or whatever you want to call it - it's a dreaded chore and nothing I am looking forward to. The thought of re-visitng last year's worn to shreds summer wardrobe; the never or rarely worn and ill fitting items; pieces that - looking back now - were a huge #FAIL sitting there taunting me with the inevitable question "WTH was i thinking?".

This year I vowed to make drastic changes and do a proper assessment of the contents of my closet. I read somewhere that we only wear 20% of our wardrobe, sad I know, but the good news is we wear that said 20%, 80% of the time! I think it holds true in my case as I've noticed myself sticking to a few pieces I love rather than forcing myself to wear something that's blah just for the sake of change.

So dear readers, behold my new wardrobe resolutions:

I will toss away anything I haven't worn more than three times in the past year, even if it's a "classic" piece. By classic piece I'm referring to that baby pink cotton vest I got from Zara that I was hoping to pair with a floral sleeveless dress one day and a top hat and go running through the meadows in the summer time; my olive green that go with anything leggings; or that long camel cardi-coat I got that can only be worn with one dress in my closet.
Any items that are too small in size will go. Chances are I will have gotten bored with them by the time I get around to actually losing the weight.
There will be a bonfire of my huge Juicy Couture collection (a collection i was very proud of one point in time)
Will work on a capsule wardrobe with a few quality pieces and where everything goes with everything else. If it doesn't have a coordinating buddy or two, it's out.

Wish me luck and let's hope I don't get sucked back into old habits!

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Love Story

Best.Jeans.

EVER!

Tangga House in Singapore

beautiful beautiful beautiful!
via homedsgn

Friday, March 25, 2011

Rose Coconut Shake

My latest culinary obsession is anything rose flavored - turkish delights, sorbet/ice-cream, and a fluffy mousse concoction - and now I can add this rose coconut shake to my list! Found this drink recipe via Blogs Babble that would be perfect for these days as the weather's slowly heating up.

Ingredients:

1/8 tsp rose water (extract)
1/3 cup soy milk or soy creamer
2-3 scoops coconut milk ice cream (vanilla flavor) – slightly softened
pink coloring (optional) – 3 drops red and 1 drop blue

garnish: fresh rose petals

Directions:

Hand-mash the ingredients in a sturdy mug. Pour into shake serving glasses with a long spoon or straw. Garnish with rose petals. Serve!

Unknowledgable Fashionista

We all know one, or a few ;) Loved this tumblr that pokes fun at "fashionistas" who claim to be in the know when it comes to fashion just because they watch The Rachel Zoe Project, carry the latest It-bag and wear nothing but Louboutins!

via Refinery29

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Sunshine In a Bottle

A few years back I started using Clarin's After Sun Moisturizer to maintain my hard earned tan..it smelled heavenly and really lifted my mood whenever i got a whiff of it on my skin! Unfortunately I stopped using it cause I haven't been under the sun since then, but the other day while at the Clarins counter, i jumped with joy after discovering this!!

Sunshine Fragrance

It's the same fragrance used in their after sun line! Great scent for summer. Trust.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Controversial Models

First it was Lea T, the transgender model in the Givenchy ads, then Tisci (that's Mr Riccardo to you) cast an albino model Stephen Thompson as the latest controversial model to front the Givenchy ad campaigns.
Now other designers are following suit, meet Rick Genest (aka Zombie Boy - see pic below to know why) who also appears in Lady Gagas' Born This Way video, was chosen as the face of Theirry Mugler's Fall ad campaign. I wonder what designers will be serving next?

Lea T