fred flare

i recently went to the fred flare website, after seeing some cute flats on cup of jo. they have some pretty great stuff! it reminds me of a place in northampton, mass i used to go to when i was in high school called faces. lots of cute, inexpensive clothes, chic accessories and quirky home gear. clearly, i haven't strayed from my personal style in the pics i've chosen here. bright colors, funky patterns and of course for the home, anything with a silly face that makes me giggle. xo. 

wedgey!

so my intention with this post was to find several pairs of espadrilles that were cute, not too high, and at varying price points. i am not sure if i truly succeeded at any of these. finding the right pair of these cute wedges is proving more difficult than i expected. here are a few of my favorites.

stuart weitzman, $395

paloma barcelo, $195

ciao bella, $79

sam edelman, $149

hazlenut and bryan batt

so as you all know, i am a big fan of mad men. yesterday, i read a really interesting article about bryan batt, the actor who plays salvatore romano. it was partly about him and partly about being gay in the 1960s. it actual is kind of spoiler if you haven't seen all of season 3 (it comes out on dvd march 23) but regardless its a thought provoking article. you can read it here. but what i also found in the article is that bryan batt is an accomplished interior decorator (now i love him even more!) and has an adorable home store in new orleans called hazlenut. here are some pictures from the store.

kitchen covets

i'm trying to get into cooking (don't worry i'm making progress) and i think these fun gadgets from around the web would just be such fun, colorful additions to my kitchen. what do you think?

                                                     (via anthropologie, crate+barrel, macy's)
                                                             

kiehl's

this weekend, t and i headed downtown to the flagship kiehl's store, on recommendation of his dad. sounds funny, but his dad had sent me an article about the store, and i thought it looked really neat. i've never owned anything by kiehl's, but i now officially may be a convert. the store itself is located on 3rd ave between 13 and 14th street. it has been there since 1851. as they have touted, "kiehl's is new york born and bred." the store itself was filled with every luscious lotion and cream i could have ever dreamed of. we spent a good long time lathering up and moisturizing, which was quite fun. the decor in the store itself is very cool, beautiful wood floors, vintage furniture and glitzy chandeliers, motorcycles on display  and photos haphazardly hung on the wall. there is even a mud stop coffee shop in the corner. perfect if you need to fuel up mid-beauty routine. i ended up buying the avocado eye cream, because the girl at sephora actually said.."WOW, how old are you?" when she looked at my eyes and just on principal i refused to buy anything from her. so i got the point i needed some cream. and no one at kiehl's was pushy or horrified at my dry undereye area. i have been religiously applying it since yesterday..so we will see what happens. regardless, i had such a nice experience at kiehl's, and next on my list is their classic musk lotion/body wash combo set. it smells terrific. xx