Around the (tin) world

photo courtesy of the New York Times

Boy was I off when I thought a giant vintage tin globe, available in one of our favorite neighborhood shops, would be coming home with us. It was only after we found the perfect place for it in our apartment and were giddy with excitement did we realized it would never be ours. Out of the question. We have to eat! And pay the bills! (We wouldn't have been able to do either.) I guess I had forgotten to look at the price tag the first go around...

Until I can bring a giant tin globe home with me (and all sorts of other wonderful things), I'll enjoy a recent NYT slide show of An Artful Clutter. Have anatomical models ever looked so chic?

The Look for Less: Belted Cape

The Fall Favorite: Belted Cape

Paul Smith, $657 (399 GBP)

photo courtesy of Polyvore

The Look for Less

Tulle, $98

photo courtesy of Tulle

The Look for Less: Over the knee suede boots

The Fall Favorite: Over the knee suede boots

Giuseppe Zanotti, $975





















photo courtesy of Net-A-Porter

The Look for Less

Rampage, $80 (these can also be cuffed and worn below the knee, until you're ready for your Pretty Woman moment)

photo courtesy of Piperlime

My debut

I feel like a debutante, with my very first guest blog as my debut.

The fashionable Liz of Pink Monkey Style asked little ole' me to contribute my "Top Five for Fall" for her guest blog series (this from the girl who is getting backstage snap shots straight from Fashion Week! It doesn't get more fabulous than that.)

Sneak peak: over the knee boots, belted capes and... oh, I wouldn't dare spoil the fun. Head on over to Pink Monkey Style and enjoy.

I'll be sure to share my "looks for less" throughout the week.

Maybe this isn't so bad

As I've mentioned (lamented?), it's football season. It's also lots of other things too, like fall, fashion week, the eighth anniversary of 9/11. But it is most certainly football season. Which means massive quantities of food. Adult beverages. Couch time. Icons. Icons? Indeed. Maybe this isn't so bad - I finally read the Vanity Fair article on Marilyn Monroe (October 2008!) and will start on Jackie Kennedy at half time (current issue).

I think we could all use a little Jackie:










































photo courtesy of Kate Spade, fall collection

And of course, Miss Monroe:























photo courtesy of J. Mendel, fall collection























photo courtesy of Marchesa, resort 2010 collection

When we hit the lottery

One of our favorite little games at home is "when we hit the lottery..."* ("we" being the operative word since I don't actually buy the lottery tickets. I buy milk. And laundry detergent. The things we won't need when the husband purchases the winning ticket and we travel the world and order room service, who will, of course, bring us milk and take care of all our dirty little socks.) But anyway, in our game we plan millions of ways to spend our millions. We start with first things first - gifts to charity and family (which are not one in the same, brother, if you are reading this. And I promise the numbers are based on after-tax sums.) And then we move on. On to quitting our jobs. On to traveling to exotic destinations. On to owning a home. Two homes. Three? And then, we fill them... industrial, mid-century modern, folk, vintage, re-purposed junk. All of it. Enter 1st Dibs. Here are a few things I'm keeping an eye on until my ship comes in:

photos courtesy of 1st Dibs


More posts to come on "when I hit the lottery". Because as I mentioned before, there a million ways to spend millions.

*Author's note: although cliché (and who doesn't love a cliché every now and then), I think it is important to note (since the brother does read this), that nothing could make my life more complete, not even a million dollars. It is overflowing with love, faith, happiness. More love, faith and happiness than I could even fill these pages with.**

**So who even needs a vintage Louis Vuitton steamer trunk that would make a fantastic coffee table?! Anyway, we don't play unless the lottery is up to at least $100 million, because after taxes and giving to family and charity, who wants just one million dollars?

Alternate Transportation

The family car is in the shop (again) which may just put our Labor Day plans on hold. And has me wishing for alternate transportation (complete with long hikes in the Pacific northwest):

photo courtesy of the Anthropologie catalog

Back to School

A surprisingly humidity-free (ok, well low humidity) morning reminded me of those long ago back to school days. Here are a few things on my fall wish list:

Black military jacket, H&M

Grey suede boots, Zappos

Vintage desk tray for all my fan mail, Etsy

And for the husband (directly from his own wish list, although the tomboy in me has grown found of it for myself):

"The original" leather postal messenger bag, J.Crew