Final Days in NYC

So, to wrap up the almost week in New York, I ran around and did some more meets and greets and shopping (of course).

On Monday, I had the opportunity to meet Sarah from Style It and Beka from ReLyme for a quick lunch. It was so nice to meet more of my online friends in person, plus it gave me an opportunity to wear more of the ginormous amount of clothes I brought with me.

I finally got to wear my other vintage hat that I bought (along with the brown feathery one). I guess you would actually call this more of a fascinator rather than an actual hat.



Isn't it cute?

I purposefully bought a pair of cropped fuchsia gloves from Sermoneta to go with it. After meeting the girls for lunch and then finding another cupcake bakery, I made my way back to the hotel. Miss Wendy B. came by and picked me up and we went on our adventure down to Christian Francis Roth's studio so I could try on the fabulous kilt pin skirt. More on that in another post so you have to be patient!

Sadly, after being wine'd and dined by Wendy and Mr. B the night before, I had to get up and get packing to head back home (*sad face*)... but not before I crammed in some last minute shoe shopping!

Well, can you blame me? Barney's was having a sale!

Anyways, did you happen to see these cute Chanel booties in the March Harper's Bazaar as worn by SJP?




They're very cute, right?



Yeah, well, they aren't that great on me. (*another sad face*)


But I did get a pair that I'm going to share with you later (mainly because they aren't even online and I didn't take a picture. What a dope!)


What I did take a picture of are these:




Lime green Manolos with a super skinny, super tall heel. We are talking spindly here.

These babies are winging their way to me now. I also tried on the YSL Tribute Too pumps in black patent but quickly ran out of the store before I shopped more.

Not that I'm not still thinking about them....

More More More New York

So I've tried to be a good blogger while I'm on the road but in spite of having my handy new mini HP (which I'm using right now) I have still been totally slack and quite a slug. On Thursday when I came in I was feeling a bit homesick but haven't had a chance to anymore because I've been running around so much and meeting so many people in person finally!

Yesterday Sarah (Miss @StyleIt) graciously invited me to be her "plus 1" to the Dolce and Gabbana Pat MacGrath make-up event at Saks. Sarah did a great post about the event here. We both got a lovely session with the talented artists. I had dashed down there from my hotel, got to stay for about 40 minutes and had to dash back out. Luckily Sarah got to stay longer and came away with quite a selection, so check out her full review!



I bolted back down to Grand Central to meet Miss WendyB to go to some crazy sounding place called Spuyten Duyvil. Okay, it's actually a stop in Riverdale but I didn't know if she was kidnapping me to sell off out of the back of some hookah bar or something!



By they way, I totally feel I am not living up to my shoe reputation because I've been wearing flats all over the place and not heels. What's that about?!? I'm from car driving country so I'm a wimp. But at least I'm not wearing big touristy sneakers and have a camera or a fanny pack!

While in Riverdale, I got a new dress that has a great yellow and black pattern (soon to be showcased when I get home and have more shoe options) and met some cute ladies and cats. Actually I liked the ladies so much that even though Wendy ditched us, we still all went to a yummy fun dinner and cute bar. Our dinner waiter plied us with drinks and desserts so you can't beat that, even if it did start to pour down rain right when I was trying to catch a cab.

Today I got up late ate some more NY bagels and decided to head over to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I don't think I'd been there in a good 12 years, so if you are also on Twitter I'm sorry for all the crazy TwitPics I've spammed you with.

My favorite parts were the medieval unicorns, the armor room and this plate which reads: He who washes the head of an ass wastes the soap.



Truer words have never been spoken, right?

Actually this Joan Miró painting may be my new favorite thing. It's called "This is the Color of my Dreams."




Isn't it amazing?

Lucky me, Miss Wendy met me at the museum so we could see the new Model as Muse exhibit. Personally I thought it was a bit of a stretch compared to the premise they presented. The whole point of the exhibit was that models influenced fashion but, at least based on the show, it seemed to be more about models and photography not really designers and models working together. Frankly it felt a little flat and superficial to me. Some pretty photos though.

Afterwards I had lovely dinner with Wendy and then got to meet her sweetie pups and Mr. B. I know it's been said before but Wendy's even more fun in person! And cute! Yes, it's disgustingly true. I'm trying not to hate her for it!

No seriously, I luv her!

Now, what shall we do tomorrow???

New York Day 1 and 2

So just a few quick updates from New York!

On Thursday I landed and got to the hotel. Lucky me, they had a room ready so I could drop off all of my stuff and unpack a bit. I then ventured out in the rain and walked all over! I went to ABC Carpet and Home (gorgeous!)...



And then popped into Forever 21, TopShop (cute miniskirts - see below), Sephora and a few funky stores like Obscura and Evolution.




Only a beet juice from Pure Food takeaway and Magnolia cupcakes could keep me going!

Yesterday I ran around and found myself in the Sakes Shoe floor. I got a few little things....

After having a quick sandwich picnic in the park I met the delightful (yes in person she is to!) Wendy Brandes at Bergdorfs, where she tempted me to by more shoes, and then on to drinks. We laughed until our cheeks hurt!

More adventures to follow!

Soon...

Image from Colepike via Flickr

"One belongs to New York instantly; one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years."
~ Thomas Wolfe


I'll be there soon, my dears.

And I can't wait to see you. Yes, you, New York, but I also hope to meet some of my online friends in person too. Tea parties? Cupcake picnics? Dinner and adventures?

What'll it be?

May 14th - 19th

What should we do???