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Nine West + InStyle: The Collaboration

August 16, 2013

InStyle is hands-down my favorite fashion magazine, mostly because they do an amazing job of blending fantasy with the real world, and show you actually what to buy and actually how to wear it. As the authority on what real women wear, it makes a ton of sense for the magazine to get involved in the process of creating pieces themselves...but did you know that InStyle has never ventured into the world of retail? Never ever ever?

Likewise, there's Nine West: well-priced, stylish, and wearable in real life (I'd say about 50% of my shoe wardrobe comes from the store). The brand has done some amazing collaborations in the past - Kirna Zabete, Pamela Love, Sophie Theallet - but never before has it collaborated with a major media outlet. Never ever ever.

So this collaboration is very first-of-its-kind.

Very exciting.

InstaGlam

Daily InstaGlam

August 15, 2013

First look (love the bun).

(Shooting an @tjmaxx video w/ hair by @mmorenonyc & makeup by @kumikohirose.)

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Eat

Something Went Into My Kitchen And Emerged Deep-Fried, And That Is A Miracle

August 14, 2013

Deep frying freaks. Me. Out.

First of all, I never had any idea how it worked. I pictured enormous bubbling vats filled with million-degree oil-bombs, and if there's one thing I should stay very far away from it's bubbling vats filled with million-degree oil-bombs. I just didn't get it: you put your meat, fish or vegetable in...and then...what? Does it...float? Or do you have to brave the oil-bomb with a set of (heat-conductive) tongs? How do you know when things are hot enough, or when they're cooked through?

How do you not set the kitchen on fire?!

Anyway, shocker: it's easy. And not nearly as terrifying as I pictured.

Style

Combat Boots For Now And Later

August 14, 2013

I really love combat boots.

Mostly because they remind me of seventh grade, when I switched from a uniform-requiring private school on the Upper West Side to a non-uniform-requiring one on the Upper East Side, and got very, very excited about the concept that I was allowed to wear whatever I wanted.

I remember my old combat boots vividly: my friend Harley and I bought matching pairs (along with matching baby-doll tees and matching mini-backpacks, of course) at a discount store in the East 70s, and I wore them just about every day right up until the point when the laces frayed and the soles started to separate. Which wasn't long after I bought them, because they were extremely cheap. But that was OK, because once My So-Called Life went off the air the expiration date on combat boots arrived pretty quickly.

I am so excited that they're back. And I think they may be back to stay this time around, because they've moved beyond a trend into the world of classics...and also, they're just so fun to wear. They're great with pretty much everything for fall - I especially like them with '90s-ish floral dresses, skinny jeans and muscle tees, and shorts with lightweight sweaters or long-sleeved tees (for balance).

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Daily InstaGlam

August 14, 2013

Those are some good booties, @anntaylor.

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How-To: Hit Up A Movie With A Toddler

August 13, 2013

Alright, not going to lie: taking a child under the age of two to a full-on movie in a for-real movie theater is some serious business.

All the blog posts I've read on the topic say to wait until 2 1/2 or 3 at the earliest...but you know what? I think provided you follow some basic Laws Of Common Sense And Respect For Your Fellow MovieGoer (below) this is a to-each-his-own situation, and a) we really love going to the movies, and it's a special thing for our family, and b) our son actually seems to have an unusually high attention span for anything involving motor vehicles (he can happily sit through the entirety of Cars when we watch it...over and over and over...at home).

So despite the fact that yeah, he's a little young...to the movies we go.

Lifestyle

For The Hostess: Rosanna Alphabet Trays

August 13, 2013

I spotted these little dishwasher-safe (and adorable) trays in a store in Warwick, N.Y. last weekend...and they were so beautifully made that I couldn't believe it when I saw that they cost $12 each.

They're perfect for serving things like olives and nuts or for stashing your keys by the door, and make a great gift (try buying a few to spell out someone's name or a word).

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Weekend Snapshots: At The Carnival

August 12, 2013

When I was a little kid, my parents' best friends lived in upstate New York (near Warwick, the town where we went apple-picking last fall and did our bed-and-breakfast trip a few months ago). They had two kids just a little older than me named Ali and Matt and one a little younger named Nicky, and one day every summer both families would head to the Orange County Fair.

Here's my first time ever at the fair, in 1983.

For any kid - but especially a city kid who didn't often see things like ponies and carousels - it was paradise. Obviously I thought Ali and Matt - 3 and 5 years older than me, respectively - were the coolest people in the entire world, so the fact that I was allowed to follow them around on short parent-free journeys to get a funnel cake or get our photo taken for a souvenir was exciting almost beyond what I could wrap my head around. Mostly what I remember was that the carnival felt big...impossibly big, like you could spend entire summers there and never explore it all. And the rides seemed so fancy and advanced, like something out of a Spielberg movie.

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