Sunshine Girl

Summer Days

I love the gorgeous clothing and scenes from the latest Shopbop lookbook. The photos evoke summer in the best way.

See the full lookbook here

City Favorites: La Bottega

Happy Wednesday, readers! While I usually do a Wishlist Wednesday post to mark the middle of the week, I'd like to introduce a new series here called "City Favorites," where I introduce you to some of my favorite bars, restaurants and shops around NYC. I love where I live and hope that this series can act as a guide for your future visits here. Or, if you are a New Yorker, maybe this will open up some new places to check out.

I'll be alternating between this series and Wishlist Wednesday each week (at least that's the plan) so I hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you think about this first installment of City Favorites, featuring one of my favorite summertime spots, La Bottega. I recently attended a lovely birthday dinner here, and it has a great patio for post-work drinks. I love the fun, round lanterns too. Summer's around the corner and this is a great stop for a hot day.

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Q+A With..

I love discovering new blogs, and finding Ana's blog, Grown-Up Shoes, was a pleasant surprise. As a past Blogshop intern, I stumbled upon Ana's little space via Bri's Design Love Fest (also one of my favorite reads!). I love Ana's blog, where she rounds up awesome products and styles them just right, and her Local Love column is awesome. I love that she brings some Austin flair to her blog too. I also admire the lady for her recent jump to full-time freelance (go Ana!) and wish her the best. Find out more about this awesome blogger below and be sure to stop by Grown-Up Shoes.

And read more about Ana below:

My favorite reads are: wit + delight and design love fest

Favorite place to travel to: Anywhere I haven't been yet

The best hotel I ever stayed at was: A friend's apartment in Paris. He made us breakfast every morning! Can't beat that.

My favorite food is: Oh gosh! Really hard. Probably enchiladas verdes with chips and queso.

Restaurant where I’m a regular: P. Terry's--basically the In-n-Out of Austin

Thanks so much Ana, for joining in on the Q+A series.

Listen Up..

Love intrigues me as a human emotion. So powerful, so unpredictable, so incredible and it also comes in so many forms. I love this quote below for the fact that it is so honest. Hope your day is off to a great start!

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Dynamic Duo: Cozy Seats

Starting off this dreary Monday morning with some cozy nooks and furry throw-covered chairs. I'd love to be curled up with a good book in one of the scenes below..

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Happy Friday

I'm so ready for a beautiful weekend, and hope you are too! Some quick links below to share what I've been up to and what I've been bookmarking, and a gorgeous photo by Jennifer Young to accompany them. Happy Friday!

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What I've Been Up To This Week + What I'm Doing This Weekend

+ Finally met fellow blogger, Kelly, at an interesting Etsy talk

+ Attended an Internet Week panel on the retail industry

+ Booked a major flight for my trip this summer: Barcelona, Ibiza and Croatia, here I come!

+ And this weekend, I'm going to this awesome food and music festival

 

Some Things I've Been Loving on the Web

+ These cool National Park icons from Valerie Jar

+ The photos from my friend, Christine's, wedding are out (the one I attended a few weekends ago), and they are absolutely stunning!

+ Club Monaco is always on point: their Fall lookbook is no exception

 

Enjoy the weekend, all!

Street Style

I love this unfussy look from Stockholm Streetstyle's own Caroline B. Perfect, easy and pretty. Can someone get me those booties ASAP?

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Snaps from Williamsburg and the Weekend

I had a really nice leisurely long weekend during my birthday, and got to spend some time exploring new areas too. Specifically, I took a stroll to the Williamsburg waterfront last Friday and it was so modern and beautiful, a big change from the neighborhood a few blocks away (which I also love), but I was certainly taken by surprise at the development happening on the water. That third shot almost looks like a rendering, doesn't it?

On Saturday, I stopped by the Hester Street Fair in the LES, and it was fun to look around at the vendors. I thought that the pocket-knife necklace was pretty sweet. Just wanted to share a few snapshots from the weekend with you. I think this weekend is going to be just as beautiful, and I'm looking forward to it.

Wishlist Wednesday

Some pretty items in this week's Wishlist Wednesday, including a bikini I love and the perfect camping/daytime backpack. I also love that Nixon watch. A little bit masculine in the best way.

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Smoke

How could I not share this gorgeous editorial shoot with you? I love the effect of the colored smoke around the model, juxtaposed against the black and white shots. Intense, yet beautiful.

See the full set here