your best friend/soulmate moving home after six years away, wearing the most beautiful engagement ring on her finger and with the sweetest southern man on her arm. i have been waiting for this moment since the moment she left to move down to asheville almost exactly six years ago and i could not be happier with the way things are unfolding!
welcome home, beautiful marissa! i can't wait to plan our weddings together!
hello, little sweeties! happy monday... i hope you all had wonderful weekends! ours was so lovely! friday afternoon i received these yummy goodies in the mail (they're the steve madden annnie-l and they're going to be my go-to fall footwear... i love them so much i'm going to order them in either taupe or black, too):
we spent friday night in watching twin peaks and drinking malbec (yum!) and saturday we headed down to boston for our friends' paul & amanda's wedding. we started the afternoon with ginger beer and vodka lemonade that my dear friend courtney made... so yummy!
yummiest summer cocktail!
vintage barware i gifted to court last christmas
courtney's feline, toni danza, clearly very stressed about the wedding.
taking care of business.
happy friday, friends! a few days ago my dearest alex sent me an email requesting "a post featuring tons of [affordable] maxi dresses in more neutral less crazy patterns." i thought friday faves was the perfect opportunity to showcase my findings - which are all under $100 and lovely. some aren't patterned and are super simple but i think they're lovely just the same... enjoy!
1 chain necklace open-back maxi, $31.03 via asos
2 black crochet tunic maxi, $38 via lucky rabbit
3 warehouse one-shoulder leopard maxi, $43.10 via asos
4 etsuko tiger-pring maxi, $46.99 via ruche
5 cheap monday domino maxi, $58 via nasty gal
6 aryn k dune maxi, $61.60 via nasty gal
7 bleach breton maxi, $72.50 via all saints
8 jungle jane tie-dye maxi, $75 via navajo girl
9 axle maxi dress, $80 via all saints
10 bleach zebra maxi, $99.50 via all saints
a few days ago i was at savers (love that place!) and found a million great things but wasn't totally in love with anything (with the exception of a great t-shirt, circle sweater and a cashmere j.crew sweater for the dream). on my way to the registers i spied with my little eye something absolutely unlike anything i'd ever seen... and perfect for alex. it feels like lambskin and yes, my loves, that is a chiffon back panel and chiffon sleeves! for $4.99 i couldn't resist...
good morning and happy monday, sweet things! as you may or may not know by now, today is actually my friday. and today is also very special because my dear friend alex is coming to visit from nyc! she's staying through wednesday afternoon and we are going to have so much fun beaching and thrifting and loving on each other.
alex is one of my best friends (like marissa!) and, just like marissa, i don't get to see her very often. we have a super strong bond though and have been through a lot and i'm so glad to have her in my life. and i'm so excited to see her!
this is also the first time she'll be meeting the dreamboat, so that is VERY exciting for me as well. i think they'll get along famously... fingers crossed!
here are a few photos of alex & i from a while back - we're talking my college days! enjoy!
when alex was a blonde and i was a brunette!
oh my gosh, haha! check out my septum ring!
snuggling ontop of her. i think i was singing to her!
jeepers creepers am i the happiest or what?! marissa and asa came to visit on saturday and they brought our friend shannon with them! it was just a couple of weeks ago that i was down in asheville visiting so i feel very lucky to have been able to see my best friend (who lives very far away!) twice in a month. there was some craziness surrounding their travels and asa lost his voice and had a cold but in spite of all of this they were in high spirits and we had a lovely time. here are some snapshots!
hello, hello, my little peaches! here's another new style feature - i'm calling this one a closet tour! you know, like a house tour but instead of documenting the inside of someone's home i'll be documenting the inside of someone's closet! all of the yummy goodies that make me envious of my very stylish friends' wardrobes... and i couldn't think of anyone better suited to be my first tour-esse than marissa!
for as long as i've known her, marissa has had a very strong sense of personal style that is completely all her own. she is so beautiful and carries herself with such confidence that it's difficult to imagine her not turning heads, and her incredible wardrobe is stocked full of bold statement pieces that she pulls off in ways i feel no one else could. looking into her closet is like peeking into my favorite boutique - i just want to sit around and play dress up with all of her magical clothes!
marissa's collection of clothing ranges from pieces she has found at tjmaxx for $5 to pieces bearing far heftier price tags from small boutiques. everything she owns - from her jeans to her leather jackets (she has an impressive collection of them!), from her 5" spiked heels (see below) to her perfectly worn-in frye boots - is unique and classic, and each piece is absolutely and completely marissa.
outfit details
dress - $58, via minx
earrings - $20, via lexington avenue arts and fun fest
necklace - $32, made by michelle goni via custom boutique
porcelain skull ring - $38, via mixko
watch - $75, nixon via oxandrabbit boutique
silver cuff - $15, ebay
shoes - $180, sam edelman
click through for more of marissa's closet tour!
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i just wanted to pop in and tell you all to stay tuned for a new style feature that's going to debut on thursday afternoon! it's called a closet tour, and it will involve some photo documentation of one of my favorite collections of clothing i've ever seen! here's a little sneaky peeky for you all (and yes, that is a rebecca minkoff bag, and no, that's not the only one she has)...
hi, lovelies! i am back from vacation and in the real world (ho, hum!) and already missing my marissa like crazy! friday night we had dinner at this little jewish (non-kosher) deli called viva deli. marissa had the italia sandwich (prosciutto, sweet soprasetta, provolone, marinated artichoke hearts, tomato, & onion on fresh-baked ciabatta) and i had the francaise (oven-baked turkey, melted brie, tomato, red onion and raspberry mayo on foccacia) - so yummy! super cheap and quick, too. i also tried cheerwine for the first time which was created in salisbury, nc and is cherry soda, ALSO SO YUMMY! see here...
so on saturday morning marissa and i went for brunch at sunny point cafe in west asheville. she first brought me here when i last visited 3 years ago and insisted that i try the savory stuffed french toast. needless to say, i have literally been dreaming about that stuffed french toast for the past three years. it was (aside from visiting marissa and meeting asa) the one thing i was seriously excited about doing while i was here. we thought we would have to wait a while before eating but it only took about 5 minutes to seat us... and it was a good thing, because we were pretty dang hungry.
marissa sitting outside of sunny point before breakfast
"the savory one"... the stuff dreams are made of...
THE TOAST, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND
marissa's lunch, the "b.l.a.t."
yummmmmmms!
see that face? THAT IS MY EPIC NOM FACE. dreamiest breakfast face. EVER!
that was so worth the three year wait. it was so delicious i can't even tell you. i need to try and convince someone around these parts that it would be the best idea to make this kind of delicious dish for me pretty much every weekend. any volunteers?
if you get to asheville at any point PLEASE visit sunny point and PLEASE try the savory stuffed french toast - i can personally promise you you will not be disappointed.
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