Back from NYC, Barely!!

After spending a great weekend celebrating Christmas in NYC with my honey and a million other tourist, we managed to make it home safely in a snow storm. You guys, the snow tried to keep me from making it back, but after 9 hours of travelling on the road, we finally did it! I just wanted to share a few pics from the trip.

Early morning and off to the Big Apple!

I wanted to pack this big, fluffy bed up in my luggage and take it home.

The view from our hotel window. The sun rising was such a pretty sight.

It's Christmas time!! The bf did his first wrapping job on a lovely present from Shopbop.

Somebody was feeling fly in his new leather jacket.

I watched A Christmas Story too many times, including on the screen outside of the hotel during breakfast.

We went to the top of the Empire State Building. So did a lot of other people as you can see.

We tried to go ice skating at Rockefeller Plaza, but it was wall to wall people. We could barely squeeze past to see anything.

Times Square!

The view of the snow as we were leaving the city.

I hope you all had a lovely holiday. Did you get any Xmas goodies or had some fun times?

In a New York State of Mind at the IFB Conference

After waking up at an ungodly hour on Thursday, I trekked up to New York to attend the IFB Evolving Influence fashion blogger conference at the Hudson Hotel. I didn't need any convincing to go and it was an extremely informative and fun event. I met some great bloggers, including some that I only know through the computer screen. I want to share a few pictures from the event.

Gala Darling was so adorable in her outfit, a funny speaker and has the cutest accent.

Emily of Cupcakes and Cashmere is one of my daily reads and looks just as lovely in person.

Delmy of Fashion Bananas is just as glamorous in person, so friendly and super tall!

I snuck in some time out on the streets to take in the sights and sounds of one of my favorite cities and didn't realize how close I was to where the real deal action was taking place.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center!!!!!!

I'm 98% sure that this is Kelly Bensimmon from the Real Housewives of NY!!!


One of my favorite things is to people watch and I was in awe of the sky high Louboutin's this lady was wearing. She's my idol because sometimes 3.5 inches is a bit much for me. :)

I'm already planning my next trip back and I think I'm going to center it around this:

Were you able to attend the conference? Are you a lover of New York City?

Wishing To Be at New York Fashion Week

It is the start of New York Fashion Week, a wonderful time in the city filled with fashion, excitement, tons more fashion, fabulous people, great outfits and just a fantastic energy. Although I don't have the position or status in the fashion world to garner a front-row seat at any of the fashion shows, I'll still be able to soak in the excitement.

Today I am in New York for the Independent Fashion Bloggers conference and I couldn't be a happier girl. I get to play hooky from work, enjoy one of my favorite cities for the day, learn some things, meet some new peeps; that sounds like the perfect kind of day (other than having a wallet full of money and time to shop).

Several years ago, I was able to snag FW tickets to a show for the Academy of Arts school in San Francisco. Despite being rows back and it all being over in a flash, my friend and I still had a lovely time. A stay at the Westin and the chance to go beyond the doors of Bryant Park was a once in the lifetime opportunity.

I wanted to share a few pictures of our trip. Keep in mind the quality of these pictures are, in a sense, crappy. This was back in the day when I was content to getting a disposable camera and loudly clicking away to take a random picture.

We're oh so close to the front door

Let's start the show!!!!

One of the world's comfiest beds

A bite to eat at the famous Serendipity 3

My friend Di and I excited to be under the tents. Ah, Fashion Week, we had such fun. Perhaps we'll meet again.