Happy Monday! Hope you all enjoyed your weekends! Saturday I headed out to a Chicago suburb for a baby shower for two of my college friends! After all the shower festivities, our college roommate Amanda who lives in Iowa stayed over. We started the night at an Old-school Italian restaurant called Club Lucky in my neighborhood. If you are ever in Chicago and are looking for a good dirty martini and delightful home style Italian food you need to go here! We ended our night […]
Can you Guess where I got this white vest?
Happy Friday loves! It feels like I haven’t worked a full week of work in over a month, so this week was a struggle! The next three weekends are going to be crazy busy! This weekend I am shooting some new content for the blog with a new photographer. I am excited to network, but a little nervous! I always feel a little awkward in front of the camera, but working with Meredith always helps so much because we are really good friends and she […]
It’s not goodbye, it’s see you later
Happy Monday! Did everyone have a great weekend? I still feel like I am recovering! On saturday I was able to celebrate a new milestone for one of my best friends. Rachel. Over the last couple of years I have really watched her grow with school, work, traveling and life. She just graduated from grad school and had her mind set on moving to Boston, MA. I look up to her for doing that, for finding a job and a place to live in […]
Check-ch-check-check-check-ch-check it out
Brrr. Winter continues to stay here in Chicago, but I will not let the outrageous cold deter me from looking cute! Jackets and coats are one of the easiest ways to take a rather boring or layered winter outfit and give it a little more life. I have an entire clothing rack of jackets and coats ranging from a motorcycle, leather, down, wool, cape etc. The Midwest can surprise you daily on how quickly the weather is going to change, so you need to be […]
SURVIVING WINTER IN THE SOFTEST SWEATERS
Can you guys believe we are already halfway through January!? January is always a month of mixed emotions for me. I can’t help but be sad that the holidays are over and that I have to take down my Christmas tree and put away my lights. On the other hand, I always feel excited to begin a new year! I feel like everyone is always a little more inspired in the month of January. Positive vibes, new mantras and motivating personal motto’s fill my […]
Fresh Princesses of Chicago
Now this is a story all about how, our lives got flipped, turned upside down! And I’d like to take a minute, maybe a second to brag I’ll tell you how we became hashtags and handbags… Just kidding! Oh wait, you mean you want to hear a custom rap about us to the Fresh Prince theme song?! Well in that case…… Innnnn West and South suburbs, born and raised Outside Chicago, is where we spent most of our days. Chillin’ out, maxing, relaxing all cool, […]
Allbirds Sneakers
You know how you can literally just get lost on social media? C’mon, I know you’ve all been there before. You set your alarm clock for work tomorrow, excited to get a full eight hours of Z’s, and then you innocently open Instagram “just for a few minutes to wind down before bed”. You click on one inspiring image perfectly captured by the Instagrammer, and then you click on their profile to see who they are and why they are so much cooler than you. […]
After Christmas Sales!
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday! I stayed at my parents for the last couple of days and yesterday we laid in our pajamas all day long, it was fantastic! My mom and I did some serious binge watching on TV. We started out with a show called “This is Us” which airs on NBC. Has anyone else watched? It’s a wonderful family show about a married couple in Pittsburgh that is pregnant with triplets, episodes go back and forth through […]
Jogging Into Winter
Welp, it’s officially winter here in Chicago and while the days of light jackets are behind us, that doesn’t mean we can’t layer lightweight bomber jackets (like this one) underneath those heavy wool coats! Personally, I will be layering sweaters and jackets all winter long so that I can survive the days when we can’t seem to get the heat to turn on at work and the nights we head to the Christkindlmarket downtown! Hot spiced wine anyone? Mmm… Another staple I will take with […]
Cape Town
We officially have five days till Christmas, Let the countdown begin! I procrastinated so much with shopping this year probably because I am very indecisive, but I am having a blast shopping for my niece and nephew. How do parents decide what they are going to buy their kids? There are soo many options! I look at one Doc Mcstuffin’s toy and Amazon shows me fifty more things I can buy. Needless to say I would make one order with Amazon and five minutes later, make […]