Golden Anniversary
Below is my slideshow/tribute to my parents at their anniversary party–though only some of the photos are included here. My parents are two ordinary people who have had extraordinary achievements and challenges in their lives. To me, it is the way they overcame...
The Winner Is…
No, there was no spontaneous human combustion to explain the gap from my last entry. Just a very chaotic period of ten days in Dallas leading up to my parents’ golden anniversary party on August 31, 2013…plus a few more after for recovery. But it was...
Four Chanel Dresses
So in the last five entries I sort of struggled to put five looks together with the Kelly bag–you can see a recap in black/white at the ODJ link elsewhere on my blog. Anyway, I abhor whining and I did a little bit of that in the last post, so I thought I’d...
ODJ Kelly/Look 5
It’s official. I definitely have no career as a stylist or creative director in fashion. I may have a pretty special closet but it’s always the same old uniform in my daily life. Jeans, jacket, heels. Repeat. Wonderful pieces and no clever eye to put it...
ODJ Kelly/Look 4
I’m pretty old school when it comes to matching bags with shoes. Finding the perfect match is akin to hitting a hole-in-one or staying upright on a bucking bull for 8 seconds. Hey, shopping is as much a sporting event as anything else in my world. Anyway, I...
ODJ Kelly/Look 3
History has it that the Kelly bag was introduced by Hermès in the 1930s but popularized by Grace Kelly when she was photographed in 1956 by Life Magazine using the purse to cover her pregnant stomach. One of my favorite ways to make the Kelly look more modern and...
ODJ Kelly/Look 2
Look 1 was a more prim and proper look with the Kelly, but the bag is so much more versatile than that, especially in the souple version. So I thought I’d do a 180 and go super casual with it in Look 2. There’s nothing I like more than mixing high with...
ODJ Kelly/Look 1
Some of my dear readers have recently pointed out an oversight on my part… an adoption of a certain H bag that I failed to report. So as we head into my least favorite month of the year–maybe because it’s usually the warmest–I’ve decided...
Barcelona, Day 4
As much as I can love a city, sometimes I just have to get out of Dodge while the getting is hot. So while today’s post refers to Barcelona Day 4, I’m actually putting you on a train and we’re climbing the heights to Montserrat (which means serrated...
Barcelona, Day 3
The last time I was in Barcelona there was scaffolding everywhere inside as well as outside the Sagrada FamÃlia, which is par for the course since the construction of this church gives new meaning to the phrase work in progress. The basilica broke ground in 1882,...