would you lie with me and just forget the world?

This weekend looks like it’s going to be gorgeous around here – I am taking my show on the road to Astoria, in which I’ve never really spent much time in. New York is funny like that, particularly when you live in just outside it, sometimes venturing across the other river is like entering a foreign land – passports may or may not be required. I am really hoping to spend part of an afternoon in a park, just soaking up the sun after all that rain earlier this week.  It’s also Mother’s Day, so hopefully the card I mailed incredibly late to my fantastic mother arrives in time, or on Monday (it will be Monday or Tuesday...definitely by Wednesday- I am a terrible child). I’ll be sure to call her as she spends the day at the mall with my sister. What’s up for you this weekend? Any fun plans, visiting your mother, or someone’s mother?

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let's watch the flowers grow

Garden and open space envy - I totally have that with spring fever right now. How amazing is this pink beetle as a planter? This makes me wish I had a patio or a porch to do cool things like this, however I am stuck with an inner courtyard shared with 20 other apartments. This city girl has a case of the suburban dreaming...

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I wish I was little bit taller

One of my favorite tricks for solving short skirt issues is to order tall sizes. I am by no means tall, but I have found that I prefer longer options, nothing too far above the knee, particularly around work. Tall sizes tend to provide those extremely valuable itches that keep certain items appropriate for work, instead of just for playtime wear. This dress from The Gap, is a perfect example of one that in the normal sizing would have been inappropriate for my office, but at the tall length for me is perfect.

for a necklace sewn

I love really long necklaces to break up a solid dress or just separates of similar colors. I bought this one from JCrew a few weeks ago and I love wearing it to work. The different textures of the charms means it goes with every type of earring from pearls to diamonds, giving many options for other accessories.