english brights

minni wearing a long dress that she pinned up herself. this is a novel but gentle combination of colors--bright pink and pale yellow. minni always looked great this summer, even at work, when we were outside sweating and getting covered in mud and dirt. i also love her accessories: the belt is great, and she made her necklace out of plastic and wooden beads and a bear paw bottle opener from our neighborhood gas station. ah yes...and she is from england.

experimenting back at work...

sweaterdress

sweaterdress and sandals!

naturale

sprout wearing a gorgeous, simple print dress and chaco sandals out to dinner--i love chacos. i dorkily have my eye on a specific pair; i know the size and everything; i'm just waiting until i feel like i can drop a substantial chunk of money on 'em.

and the feeling is easy

summertime. a few last shots to commemorate the end of the season.

luigi swimming in a river during weekend break at my job. hooray, my camera is waterproof!

this, to me, pretty much exemplifies what summer should look like: love, dirt, rocks, water, and "jewelry" that can stand up to it all.

dancing dancing dancing, and wearing crazy prints.

smoothie in a metro station, en route to a club on u street in dc. i've basically spent the last month, since work ended, doing nothing except hanging around the city and seeing people, going out day and night and just exploring. u street is especially incredible at night--you can walk up and down u or 14th at 11 pm on a weekend night and people are spilling out of every doorway, dressed excellently, eating or listening to jazz or going dancing. my friends and i found this crazy caribbean hole-in-the-wall cafe on u where there is always loud soca music playing, and they sell pizza slices as long as your forearm, and THEY HAVE MULTIPLE DISCO BALLS. in a cafe. it is insanity.

nicole's

a week or two ago i went over to a friend's house for food, love, and clothes.

nicole's parents are foodies and it appears she's inherited something. she made apple/mango chutney/grilled cheese sandwiches. jeez. she is wearing a high-waisted (vintage?) skirt...i have similarly been finding myself tucking everything in recently.

going through her clothes.

shiny dresses.

dissapearing!

festivaller

g, previously featured, in her carefree fourth of july outfit...there was a big festival on the national mall and i got a huge group of people together to hang out and see the fireworks.

easy dress and solid sunglasses.

idyllic.

american summer

some summer shots...these should give you the idea of my summer: lots of friends, trees, and wanderings.

en route to georgetown from dupont circle.

national mall.

a class act.

pure formalities

a few old shots from the last chicago party of the spring i was at...

empty apartment.


i miss this city more than a little bit.



dapper and goofy at the same time?

youth youth youth

here's my lovely lady g's prom scene from a few months ago...very rock and roll. photos courtesy of georgia.

look at that attitude.


cat fun? + classy shoes.


gotta love those dc azaleas. what a color palette!

back from the wilderness

so, believe it or not, i was a camp counselor this summer...i took kids rock climbing and caving and lived without electricity or air conditioning for two and a half months, and it was incredible. camp style was pretty much along the lines of comfy t-shirts and basketball or khaki shorts, and the number-one in-demand jewelry item was the friendship bracelet--i loved it. i am now finally home. expect the posts to be coming more regularly for a while.

i just wanted to show off my cousin, legacy...she was featured on stylelikeu, a sweet fashion profile blog, while i was away at my job. a love for excellent old clothes runs a bit in my family: it appears that both me and legacy enjoy pilfering our mother's closets.

here's legacy in one of the photos from stylelikeu: