Josie and the Dragon celebrates The Natori Company’s 35th anniversary with storytelling, art, and fashion. I noticed Josie Natori in the crowd looking as amazingly fabulous as always. How beautiful are the watercolors? I’d absolutely love to have them hanging on the walls.
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A snap from the Josie and the Dragon book launch last night. More to come!
Coffee Tasting with Craft Coffee
A little over a week ago I attended a Saturday morning coffee tasting with The Bloggers’ Collective and Craft Coffee. I’m definitely a little bit of a coffee fiend and treated the tasting about the same as a wine tasting– observe color, sniff, taste. Craft Coffee sources beans from all over the world and taste tests more than fifty varieties per month. Only three of those make it into their monthly subscription boxes, which are available for $24.99/month (sort of like the coffee version of Birchbox).
I tasted all three of the November offerings, and all were truly excellent and incredibly fresh. None of Craft Coffee’s coffees were bitter or overly acidic. I think they would be perfect for making bulletproof coffee (you know, the coffee with butter in it), which I’ve been meaning to try. I love espresso even more than coffee and am also curious about how the flavor of Craft Coffee beans hold up in cappuccino. Everyone at the tasting left with a complimentary sample, so I’ll definitely be trying out an espresso grind with some of my beans.
What Would Ashley Wear? and kitschy examining the coffee.
Disclosure: I was not compensated for this post was but was gifted a sample upon completing the tasting.
Driscoll’s Berry-tastic Holiday Brunch
Last Saturday, Nnenna tagged me along to the absolutely darling Driscoll’s Berry-tastic Holiday Brunch. We had a few scones and brunchy treats, including an amazing cocktail with ginger liqueur and fresh strawberries. I was also thrilled to run into Scherrie again (editor of Thirtymommy) and her family.
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Snapette and Piperlime Snaphunt in SoHo
Last weekend I went on a treasure hunt in SoHo to find a Piperlime gift card waiting for me at the green balloons! I was delighted to run into Sarah (co-founder of Snapette) at secret location #1 with plenty of gift cards still available. After snagging a green balloon, I headed down to the Piperlime store to meet Hope and we ended up braving the last day of the Alexander Wang sample sale. It was totally worth it for the final price cuts.
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Glamour and Paul Mitchell at Salon Caru
J.Jill Fall Preview
Photo c/o J.Jill
Thursday morning I stopped by the J.Jill preview before running uptown to work. Several women I know are huge fans of J.Jill, and you might remember one of my black sweaters as being J.Jill (recently worn in the rain and on the East River). I always associate J.Jill with quality basics and classic styles. …
Fashion Forward Conference 2012
Fashion Forward is a blogger conference created by Nicole Feliciano (MomTrends), Audrey McClelland (MomGenerations), and Vera Sweeney (Lady and the Blog).
Photo above L to R: Andrew Sotomayor (DIY Beatify, which I absolutely loved), Pat Sandora (Likes or Yikes?), Kelly Bensimon, Audrey McClelland, and Nicole Feliciano….
Best of Lucky FABB
Photos from Lucky FABB, and what I think are my best tweets from the conference. …
FNO Photo Diary
Outside Saks, destination #2 of the night. I briefly stopped at Henri Bendel, which was far too crowded. Nothing too special about this outfit, just one of my standard monochrome creations. I love this skirt and probably wear it too much. One day it’s just going to completely fall apart. …