NW Women's Show weekend

It was a very long weekend spent at the NW Women's Show. We had a huge booth filled with 18 amazing local designers in the new Living and Eating Green section.

Sadly we came to find out the show was more along the lines of marketing your business versus selling product so it wasn't the best show for all the designers. However some had some big success! UFN handed out tons of cards and info so hopefully we'll get some residual traffic from the show.

Our friend, Devon, the President of the Fashion Group at Seattle Pacific University, helped us by sending us two fashion students who were so very helpful on Saturday!! Thanks ladies!

Check out our pictures from the show!

If you're a designer and were at the show we've created a survey... We'd love your feedback on how it went for you, etc...

Jimmy Chooooooooooo's

I just got an email from Sak's and I saw this shoe... It's THE MOST BEAUTIFUL shoe I have seen in awhile. If only I could spend $585 and not blink an eye... If I could, I'd be the new owner of these lovely Choo's!

Sak's even has a video about Jimmy Choo's with founder Tamara Mellon- check it out!

(Oh by the way Tamara, I wear a size 9. My address is....) ;) If only it was that easy!!!

Sak's is offering this special right now: Spend $400 on shoes and get a $150 GIFT CARD* use code: SHOES. Here is the email and offer.

Happy shopping!

NYC!

I got back from a whirlwind trip to the big apple. We had alot of fun and saw a lot of things!

First off we arrived on Friday and just went straight to our apartment in midtown that we rented. I must say we literally were in the perfect location for everything!! After getting settled we decided to have dinner at the Hourglass Tavern on our street where Regina and I got the Lobster and Fettuccine meal for $24.95. Quite a bargain and such a cute little place! Apparently we stayed on restaurant row, so we did have many options!!

Saturday we had brunch at Brasserie Les Halles. The food was tasty but the service was slow. The reviews I had read said that but I can now say that I do agree! after brunch we decided to kind of mosey our way north on 5th Ave. We stopped in at Henri Bendel for some signature perfume making and window shopping, then we made our way through Central Park where we had lunch at the Boathouse. After lunch we went to see Strawberry Fields, the John Lennon memorial. Regina and Kristin decided to hit the Natural History Museum and Melissa and I hoped in a cab back towards the apt. Melissa went in to relax and I went off on my own to explore and do some mild shopping (H&M). That night we met up with Tim (who had his appendix removed a few days before - he was such a trooper) and Kelly for dinner and drink at Bar 89. After dinner Kelly, Regina and I hit town for some late night partying. We stumbled into a piano bar where tons of fabulously hot gay men were singing show tunes - that place was a ton of fun! After there we hit up one more place that had a beautiful bartender!! (Oh, earlier in the day Regina and I saw this older women in her fur coat, big jewelry and GIANT red hair... I saw her again when I was on my way to H&M and then we both saw her as we were in our town car on the way out of the city... She is hard to miss. My guess is she works at the library by Bryant Park as all 3 sightings were close by and she looked like she was walking into it on the last one... I have made an artists rendering of her for your enjoyment! I want to know her!!)

Sunday we slept in a bit. Regina and I went to see Xanadu - which was terribly fun! After the play we hopped the subway and met Kelly for our Coney Island trip. The subway trip was about 45min. It was fun to go somewhere different in NY. Once we got there we found out it wasn't open like the website said so we took some pictures and got a hot dog at Nathan's. Yum! We headed back to the city, met with Kristin and Melissa and Tim and Kelly's place, then went to a bar across the street for drinks and jovial conversation. (Side Note: I emailed Coney Island and they said they did open but the attendance was so low that they closed... sad.)

Monday was St. Patrick's Day. All of us except Kristin went to Century 21 for some shopping. Then we hopped the subway back up to Kristin and watched the parade for a hour or so. We met some interesting people and had a lot of fun watching the people go by... At about 2pm we headed North as we had reservations at The Plaza for tea. Apparently The Plaza is closed but the Palm Court restaurant isn't. Tea was nice but we were still hungry after - we went for pizza. Then back to the apt. for some mild resting and then off to dinner with Kelly.

Tuesday was our last day so we went to MOMA before all heading to the airport. Sadly, Regina and I were stuck at JFK for 3 hours due to airplane issues (cargo to heavy, left engine didn't work, switched planes, 15th in line to leave, etc.)... We were sooo ready to get home!!

I took some photos... Check em out!

Dear God, make me a bird. So I could fly far. Far far away from here.

(That's my favorite line from Forrest Gump).

Only 2 more days till my NYC trip. I am anxiously awaiting getting out of
town, getting out of work, getting away from everything and just going somewhere that I don't have to think about doing much of anything. I can just do what I want. (Seeing Xanadu is among the things I want to do! NOOO I am not kidding!! We already have tickets.)

Please pray that I run into John Mayer on the streets of NY and he falls madly in love with me... and we go far far away and have beautiful babies or some crap like that. In reality what would happen would be I would see him on the street and freeze up, pass out or run away... The whole seeing JM has been kind of a joke ever since the planning for this trip began. The gawker stalker website tells you where celebs have been spotted around NYC. So I joked I was going to go hang out in his neighborhood Starbucks and hope to run into him... Really, I won't be doing that, I promise, I don't want to be THAT girl. Last thing I want is to be labeled as is that "crazy John Mayer stalker". We can't have babies if he has a restraining order out on me now can we!? (I kid, I kid!)

So anyways, NY is almost here and I am so ready!! There is a fashion exhibit at The Met I want to see, so I need to find time to squeeze that in. Plus I plan to hit up MOMA to see the Helvetica exhibit. We're gonna try and see the St Patrick's Day parade, have brunch at Les Halles (I love Anthony Bourdain) and maybe even get over to Coney Island. There is a lot to do and just a few days to do it all in... Wish me luck!

Dear Summer, Could you hurry up already?!

Summer isn't to far away... I know we still have to wait from Spring to come and go but mentally I just want to skip it and have Summer be here now! (Living in Seattle this time of year kind of kills that though.)

It's been sunny here but 42 degrees - that doesn't really help with that mental block I was talking about. Hubby and I have decided a trip to Mexico is just what we need!

So, with Mexico looming in my near future it's time to start thinking about swim wear. Never a fun shopping trip but I do enjoy looking online for suits (I think it's b/c you are mentally trying them on versus actually trying them on and seeing all those lovely flaws)...

I got an email from Victoria's Secret today with what else, swim suites!! Check out the cute lobster print one pictured above - I love it!! It's kitschy and cute! It just so happens to match a cute Kate Spade bag I have wanted since last summer... Hmmm, maybe it'll be on sale now and I can be all matchy matchy at the beach.

If lobster prints aren't your thing then make sure to check out the Victoria's Secret website as they have some super cute suits and they are having a sale right now as well! Can't beat that!!

Barney's has clothes for grandmas too...

Long story short: work gave me a $75 gift card to cash in for the store of my choice. I decided to check out Barney's website to see if I wanted to cash it in there. I stumbled across a hideous shirt that looks like something out of a grandma's closet... (Not mine b/c she has really good taste). If it was rayon or polyester then it would for sure be part of the grandma collection!

What do you think? Would you or your grandma pay $259 (on sale from $339) for this silk blouse?