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Happy Friday! It might not look like it outside, but it is officially Christmas Time! We're one week out, can you believe it? I leave for Connecticut next Tuesday, and I am chomping at the bit to spend time at home with family, wrap presents, and enjoy glasses of wine at noon. What are you up to this weekend? It's a light one for us, with not much happening. Here's hoping you have a great one! As always, my favorite links of the week:

I started (and finished) watching Season 1 of Mozart in the Jungle, and I am obsessed! Have you seen it? Thanks for the rec, Lee Lee!

For all you last minute shoppers, my gift guides are here, here, and here, and here's part one of my little red book.

iPhone's best productivity apps. I eat this shit up.

To make you smile (and also seethe with jealousy).

I have a lot of liberal friends, but I have to admit I'm tempted to try this.

The 10 Best Podcast Episodes of 2015.

With this warm weather, take the opportunity to bump up your outerwear game. How awesome is this?

Lastly, in a little over two weeks, I am launching my new website! Mmm-hmm, after two years with LRW, I'm changing URL's and moving on. I'll be sure to update you all on social media as to where you can find my new home, but go ahead and subscribe on the right hand side to stay completely up to date with where we're going. Don't worry, I'll still be blogging! I'll still be me! I'll just be in a new home. (Psst, hop on over to Instagram for another sneak peek!)

Okay, enjoy your weekend!

xoxo,

photo by my lovely friend Julia Elizabeth, who captured all of the shots for my new website! 

picture of the week

Good morning and a Happy Friday to YOU! Raven and I and about 20 other amazing people are headed to the Poconos today to celebrate the birth of our dear friend Ryan! It's supposed to be in the 60's all weekend (!?) and while I'm excited to be able to do some outdoors activities with everyone, I own't lie and say it wouldn't be amazing to see some snow on the ground to get into the Christmas spirit. Whatever you guys are up to, I hope it's wonderful! Here are my favorite links from this week:

SERIAL IS BACK! They have a tumblr! I gobbled that new episode right up on my commute yesterday.

Love this top. I'd put it under a colorful blazer for a holiday party!

This made me crack up. (Sorry, Raven!)

What a cool way to keep things forever (and great for New Yorkers with tiny apartments!).

Amazon's top 20 of 2015 (I've only read ONE! Gotta get on that)

Surprise, surprise, this is the holiday wrapping paper I bought.

And, in case you missed it, one of the best moment's of our lives.

xoxo,

image from one of my favorite shoots ever with Julia Elizabeth!

picture of the week

Another week gone - what's up weekend!? Hope you all have something exciting planned! Did anyone watch The Wiz last night? I wasn't a huge fan; my friends and I all agreed that they need a live audience for these musicals...badly! Overall though, I was really impressed with the performances. Raven and I are still wading through wedding things, thank you notes, getting our apartment back in order. I'm hoping to spend a large chunk of the weekend doing this! Hope you have a fantastic one, here's a (slim) list of my favorite links!

A woman made sweaters for homeless Greyhounds and my heart is smiling.

Speaking of animals, this book looks amazing.

The perfect apartment tree!

I'm in the market for a new watch for Christmas. Thoughts on this?

The costumes last night had me scratching my head a bit. Sure, I love plaid, but it felt a little out of place. Diana Ross, though...flawless.

Tara Swennen :: major style crush.

That's all I got, loves!

xoxo,

picture(s) of the week :: honeymoon edition

We're BACK! We're back and happy to get into the swing of married life. We had the best trip...ever...it was such a blast. Lest you think this is blog life and not real life, yes of course we had some bad moments (trouble with the rental car, left my new jacket behind, went on a wild goose chase to get it back, and very unglamorous and unsexy digestive issues), and we had days where we spent a couple hours napping and / or watching tv in the hotel in lieu of sight seeing, but it was still the most fun trip we've ever taken. I'm excited to share some details here for you today in a European themed picture of the week!

First off, this trip would have sucked a lot if not for the absolute genius of Michelle and Roderick from Azurine. They planned this trip to our exact specifications, within our budget, all while providing immensely helpful tips and tricks. We cannot thank them enough for this; I consider myself a good planner of things, but like I said, without them I think we would have missed out on a lot (including the outlets outside Florence WHICH I WILL GET TO). If you're going anywhere, please call them.

Days 1-3:

We stayed in Monforte d'Alba, which is in Piemonte (Piedmont for uncool Americans). Driving stick shift up steep, windy hills (Italian drivers are CRAZY!) was worth it when we arrived at Villa Beccaris and saw the view.

Highlights:

Dinner at La Case della Saracca

Truffle Hunting (our guide looked exactly like Ira Glass!)

Marchesi di Barolo winery

Days 4-6:

We spent most of the day driving from Piemonte to Florence, which was an adventure in and of itself as we took in all of the views along the coast. Rather than stop in Parma, Portofino, or Pisa, we hightailed it to - surprise, surprise - the outlets outside Florence in Reggello. We only had about an hour, as we had to return the rental car that evening, but believe me when I say you have never seen more efficient shopping in your life. I went in there and like a surgeon found and purchased a pair of boots I've been after for the better part of the year. When we finally made it into Florence, we checked into J.K. Place, which is now my favorite hotel I've ever stayed in, for what that's worth.

Highlights:

Pizza at Mercato Centrale

Dave

Days 7-10:

We took an early train to Milan, and changed there for a train to Lucerne, Switzerland. The views on the train were startling as we wound our way through the sheep and cow ridden mountains. Even exhaustion and a little motion sickness didn't stop us from exclaiming aloud every time we rounded a bend. Switzerland was...very swiss. The stereotypes (mostly) hold, and we ate that shit up.

Highlights:

Pretzels and beer (actually, I loved all the food in Lucerne)

Boat ride to Weggis

Bachmann bakery + chocolatier (the best jelly donut and what can only be described as a cinnamon taco)

Friends, as you can probably tell, Raven took most of these pictures (unedited as I just couldn't wait)...he's so talented; it's very frustrating for me but great because eventual children will hopefully glean some of that from him.

Wedding recap to come eventually, next week I want to talk about unexpected findings in Europe as well as GIFT GUIDES...gotta re-up on my sourcing for that this weekend.

Good to be back :)

xoxo,

picture of the week

Happy Friday, friends! This week zoomed by for me, and I'm happy to have arrived at Friday in one piece! What are you up to this weekend? I'm headed to CT for a short visit and a client meeting later this morning, and am hoping to see my nephews for dinner tonight! Tomorrow I'll be celebrating Halloween at a good friend's house, but I woke up with a bit of a sore throat today, so I'm going to try and take it easy with the drinking (not sure how that's going to work). I hope you all have a happy, happy Halloween and a wonderful weekend! Favorite links below....

I would love to grab a new pair of frames for our Honeymoon, and though these are out of my price range, I love the color!

Jon Stewart, you're amazing.

Trying to find your signature scent? Maybe try a few samples from here.

How fun are these? They're like chic friendship bracelets.

My costume for tomorrow.

Though, this guy has me BEAT.

These balls look delish!

And now...I need your advice, friends. What's your favorite full coverage foundation? Bonus points if it's vegan / not tested on animals! Would love to hear your thoughts!

See you next week!

xoxo,

image by my love Julia Elizabeth.