Patent Glass

Vogued out!!!'s comment on my Kalorama post re-sparked my currently dormant obsession for Marni shoes. I have always loved the eccentricity of them, their ability to transform the simplest outfit with their quality of eclectic statement pieces. Consuelo Castiglioni's designs have spawned many cruder replicas (Aldo, Nine West) which I refuse to buy, for the same reason that I won't buy anything copying Phillip Lim's rosettes, not so much that I'm against stores having clothes & shoes inspired by someone else's design but because I feel like I'm in a relationship with Consuelo & Phillip and I'm really greedy but I'm loyal so I either spend the $800, wait until someone else spends it :) or get them two seasons later on ebay for a fraction of the price. These are my current favorites.


Patent Leather Cosmos Wedge $685



Leather Perspex Glass Wood Chunky Heels on ebay $425


Patent Leather Cosmos Heel $695

Yelp Spring Fling Party

Yelp Spring Fling party at
The Space
903 N St NW
Washington, DC 20050

CakeLove cupcakes, Honest tea drinks/SurReal Vodka cocktails, Moonstruck Chocolate Truffles.... do I really need to say anything else? So much fun.....

Oh? what did we wear? ... Next post
















































All Images from Yelp

Yelp Spring Fling Party - Our Outfits

Of course you would expect to wear spring dresses to a spring fling, but our spring dresses are first of all way too short which would be ok if it was warm, but it wasn't so this is what we ended up wearing:





Dress: Jovovich-Hawk for Target
Biker Jacket: H&M
Shoes: Abaete for Payless






Bomber Jacket: Zara
Jeans: Levis 504
Shoes: Juan Antonio Lopez
Bag: Vintage

By the way I've decided to start wearing pointy toe shoes again because I've noticed that the round-toe thick heels have made their way to ... yes... you guess it... bars in the suburbs (not that I would know personally but I've heard). Plus these are one of my favorite shoes of all times, so much actually that I have two pairs :) The craftsmanship is amazing, and all the details... I'll try to take some more pictures of them to show you how awesome they are.

Cri de Coeur

I'm not posting these shoes because they're vegan, because I'm not vegan, I love eating animals :) ok that sounded cruel, back to the shoes... I'm posting them because I really like the modern Grecian look to them - the colors, the thick straps, their low profile, and...the designer, Gina Ferraraccio, is originally from Washington DC.


Sierra - Love the heel, love the different color elastic band


Kate - Love the low profile, love the presence of the straps, love the electricity of the blue.


Adrina - I almost love this one, I'm crazy about its gladiator look, I wish the heel was higher and narrower, but I might love it in person.

See her entire collection here
Buy them here

What rain?

She said she got dressed in a hurry and picked up these clothes off the floor.... liar. I guess it's not as easy for everyone to be this cute.

Napoleon Cafe

Napoleon Bistro & Lounge

1847 Columbia Rd NW
Washington, DC 20050

Neighborhood: Adams Morgan
(202) 299-9630

www.napoleondc.com

Let's not call this a French restaurant, because it pales in comparison to real French food - now let's move on and I'll review this as a .... Cafe.
If you've been to Cafe Bonaparte I think you know what to expect with Napoleon, the food won't be fantastic, the service won't be consistent, but somehow the atmosphere always manages to be cool. I had brunch there this past weekend, on the outdoor patio, and as expected, the food was ok, the service was dysfunctional, but the patio was great (see my pictures), although it could use some outdoor umbrellas, and don't sit on the cushion on your chair, it's uncomfortable, put it on your back, worlds different.



Here is what I eat when I go there:
The Waffle
The Normandy
Sparkling apple cider

So, in other words, you'll enjoy Napoleon if you take it for what it is. Passable brunch food, great outdoor seating, cool atmosphere, good coffee.

Our Pick - Looks for Less

From the Neon Nights Collection



Todd Oldham's Old Navy designs continue to impress us
Women's Georgette Halter Dresses - $39.50

More Dreams

On the way to Majorca to live for 3 months... yes?



Zadig & Voltaire

Wizards vs. Cavaliers Playoff Game

I haven't been to a Wizards game all season, for a lot of reasons, but mostly because I'm spoiled and I won't go to any sports event unless I am sitting in box seats, trust me, once you've been to the top, it's impossible to downgrade. So, my friends invited me to their box, it was sooo much fun, Wizards lost, but it was a close game and I got to see Lebron James play and he is definitely NOT overrated - he is fantastic.



Lebron James driving to the basket.



Hustle

Kalorama Heights

I spent my morning walking around the city taking pictures of my favorite DC mansions, yeah, I walked in those shoes...far distances, they are actually crazy comfortable. I have all these vintage mens belts that are too long to go around once and not long enough to go around twice, and I finally found an antidote to their spacial inadequacy, latch them together!!














Skirt: American Apparel
T-shirt: Borrowed
Belts: Vintage
Heels: Marni
Necklaces: Adorapop on Etsy
Watch: Vabene

Lure me In

I have lived in gladiator sandals for the past two Summers , and lately I've been loving their evolution versions, into pumps, platforms, boots, etc. I just found these, more of a fisherman-sandal descendant, but I love them, I could see myself wearing them obsessively, love that the ankle strap is a different color. I haven't found a place to buy them online yet, but I will :)
From the Paul Smith Blue collection.







Images scanned from Jalouse Magazine and from PaulSmith.co.uk

Bright Lights

One of my favorite trends for this Spring/Summer 2008 - Brights & Neons



It's tough to pull it off, specially when you mix brights, but K.T. does it perfectly:





Dress: Target Go International Design
Shoes: Nine West

Fall Off

I know it's barely Spring... but I'm already planning my Fall shoe fetishes

Arranged in order of want:


Chanel



Prada



Balenciaga


As documented by Tommy Ton on Jak & Jil

Invisible Walls

The dress on my "Dreams and Fantasies" post reminded me of this art exhibit I went to almost exactly 1 year ago at Douz and Mille by a Chilean-born artist - "Tomás Rivas: Left to My Own Devices. " I remember a similar feeling of enchantment when I saw his work, the ghostly French Beaux-Arts columns he carved into the walls, the fragile crumbling rosettes - all impossibly weightless, illogical, nonexistent. His work could've inspired a thousand runway collections.... he certainly would've inspired mine.

Dreams and Fantasies

From Moments in Time Edited by the house of Anne Valérie Hash

Spring Fling

I really like edgy fashion--dark lamé leggings with 4" YSL black oxford heels, a ripped up tee, a vintage black bikers jacket, dark eyes, mystery, dark rum.... but, I'm South American and once in a while my dark side is trounced by my genes, the genes that like pretty summery flirty boy-getting dresses. It happened when I saw Coleyclaire's Spring Collection....I transformed into a capricious, volatile, coy Spanish girl who wanted nothing more than to slip into one of their dresses and.... yeah... that kind of girl.

Post Modern Brasserie

Poste Moderne Brasserie

555 8th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 783-6060

Category: French
Neighborhood: Penn Quarter

My new favorite BRUNCH destination. Ok Ok, maybe I'm biased, I LOVE Doughnuts, and as soon as I read "House Made Chocolate Ganache Doughnuts" I was ready to move into a cabinet in the kitchen and stuff my face with them for the rest of my life. I'll tell you about the rapturous doughnut experience, but first the main eats:


EGGS HUSSARDE crisp potato skins, poached eggs, merchand de vin sauce. It was delicious; the crispy potato skins are perfect to balance the impeccably poached eggs and delicious sauce (white wine, egg yolks in case you were wondering). The dish also has a couple strips of bacon on top, which really completed the flavor profile.

CROQUE MADAME mornay sauce, sunny side up farm egg, pomme frites. I don't know where they got the bread they used for this croquet madame, but it tasted like a buttery, creamy, crispy cloud. I would've liked a little more mornay sauce, but it was still delicious. The dish also has ham and it's great.

HOUSE MADE DOUGHNUTS chocolate ganache, lemon curd, sweet potato mousse. Ok. Let me get a hold of myself... I'm so excited just thinking about them. My pupils are dilated, my heart is beating fast, my tongue is delirious, it feels like Christmas morning =) wait, I'm Spanish, we don't have Christmas morning, Christmas Eve then, it feels like Christmas Eve when you see that heavenly plate of fried dough in front of you. It comes with a little mug filled with Hot Chocolate for you to dip your doughnuts into, it's so cute, and when you think it can't get any better, you break the doughnut in half and realize that........... Oh my God, it DOES get better!!! It's filled with stuff!!!! Creamy wonderful stuff, like chocolate ganache, lemon curd and sweet potato mousse (which tastes like pumpkin, my second favorite food). And alas, you find yourself in a state of ecstasy in the middle of the restaurant, not knowing how you'll be able to go on after this experience, how you'll be able to live and reside in a world of pastries, that after this one, will be sub par... at best.