red rover red rover send october on over!

I scream summer.
Everything about me screams summer.
boo to wearing socks.
YAY TO GOING BAREFOOT.
boo coldness.
YAY HOTNESS.

But every cloud has a silver lining.
and Kentucky turning a wee bit colder has a silver one called KEENELAND. Keeneland is both a world renowned race track and the world's most prestigious Thoroughbred auction company.
This week I got oh so excited when I realized that I get to wear my Ralph Lauren Ginnie Silk Sash Riding Blouse (say that fives times fast!) that I purchased in Chicago many moons ago (this past August) in less than two weeks when I go to Keeneland. Wow, that last sentence was most definitely a run-on sentence. Jeepers Creepers. It doesn't matter though. Why? Because it's Keeneland season and all is well in the bluegrass!!

"I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky." -Abraham Lincoln

i live on the edge...

Did I seriously just order a romper with scottie dogs from anthropologie.com for my trip to the beach next week? Yes my friends yes, I did. We'll have to wait to see if it'll be a hit or a miss. Watercolor, Florida here I come.

:)KICOKIDS:)

I have a few friends expecting lil bebes and a few others who have already had their bundles of joy. therefore, i am on a baby kick. not to have one obviously anytime soon, but to embark on finding unique finds for the new loves in my friends' lives!

KicoKids is a charming brand that I've recently discovered. I truly wish I could order some of their clothes for myself and stretch them out to grownup size so I could wear them! Alas, it is only a kids store.

PICTURED BELOW ARE TWO SAMPLE OUTFITS FROM KICOKIDS.COM
little model on left:
*cotton knit ruffle tank- $72 (available in topaz, lapis, brass, coconut and anise)
*cotton bubbleprint fisherman's wrap skirt - $92 (shown in suprise bubble, also available in hubbly bubble)
model on right:
*cotton knit lapis skinny headband w/cushion bow - $18 (shown in tent mosaic, also available in hubbly bubble)
*cotton bubble print fisherman's wrap bandeau - $92 (shown in hubbly bubble, also available in suprise bubble)

I also LOVE it when companies donate to charities. Kicokids has artisi-kits for sale. They contain 6 non-toxic wooden color pencils, a color kicokids sketch pad in a bright cotton canvas wrap with its own wooden pencil sharpener. These kids are a great carry around project for kids--be it budding artists or to use as first diary! I plan to order one or two very soon for my favorite kiddos!

With every purchase 20% of the proceeds go to one of these four charities of your choice:
1. The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
**Sloan-Kettering is amazing...I know two of my friends specifically will agree.
2. Baby Buggy
3. Keep a Child Alive
4. Free Arts NYC

If anything, just go to their website to see the uber-cute pics! The kids expressions will be reinforcement of my belief that one should never lose their child's heart! We should all look at the world through the eyes of a child!

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it. -Roald Dahl

pockets or bust

Lisa Carol Fremont (Grace Kelly) describing a dress: "A steal at eleven hundred dollars!"
Jeff(James Stewart): "Eleven hundred? They ought to list that dress on the stock exchange."

-from Rear Window, 1954

DRESSES WITH POCKETS ROCK!!! as much as i love a great handbag, a posh clutch, or a stylish tote- nothing beats storing my belongings in a pocket. But you can't store your phone, american express, ID, cash, and camera all in two pockets, you may ask. YES I CAN (mccain love dies hard, i still support him, but i'm trying to get into this yes i can, yes we did obama as president mindset...bear with me). If you find the thinnest camera and bundle up idcashcreditcards to put in the other pocket, all that's left is the phone! and let's be honest here, my phone will probably be in my hand to call or text someone that lives far away that i wish was there. So this is all leading up to why i worship (whoa, strong word, ADORE, yes that's much better) Yoana Baraschi dresses. Most of them have pockets!!! And not just the fake ones that are sewn together for decoration. Real, live, deep pockets. Ahhhh yes just speaking of these beautiful creations makes my heart skip a beat.

til next time... when maybe i'll write about something 'deep'...wait pockets are deep!. nevermind

"Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long; and the age of the great epics is past." -G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)