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Year in Review 2014: Shock Yourself
This year has definitely flew by like a bullet train late for an appointment. I don’t even know where the time has gone. I just concluded my 3rd year in New York and 2nd year in Brooklyn. I am so excited for 2014 and all that is in store. We are moving to Noho/Greenwich Village! I am so happy to be surrounded and incubated by all that NYC has to offer me once again 24-7. I will now tell you all about my 2013… It has been eventful!
Jan:
Ran in the new year in TO with my friends and family then came back to NYC sick!! So Jan was cold and uneventful. We went to the Motorcycle show. This month I was feeling really blah! I decided I was gonna start growing my hair long.
Feb:
As if a Valentine’s Day engagement was not amazing enough, we got married 2 weeks later at Brooklyn City Hall! Wow! I wore a blue wedding dress it was vintage. I chose blue because that is the color of the original wedding dress. Marry in blue, you will stay true <3 I also inherited Tai’s grandmothers’s wedding rings so I am over the moon. I also made a giant paper crepe flower that was hot in the 70’s… Feb was just perfect. We met in Feb 11, we moved in Feb 12 and we got hitched Feb 13. Not bad 🙂 I also start a new job at Rabeanco, an international handbag company from Hong Kong!
March:
I dreamt that all my friends had mixed babies and all the kids were also friends with each other when they grew up. How beautiful would that be? March was really not so eventful, working, waiting for spring and playing with neighborhood pups.
April:
I go to Hong Kong for work! I present my global social media strategy to the founders of Rabeanco and have an amazing time! I made a great friend named Chloe in Hong Kong and I spend a week there working. I haven’t been back for almost 10 years so it was just amazing and refreshing to see my birthplace! Of course I shop like crazy!
May:
Counting down to my last year at 20’s! Can’t believe how fast time goes by – May is work work work… proud to get a placement for Rabeanco on Bagsnob this month. As a present for myself – I got LASIK! I can see now…I have worn glasses since 3rd Grade so you can imagine how big of a deal this is for me. No more contacts, no more glasses!
June:
My birthday month! I turn 29 with my friends from Brooklyn at Izakaya on Smith – my all time favorite sushi spot! We go to Detroit for the Ford trend conference again, my hair is growing long.. Tai goes home to get his mom’s car for us for the summer! It is awesome to have a car – we go took the dogs to Larchmont Beach and I got a bike from Sole Bicycles!
July:
Summer is the best! We go to Toronto for 4th of July weekend with Nick… and for the summer Petite Feet Sale! I hosted a week long pop up shop at Bauble Bar for Rabeanco and throw a hit event with I Spy DIY. Work gets busy with fashion week ramping up. July went by as a blur really…Waiting for Tate to be born! My sister had her second son and he is just adorable! I am an aunt again. Can’t wait to meet this little man.
Aug:
Julian comes to visit and we hit the Alexander Wang sale and Williamsburg! The last days of summer… My hair is getting long, I get my Green Card! Welcome to America… 🙂 I work in Greenpoint briefly for a fashion agency called vmGroupe and just loving the balcony, the beach, the sun.
Sept:
Busy busy month! I met Mara Hoffman backstage during Fashion Week and pull off 2 events for Satya Jewelry. We celebrate Tai’s 34th birthday and Mid Autumn Festival in Toronto with my cousin Ricky and my family! Toronto was fun – we went out to eat and shop and took Jacob to see his vet. My family loves Tai and the more time we spend together the better acquainted with Toronto he gets. It is small in comparison to NYC but we see it as our future home to be near family. My mom comes to visit us in Brooklyn
Oct:
Drake Concert, Fort Greene Pupkin parade and Jean Paul Gautier exhibit! Oct is a fun time, I love fall and we go to lots of events this month. Canadian Thanksgiving and I start working with Rabeanco again!
Nov
Look how much my hair has grown! We do a low key Thanksgiving dinner and I attend the first ever Purina Pet conference in NYC. Can’t believe this year flew by.
Dec
We go apt hunting for our move, we get our lil Christmas tree together. Our dear friends are about to have a baby and we are just keeping warm, packing and sending love to you all <3 See you in Noho in 2014!!
There is no time to be complacent! Shock Yourself in 2014 and get carried away.
Wanna see what I did in:
2013 recap ——-> Shock Yourself 2014
2012 recap ——-> Switch it Up 2013
2011 recap —> Love for Self 2012
2010 recap —–> Expand Your Network 2011
2009 recap ——> Get Passionate 2010
2008 —–> Get Tribal 2009
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Year in Review 2013: Switch it Up!
Happy 2013 everyone!
It is time for my favorite post of the year! This year has gone by extremely fast and has been a total whirl wind. It has been a year of moving, pushing, shoving and tweaking. I am projecting 2013 for a year of switcheroos. It is time to have some fun and switch up everything you have been use to and stir up a bit of fun. Here is my 2012 recap. Hold on tight, it’s a wild ride.
JAN:
The year started right with Ally visiting me en route to Toronto from Australia. My former room mate and great friend. It was nice to catch up with in NYC and hang out! My hair is getting so long it annoys me. I want to grow my hair but got use to having it short, such a dilemma. I eased up on coloring it and it was getting really healthy! We spent Chinese New Year in Toronto with my nephews and nieces and cousins. It was babies galore and Tai’s first Chinese New Year!
FEB:
Fashion Week was intense this season because of my client Pure Ice was doing nails backstage for four shows. It was fun and crazy. Social media is in full swing and Style Caster x Ford did an amazing State of Style conference full of interesting speakers in fashion in Tribeca. Some notable guests were DKNYPRGirl, Rebecca Minkoff, Melissa Shoes and more. I went to this event with my awesome intern Fatema!MARCH:
I moved to Brooklyn! Tai and I found a beautiful duplex in Clinton Hill Bed Stuy and we made the plunge! We moved in together and the 6 story walk up with a balcony, roof access, guest room, 2 bathrooms, laundry and garage was enough for us to swoon. It’s in the Pratt neighborhood and living together is just cozy and fun. We are not just playing house, we are really building a home together! Our friend Dave adopted a puppy and Jacob adores her. Her name is Tamu.
APRIL:
I went to Frankfurt to do a beauty workshop with the international marketing team of Wella. Proctor and Gamble found me, a hair stylist from Hong Kong and beauty journalist from London to participate in this pow wow. It was so much fun! I haven’t been to Germany since 11th Grade so this was a fun time and the beginning of multiple beauty workshops with P&G. I also went back to Toronto this month for the PF shoe sale and Easter!MAY:
My mom comes to NYC to visit me! We had a great time and we went to the museums, she saw my new apartment and spent some time with the boyfriend as well. It was the 10th Anniversary for the agency I work with and we all got dressed up and had fun in NYC! The Make Up Show in NYC was at this time too and it was great stocking up on Liptars and meeting colorful makeup artists! Tai and I went to an Egyptian Coptic wedding this month upstate.JUNE
I cut my hair this month. I celebrated my birthday in style with my mom and also friends on the roof top of my Brooklyn apartment! It was really a beautiful day and summer in NYC is just perfect. I went to the Ford conference in Detroit this month and test drove cars, learned about trends and reconnected with friends. June is awesome. Jacob had his birthday too and he turned 7. I also went to Geneva for 3 days for another P&G workshop! So many amazing opportunities open up to you when you are open.
JULY
AUG
I went to Edmonton to visit my little nephew this month. He is growing like a weed and likes YouTube videos, playing on the iPad, dogs and the color pink. He is my soul-mate it’s undeniable!
SEPT
This was the busiest month of all. New York Fashion Week, Roslyn’s wedding (I was a bridesmaid!), Tai’s 33rd birthday, zip-lining trip to Maryland. We didn’t even have a minute to realize it was getting cold because we were so busy running around!OCT
Went to Toronto for Canadian Thanksgiving and PF Shoe Sale. The rental car company gave us a faulty car and it was quite and adventure trying to get there and back. When we got back, Jacob entered the Fort Greene Halloween costume contest! We loved his woolly mammoth costume, it’s so Ice Age!
NOV
The legendary Chocolate Festival happened in NY and I was not impressed at all. Maybe it was the sugar high hyper kids running around that ruined it for me. Also, I did my third P&G beauty trend workshop this month in Soho and it was awesome! Got to pow wow with more creatives and trend experts for a 2 day session and November slipped by and I didn’t even notice.
DEC
June came to visit me from LA and we spent Christmas together! I met a few more dog-friends in the neighborhood and can’t wait to try the new restaurants that opened in our Brooklyn neighborhood! I went to the Hello Kitty Hello Art exhibit and got busy with holiday festivities. Going to Toronto and coming back to New York in the new year.
I hope you are be open, go with the flow and switch it up! 2013 is going to be a mix bag.
Wanna see what I did in:
2012 recap ——-> Switch it Up 2013
2011 recap —> Love for Self 2012
2010 recap —–> Expand Your Network 2011
2009 recap ——> Get Passionate 2010
2008 —–> Get Tribal 2009
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Resort 2013 Collection by @BCBGMAXAZRIA
These are some of my favorite pieces from this collection. I really love the use of bright colors, patterns, and sheer material. The collection has cute summer pieces like shorts, swim suits, and loose dresses. It also includes huge trends from color-blocking to peplum skirts.
Lime green white, navy, cobalt blue, neon pink, yellow, orange, and turquoise were some colors that appeared in this collection. These colors are so cute and couldn’t have been used better.
The Resort line has come out in previous years as well. I think this year’s line was the most successful and the best so far. I love all of the items so much!!
Those 2 are my favorite of the entire line (up). I absolutely love them.
All 33 of the pictures can be seen at ELLE.COM.
