Brooklyn Summer

I took a 5 day trip to New York City in June to visit my friend Ashlee who lives on Staten Island, my roommate Kelly who is interning in the fashion district, and to meet up with a few of the blogger ladies I have heard OH SO MUCH about from Miss Nickie, our "big sister of the blogging world". As you can imagine five days in the city led to quite a bit of material, so we'll start with this outfit post/Sunday recap and go from there.

On one accidental trip to Brooklyn via the subway and a missed stop, my cousin was texting me and upon hearing of our little adventure replied "Oh, Brooklyn... rough place, but very classic." I'm not sure that he's ever actually been to Brooklyn, but we thought the quote was hilarious, and 'rough' was definitely an appropriate term for the subway station we ended up in. The rest of it: not so bad.

We stayed in the Williamsburg neighborhood with Nickie one night after a night out and spent the next day wandering around doing all sorts of things. Brunch (or maybe more like "linner" by the time we got around to leaving the apartment) was at The Lovin' Cup and for $15 you got a delicious brunch entree and ALL YOU CAN DRINK MIMOSAS. Obviously our idea of a great time. As if that wasn't enough we stopped by the Turkey's Nest Tavern to get giant to-go margaritas for the park and spent the next hour or two lounging around in the sun with our margaritas.


We then made our way over to this little place I've only heard so much about: Beacon's Closet. As Nickie put it, we were "a little too tipsy to sift through the clothes" so she and I just checked out the jewelry sections while Kelly tried some things on. I ended up with a few rings and a necklace, which will surely be making appearances sooner or later.

Pictures resulting from various photo shoots along the way to Beacon's:

Note: Nickie did NOT fall down but was merely "taking her photography very seriously as an art" and getting pictures of Kelly from a new angle. Hahaha. This picture alone could pretty adequately sum up our day.

Sifting through a pile of "free" things on the sidewalk. We actually ended up leaving with quite a few books!

The night ended at an Italian restaurant with Maresa and her husband Tom that may have been a bit too classy for the likes of us and our day drinking... but you can thank Taco Chulo for being closed for the Gay Pride parade. I'm still sad I never got to try these nachos that they're always talking about.

Here's the outfit for the day:

I'd like to take a moment to thank the wind for these oh-so-cute bangs.... or not.

Dress: Target
Leggings: Old Navy
Vest (previously jacket): Charlotte Russe
Boots: Durango, R.C.C. Western
Sunglasses: Delia's
Purse: Carlos Santana, TJ Maxx
Bracelets: Charlotte Russe


Stay tuned, more NYC adventures to come.