Drop Waist Dress

Dress: Maje / Shoes: Zara (old) / Bag: Chloe / Bracelets: J. Crew / 

Sunglasses: Hobie / Lips: Bobbi Brown Gloss in Tangerine

I first saw this dress in Maje way back in September, bought it on sale sometime around January, and have worn it a couple of times since then including recently for JD's graduation from law school. Even though I think the dark green skirt makes it more of a fall/winter dress, I wore it again last weekend to a friend's bridal shower. The drop waist detail is what initially caught my eye but it is a style that can be tricky to wear if you don't possess the slim boyish frame of a flapper. In my opinion it can make you look a little bigger than you are in the waist area, i.e. photos above, but I still love it.

Beach Day

Weekends are going to start getting more limited around here as we get closer to the bar exam. So for now we are trying to soak up and enjoy every last minute of them. We stayed in the city Friday night and saw a show, The Stepfathers, at UCB. It was awesome, as always. The performers are all so insanely talented. It's wonderful. I cannot say enough how much I love seeing shows there.

We drove out to the island Saturday morning and tried our best to avoid sitting in traffic. It took almost two hours and the longest bit was waiting to get to the midtown tunnel. You know when gridlock gets to the point where the traffic lights stop making sense? Well we ate up at least half an hour at the last light before entering the tunnel. It was super fun. A traffic director would have been useful. We made it out to the beach in the afternoon. The weather was perfect, sunny and warm with a light breeze.

Look at that water! I can't get over how clear and blue it is. The water is usually a disgustingly murky shade of brown. Coupled with the drastic change of the landscape, I'd think it was an entirely different place if I didn't know any better. 

The Office?

Fresh peonies from JD's garden. Mine did not bloom this year. I have a feeling it has something to do with the plant being drowned in saltwater last October. This week was super productive for me. I watched the first three seasons of The Office on Netflix and nervously waited to see if I would come down with a stomach bug after JD caught one earlier this week. I did not, luckily. I didn't meant to watch the first three seasons of The Office, it sort of just happened. I got sucked in and then kept watching and waiting to get to the episodes I remembered liking, mostly involving the Pam & Jim story. They played some pretty good pranks. My favorite so far is one that they didn't even show. Jim gradually filled the receiver of Dwight's phone with nickels so he would get used to the weight and then one day took them all out, resulting in Dwight hitting himself in the head with his phone. Amazing. That one kind of makes me wish I could go back in time. My best office prank was probably mirror imaging my friend Mike's desk. He never changed it back. I'm pretty sure that everything is still in the exact same place on that desk to this day and he doesn't even work there anymore. 

And on that note, it's Friday! Yay. Have a great weekend!

The Anchor Top, Again

Top: J. Crew (last year) / Bottom: American Eagle / Handbag: Celine / 

Sunglasses: Hobie / Bracelets: J. Crew / Shoes: Soludos 

I picked up this silk anchor top on sale at J. Crew last Spring and it has remained a favorite in my closet. It's so easy and can be paired with just about anything. I usually pair it with white bottoms but decided to dress it out a little more with jeans. I've already worn this outfit several times and can easily see it becoming a summer uniform for cooler nights. 

Morning at the Beach

Maybe it's the season but our weekends have gotten much more packed as of late. It could also be due to the bar exam and JD wanting to take full advantage of any free time he gets. It's such an intense experience, there is so much studying. I'm happy to see JD relax and take a little break, even if it's just for a few hours. 

Yesterday JD got me up at 5:30am to go to the beach. I'm happy to report that Field 2 at Robert Moses was in pretty good shape. There were barely any dunes, but the beach didn't look as bad as Gilgo. I spent a couple of hours sitting in the sand with my camera in position, waiting to snap JD catching a wave. There was a lot of floating, and drifting, out there in the line up and not too much surfing done by anyone but it regardless, it was so nice to spend the morning on the beach. 

Water meets sky.

There were plenty of seagull wars over clams yesterday morning. It was very interesting to watch them fish and then take the shells to the parking lot to crack them open on the pavement.

Waiting for waves in the line up.