New Year's Eve

Happy New Year's Eve everyone!!

Get in the mood for the biggest party night of the year!

Drink and Be Happy!

Need a little playlist for your New Year's Eve festivities this evening? Well I have the prefect mix for you!!

A few weeks ago I found this photo, entitled: Drink and Be Happy. The image inspired and me and now I am off to inspire you with some festive tunes!!

Beginnings                                    Chicago
Rhythm of Love                            Plain White T's
If You're Going to San Francisco  Scott Mckenzie
You Blong to Me                         Elvis Costello
If I Had Eyes                               Jack Johnson
I Say a Little Prayer for You        Michael Buble
Make Me Smile                          Chicago
Thank You for the Music             ABBA
Wouldn't It Be Nice                    Beach Boys
Don't Do Me Like That              Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
You're My Best Friend              Queen
Beyond the Sea                          Bobby Darin
One Fine Day                            Carole King
Oh Yoko                                   John Lennon
You and I                                  Ingrid Michaelson
Wagon Wheel                           Old Crow Medicine Show
Home                                       Edward Steel and the Magnetic Zeros
Cecilia                                      Paul Simon

Drink and Be Happy!!

Snow in the South

Back from our little southern excursion! I had a wonderful time and the snow really made the trip extra special. Our first stop was Great Smoky Mountain National Park. We stayed in Pigeon Forge and treked through Gatlinburg for a day...there really aren't any words. The main spectacle was the park. Our goal was to do a couple of short hikes and go up a few of the mountains. However, due to the snow fall, the roads surronding the Park...and all of the ones leading up the mountains...were closed. We made the best of it by doing walks around the lower woods. It was beautiful. Think of a mix of a Robert Frost poem and Narnia. Yes...I am using those two examples. We were down in the Mountains for the perfect amount of time though, right when we left the snow began to melt making the trails super messy and slushy. There was nothing more magical then walking through the woods, looking at the creek, while the perfect white snow glistened off the tree tops. Granted...it wasn't ideal for everyone. My brothers got bored on one of the walks and decided to try and sunbathe on the road.

Our next stop was the esteemed Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina.

The Resort is listed as a Historic Hotel, was orignially opened in the 1920s just for men. It is listed as a National Historic Hotel. There were over 900 people staying at the Resort during out two night stay. The Hotel overlooks Asheville and you can see the Great Smoky Mountains in the distance. With the snow covered city, it was beautiful to look out at the landscape and both nights there were gorgeous sunsets. My mom celebrated her birthday one of the nights we were there and we had a lovely dinner in one of the many restaurants they have in the hotel. After the meal my younger brother, Henry, and I explored the Hotel. The Grove Park Inn hosts the Gingerbread Houses from the regional competeion every year, so we enjoyed running around and looking at all of the different and very creative displays. My mom and I also took a couple of exercise classes, Yoga and Zumba. Zumba is supossedly the next biggest workout trend. A mix of cardio with Latin Music. The Zumba class was neat, although I recommend having rhythm...which I didn't have too much of!

The Grove Park Inn as a Gingerbread House

The view from one of the side wings...you can see the Winter Wonderland outside!

As part of the trip, we took a day out to look at the Biltmore Estate. The Estate was built by George Washington Vanderbilt II in the late 19th Century. He brought his wife, Edyth, to his newly completed home and together they raised their daughter Cordelia there. The estate is the largest privately owned home, and Vanderbilt orignally owned 125, 000 acres. Can you even imagine?? When the family hit hard times, shared by the rest of the nation during the Great Depression, Edyth (who controlled the estate after her husband's death in 1914) sold 90,000 acres as a National Forest. When Cornelia married, she and her husband John Cecil opened up the homr to public, to both provide the estate and the city of Asheville with much needed finances.

The estate remains part of the Cecil family and is a worldly reknowned travel destination.

When we visited the estate, we were able to see the Christmas display which included over 50 Christmas trees!

Road Trip

Family road trip down south to Tennesse and then Asheville, North Carolina! I am actually the only one ready so far (despite the fact I am blogging) . Therefore, I am not running out, suticase in hand, to the car...but it looks pretty fabulous. Also, we are driving a minivan down. One day I will take a road trip in a convertible. I am not complaining now. Three younger brothers in a minivan is bad enough, squeezed in a convertible, well it's not possible.

Hope everyone is surviving the Blizzard!

"There is no occasion too small for a giant bow"

On the last day of school for the semester, as I was throwing an eclectic mix of clothes in my suitcases, one of my best friends came running in my room to deliver my Christmas present. The present was a magazine ad from White House Black Market with the following quote.

"There is no occasion too small for a giant bow..." 

It not only provided today's inspiration, but also was one of my favorite gifts! Sometimes something so little...can say so much!

I have an obsession with outlandish accessories such as flowers, bracelets, scarves, and bows. Certainly bows seem to fit the heads of girls making their way to the first day of Kindergarten...but in my opinion, there is no reason it should stop there!

Find a way to pull off your accessories, so they are fun and festive, yet still maintain a classic and stylish vibe. The following images are all about bows. Enjoy!!

Merry Christmas !!

Wishing you the warmest and merriest of Holidays! I hope you have a blessed and joyful weekend. Make sure to scope out all of the Holiday styles at your Christmas festivities....and I hope Santa delivers plenty of inspiring outfits on Christmas morning.

And of course...Be Festive! It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!

Enjoy the video, a good friend of mine at school posted this...very clever!

Merry Merry and much JOY !



Hey! It's Christmas Day

Get Ready for a Holiday Party!

A watercolor image of a festive holiday outfit found on Tory Burch's blog

He's Got Lots of Goodies in His Sleigh

....or row boat?!

Hope you're busy shopping and gathering all of the gifts for your loved ones! Enjoy the Holiday bustle!!

Table Displays

The food could be awful and it still wouldn't matter, because I doubt that anyone could even take their eyes off of the decorations!

Baking cookies are now a holiday past-time, the display is what matters! Get crafting!!!

Debonair in Black

Tree Decorating

Glee We Need a Little Christmas



Decorating with Color

I helped my Grandparents set up their Christmas tree today and sometime this weekend (hopefully tomorrow) the Whitaker family will be putting up theirs!

So here is to colorful Christmas decor!!!

Home for the Holidays

Just arrived back home, I didn't return to a lovely chocolate cake, but just being back here (exam and work free) is wonderful!

Hope that everyone has safe travels over the Holiday season...and you arrive to nice and yummy goodies!



Almost Finished!!

Twelve hours from now I will be entering my final exam. I can't wait.

Right now I am trying to stay chic at the library... I am currently wrapped up in a pink blanket, with a bottle of water in front of me, studying Global Issues.

The fashion world will just have to take me as I am, if Beeghly 3rd floor is okay with it, who wouldn't be?

Lilly Pulitzer takes Christmas

My Most Favorite Christmas Movie

The Queen Bee of the Plaza Hotel celebrates Christmas.

Eloise always puts a smile on my face and this heartwarming Holiday film, does nothing less. I would recommend it to anyone to put them into the Christmas spirit.

There is NO ONE like Miss Eloise.

Ralph Lauren Christmas

One of America's greatest designer's take on the Holiday.

Seems like you can't go wrong with tartan!