wild fox

wildfox baby.
i've been living in the tunic all winter.
i can't wait to get my hands on some of wildfox's spring/summer western collection.

appetite for destruction

cool, dry days are perfect velvet shoe weather, just add a vintage rock tee, cardi and a leather jacket and you're good to go.
i can never say no to a great guns n' roses tee and this find was no exception. it says appetite for destruction on the back too, awesome.
wearing vintage tee and jacket, ag jeans, aritzia cardi and topshop boots

on top of ol'smoky

the last of the nashville posts, day 11 - finally getting past the tourist trap of pigeon forge and gatlinburg (there is literally a museum for everything, an outlet for everything and about 50 mini golf courses off one two lane road, traffic nightmare) we made it into the great smokey mountain national park. we did a couple of hikes, saw some amazing autumn colours and even straddled the tennessee/north carolina line. you could spend a month explore the huge park, but we just had one perfect day, i'll never forget those hazy blue rolling hills.

wearing: top, sweater and leggings-aritzia, shoes-converse, bag-diy, sunnies-rayban oversized wayferers

good ol' rocky top! whoooo! rocky top tennessee.

nashville day 10 - the first full day in the smokies involved lots of rocking on the back porch and relaxing in the hot tub before heading to knoxville for a university of tennessee football game. what an experience! 100,000 people all in volunteer orange, singing along with the marching band playing rocky top and supporting their boys. that night was so cold and the vols weren't exactly doing that great so we decided to leave after the half time show, but what a show it was, flaming batons, marching band reels and a back flipping davy crocket. crazy.

wearing top: sweater: aritzia, top: urban outfitters, pants: j brand
wearing bottom: hoodie: university of tennessee volunteers gear, jacket: h&m

loveless cafe - praise the lard, pass the biscuts

so behind on posting, so this week i'm putting it all up. posts everyday.
nashville day 9 - the last weekend in tennessee kicked off with brunch at loveless cafe, a nashville institution. loveless cafe is a former roadside motel that turned into the place to get the best biscuits in town, amazing. after carbo loading the boy and i headed east to pigeon forge to spend the weekend in the smokey mountains. little did we know we drove the 4+ hours in the pouring rain with a flat tire, ooops! good thing we didn't crash/destroy our rental car because we didn't get insurance. when we finally arrived at our cabin i had to climb through the window b/c we had the wrong entry code for the door, jokes. at least it was worth it all for a toasty cabin in the woods with the world series on the telly.

wearing: coat: h&m, leggings and top: aritzia, bag: pendleton, scarf: zara, sneaker wedges: ash

fido dido

nashville day 8 - fido in hillsboro village is the best coffee/sandwich shop in nashville. on thursday we went back for another breakfast, had to have that mcfido sammie, so good. then headed to franklin to hit cool springs mall. we picked the perfect day to be inside too because it rained the whole time. one of the things i noticed about nashville is the malls are always empty, seriously where is everyone? malls are packed in toronto on a friday at 2pm, weird. oh, and on a outfit note i was wearing my "kurt cobain" sweater, it makes me so happy.

wearing: mango sweater, club monaco twill pants, ash sneaker wedges, pendleton bag.

belle meade

nashville day 7 - i grew up in awe of scarlett o'hara and adoring gone with the wind so when i heard you could visit belle meade, a plantation house that was the heart of one of america's premier thoroughbred farms, i knew i had to check it out. i wore my brand new ash wedge sneakers, which i am in love with, highly recommended. after the tour, kevin and i had the best meal at sunset grill - cheddar cheese grits and an iceberg wedge salad, followed by a dessert trio of southern coconut cake, creme brule, and jack daniels pecan pie. seriously decadent. finished off the day with a walk at radnor lake and an always essential trader joe's run.

wearing: urban outfitters top, aritzia denim shirt, ash wedges, les folles de joie shorts, rayban oversized waygerers, pendleton bag.

boondocks

got to get going with these nashville posts or else by the time i get to them all i'll already be back in tennessee! june isn't that far away.

day 6 and 7 of the nashville adventure. super warm for the end of october, thank god i bought these shorts online or i would have melted. monday i spent the day roaming around the city, sipping coffee by the water under the watchful eye of the "batman" building and eating the world's largest sandwich. that muffaletta was lunch and dinner - for two people and was followed up with the world's largest soda while watching the footloose remake at the movies, lordy.

tuesday was full of vintage shopping in east nashville, goodbuy girls is such a great find. i bought so many great pieces and it's in my top 3 for best vintage stores ever. then mmmmmmm tacos at satco. love. especially when you get free fish tacos, score and finally we ended the night at the grand ole opry getting serenaded by little big town and keith urban. perfect.

wearing: monday - aritzia top and sweater, converse sneakers, jewelmint necklace, rayban wayferers and les folles de joie shorts from urban outfitters. tuesday - aritzia top, les folles de joie shorts from urban outfitters, vintage belt, sam eldeman boots, aerie socks and ring from thailand.

happy new year

a quick post to show you all what i got up to on new years 2012.it may be a little late, but hey i've been sick the last few days and only had the energy to play tiny tower and watch "the killing"..... anyways on with it.

i celebrated the new year with all my besties at my friends' jackie and mike's wedding. it was an amazing party and i even caught the bouquet! unfortunately, the boy was and is still in nashville so i had to go solo, the only downside to a great night. i channeled stevie nicks with my outfit, wearing a vintage sheer dress/kimono over a body con mini and lace tights with lots of gold touches. so fun. i also had to throw in some pictures of jackie, looking gorgeous in her monique lhuillier wedding dress, unbelievable. hope you all had a blast at your new years events and i wish all my lovely readers a fantastic 2012. xxc

wearing: vintage sheer dress and belt, american apparel u-back dress, hue tights, topshop boots

magic moments

it's fitting that my final post of 2011 is a nashville post because the two weeks i spent there were truly the best two weeks of the year.

on day five in tennessee the boy and i took a tour of the ryman auditorium. it's the "church of country music". it's an incredible concert hall with arguably the best acoustics in the world, so much history in those walls. displayed in it's halls are all the hatch show print posters that have been made for recent shows held at the ryman. i wish i could have seen them all, bruce springsteen, van morrison, patty griffin, the list goes on and on...

wearing: aritzia denim shirt, alternative apparel tee, j brand cargos, sam edelman boots, pendleton bag

tonight i'm going to be channelling stevie nicks in a vintage sheer black maxi to celebrate not only the new year, but also my friends, jackie and mike's wedding!

here's to an amazing 2012 with lots of love, luck and laughter.