Archive for August, 2010

Fall Fashion Trends 2010

08-23-2010 ** Categories: Personal Style / Tags: ,

Aside from, you know, having a gorgeous baby, I’m really excited about clothes and shopping this September!

Fall’s colors aren’t too different than the palette  for Spring/Summer, which is OK with me because I love gold, coral and turquoise shades.

Pantone Color Trends Fall 2010

I can’t wait to get back into skinny jeans, and I’m also still big on boyfriend jeans and excited to buy some jeans in saturated hues, all Fall 2010 denim trends.

Saturated Colored Denim Trend
How hot is this color denim?

Philip Lim Poncho

Also big for Fall 2010: Cozy cardigans, chunky belted sweaters, sharp blazers, animal prints (again; especially leopard), fringe and gypsy details. I am really excited about capes and ponchos. I also love camel as the neutral color for Fall.

I’m thinking lots of structured pieces in neutral colors, topped off with dramatic gypsy jewelry and scarves, decadent lace and fringe combos, and all of the boots I can stuff my feet into!

I also really want a luscious designer handbag to sport along with my Mat & Natt diaper bag (which I’ve been using and loving as a laptop bag for the present). I would love a spacious bag in a rich camel color. It also looks as though backpacks are making a comeback, a look that I’m loving the more I see it.

Mary-Kate Olsen - Backpack

What Fall Fashion are you looking forward to?

Sunday Link Love

08-22-2010 ** Categories: Sunday Link Love /

Christina Ricci StyleFashion Champagne: How To – Scarf into a turban Until I balls-up and rock the look myself, here’s another turban tutorial.

Made By Girl: Kelly Wearstler In love with this wallpaper!

Huffington Post: Christina Ricci’s Ever-Changing Style My favorite actress since childhood, I love her looks.

OK Trends: Don’t Be Ugly By Accident Basically, how to look your best in photos, with lots of interesting statistics. I knew my BlackBerry camera was making me look bad.

Mom’s Green Shopping List: DIY Beauty Products With Baking Soda

Dr. Jen 4 Kids: The Normal Newborn

Code Name: Mama: Why We Chose Cloth Diapers Read this before you put your kids in disp dipes! Sodium polyacrylate was removed from tampons due to its link to TSS but is still used in paper diapers… Gross.

Doohickies & Such Turquoise Earrings Review & Giveaway

08-21-2010 ** Categories: Product Reviews / Tags: , ,

This giveaway is closed ~ Congratulations to Brittanie!

Doohickies & Such Turquoise Earrings Winner

Comment #48 was Brittanie, who put together this Polyvore look to go with the earrings:

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ICanHas Brunch Box PDX

08-19-2010 ** Categories: Portlandia / Tags: , ,

Brunch Box PDX

This week we were watching one of our favorite networks, the Cooking Channel, when we caught an episode of Foodography on food carts. Assuming (correctly)  that Portland would be showcased, we recorded the episode as we began watching. Brunch Box was the first local food truck featured on the show and it caught Donny’s attention. As he began following them on Twitter, they tweeted that they would give a free burger to the first person to post video of their segment online. Donny diligently filmed the spot with his MyTouch smart phone and was the first to upload it.

Brunch Box PDX - OMG Breakfast Sandwich

We visited Brunch Box this morning and chose the OMG! Breakfast Sandwich as our free burger/sandwich. The sandwich contains egg, ham, Spam♥, bacon, and American cheese, and I wish I had another one right now. I highly recommend food carts in general, and the OMG! Sandwich is a great, filling deal at just $5. (They also offer an OMG! Burger with either Angus beef or turkey.) They seemed to be one of the only carts open and serving at 9am (They open at 8 on weekdays) and were super friendly. Breakfast and lunch are both served all day.

The burger showcased in the Brunch Box Foodography spot was the YouCanHasCheeseburger, a burger with two Texas toast grilled cheese sandwiches in place of buns. No surprise this epic cheeseburger made it onto TV.

Donny - Skate4Blazers - @ Brunch Box Food Cart PDXBrunch Box Donny - Skate4Blazers