Yesterday, on Crosby Street
My First Times…
My summer jobs
In many of the e-mails I get from readers, the same question seems to pop back up time and time again. It always comes out something like this: How did you find your calling?
The Essentials
A black skirt, a nude, almost transparent top, a belt, and nothing else. It’s a little amuse-bouche signaling the return of the minimalist chic that’s been waiting for us for fall. You ready?
Short Story
#1 – I like when a jacket and a pair of shorts are the same length. You could say that it makes for some amazing optical illusions. (“Oh! She forgot to wear bottoms!”)
#2 – Is it possible that jean shorts have taken control over the entire planet? This is what I was lamenting to Scott about this morning. (While I was wearing some jean shorts, of course.)
#3 – Feel free to help me find better titles for my posts. I think my brain went on holyday before I could. (It is at the Surf Lodge, having mojitos while I’m working)
Ok, enough talking, let’s get that day started ! Bisous !
In Montauk…
This weekend, Scott succeeded in dragging me away from my computer. I had 8,000 tons of work and so he said to me, “Come on, you can work at the hotel!” He didn’t need to say much more. We went to Montauk, a little town in the Hamptons where all of New York spends the weekend taking in some sun, surfing, and… well, diving back into New York ambiance, if truth be told.
And Saturday, at the end of the afternoon, we had some drinks at Surf lodge. I just loved it. That said, it’s not so surprising seeing as —–>
#1 – I have an insatiable love for everything that comes close to being surf related. If I so much as see a surf board, I start swooning. It’s one of the things on my to do list in life, take a week off for a surf class in Hawaii. One day, one day!!!
#2 – I have an undying love for the atmosphere of vacation homes, and it’s exactly the feeling you get when you walk into the restaurant.
When I get a house (one day, one day!!!) I’ll decorate it like a vacation home. It’ll be simple, uncluttered, but definitely not perfect. It’ll be cool luxury, you know, with some objects I’ve collected from my various travels, a big wooden table, and lots of paperbacks and books full of images everywhere.
#3 – I’m crazy about the Lisa Marie Fernandez swimsuits. And there’s a little beach-y store just next to the restaurant… And they had the entire collection. Raaaaaaah.
#4 – I love tossing down cocktails and ESPECIALLY love being a barfly.
What? C’mon!
#5 – I love eating. And one of my favorite things for summer, besides watermelon sorbet and mojitos, is grilled vegetables. Little peppers, just little baby ones, oh I just melt. Especially if the person cooking them is… Ta daaaaa!!!
Sam Talbot, the chef!
Does it look like I am more stuffed or impressed in this picture? More stuffed than anything else? Ahahahaha. You’re right indeed.
Okay, off we go, back to work for me. Bonne journée and don’t forget to put slices of cucumber in your water pitchers, it’s oh so good. Big hugs!
Translation : Tim Sullivan
Sshhhh!
You have no idea how hard it is to write about fashion! It’s hell!
Not only are the terms just as seasonal as the clothes we don’t want anymore at the end of the summer, but new trends, materials, and cuts appear every three days and demand their rights: to be named!
