PUFF SLEEVES AND SHORT FILMS

Happy Monday everyone!  I hope you all had a great weekend!  For all those that got to go to Lollapalooza this year, I hatechu!  I am still getting photo updates on Facebook about it.  Sigh.  Oh well.  I at least got to attend an amazing wedding this weekend at the Knickerbocker Hotel in Chicago.  I have never been inside that hotel and have never experienced a wedding there.  All I have to say is, the floor lights up!  No I'm not talking about them bringing in a floor that lights up, the original floor is made that way.  It was like a glowing beacon enchanting you through out the night and calling you to it so you can shimmy shimmy shake and get your groove on.  

A HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE congratulations to two of my favorite people, Ashley and Peter!  Ashley looked sooooooooooo amazeballs thanks to the ultimate Glam Team.  Ann-Marie and Izha!  If you don't know, they were the ones responsible for making me look amazing for THE DECADE post.  We had soooooo much fun at the wedding and GOOD CALL on the Filipino DJ.  Hands down the BEST DJ I've ever heard at a wedding.  I gotta get his info because he had the guests on the dance floor pretty much all night.  Well I know I was.  Ginuwine's Pony came on and I almost lost my shit.  The first few beats of that jam is not one you easily forget.  Love some old school tracks!  YAY!  How sad that I have to say old school now.  Sigh...  Also loved seeing my boys Tum Tum and Hoang do their thang.  Can't wait to see the beautiful photos that I KNOW are going to be siiiiiiiiick!

Other notable things that happened this weekend?  I spent one day trying to do chores.  I started about 15 different things and didn't complete a single one.  I would start one thing then get distracted by another thing and then another and then another.  The day ended with me having no sheets on my bed, the ironing board and iron out in the middle of the living room, my vacuum in the hallway with the cord sprawled out everywhere, my tools spread out over the kitchen counter, my sewing machine on my dining table, half the dishes in the dishwasher and me sprawled out on my couch in defeat.  Being an adult sucks no?  

I also experienced the dreaded bouncer cold shoulder this weekend at my favorite place, Underground.  I know... sad right?  It was pandemonium outside but it was blatantly clear that these guys were not letting us in.  One bouncer definitely hammered the point home by skipping over me when I was standing right in front of him and letting in the group of six girls next to me.  Don't get me wrong, I still love my UG.  If I didn't love it, I wouldn't have waited the hour outside being pushed and shoved.  So I still love it, I just no likie those two bouncers.  Did I feel all kinds of salty?  Umm damn straight I did.  I wasted a perfectly cute ass outfit that night.  Not to mention it was opening weekend so I at least wanted to be there one of the days especially because I was at almost every preview party.  And I can full on admit, being a female and getting dolled up to then being ignored at the door makes you feel like the ugliest sack of scum on the planet.  So what's the trick to get in?  Be on the guest list and go at 9:30pm.  It's okay, you can nap on the couches downstairs until the party really begins at 11pm.  If you do get there after 11pm, don't do what I did.  Waiting patiently gets you nowhere.  Push and shove and scramble to the front.  Grab one of their arms if you can reach.  I noticed that usually worked.

Hmm what else?  OH!  I finally took the hubster to Siena Tavern.  I can't get enough of their delish nom noms there!  I have an obsession with their Kobe meat ball appetizer and the squid ink and lobster linguine pasta.  I won't lie to ya, it's pricey.  But it is worth every penny.  One thing I hate the most is restaurants that charge ridiculous prices for mediocre food.  Siena Tavern delivers on taste and freshness.  All their pastas are freshly made in house.  Okay I'm drooling now.  PapaDOS enjoyed everything too!  Other menu faves?  Kale Caesar salad and the Siena burger!  Oh and their outdoor patio section is doggie freindly!  The staff were so sweet to my Wrigleyboo!  One server even went up to him and asked if he wanted still or sparkling water.  LMAO!  Thanks to PapaDOS for treating us!

These photos were from the weekend where I played a supporting role in an upcoming short film by my dear friend Hoang Lam of Commonless.  What's my character?  "Female Coworker"  Hahaha.  I was extremely nervous because I have never acted before.  It was definitely a first, having to memorize a script and ad-lib certain lines and play off of the other actors.  It was so fun to be part of the process.  Hopefully I come off well on camera.  LOL.  If not, Hoang better cut me out of everything!  Anyway, I think I rambled long enough.  Have a great week nuggets!!

Top - Max Studio  |  Crop Top - Finders Keepers  |  Shorts - Zara  |  Shoes - YSL  |  Bag - Chanel

xoxo,

DOS

NEON WRAPPED

Heyyyyy there.  Here I go again with a weekend recap.  As if you guys really care.  It's mostly for me to be able to look back and go.. "oh yeaaaaa.. THAT'S what I did that weekend".  Although I don't think I'll need anything to help me remember this past weekend.  It was the first weekend in a while that was themed just The Hubster and DOS.  We were glued at the hip all weekend.  Starting with a dinner date night on Friday that mixed in a trip to Best Buy and making friends with the Samsung employees, getting lei'd at a liquor store and tasting some beer, biking to dinner, running through a freak rain storm and drunken bike races through our alley.  I love nights where it just turns out to be so random.  I think all I said before we left the house was, let's go get sushi.  The rest kind of just... happened.  The only downside was that The Hubster beat me in our drunken bike race.  It has now become my mission to beat him on this.  Though I think the only reason he won is because my bike has smaller wheels so therefore my widdle leggies need to pedal that much faster!

Saturday was spent doing some light chores and taking our pupperoo to the dog park.  Wrigleyboo is so cute at the dog park.  He's such a feisty little boy at home but at the dog park he gets super shy.  Melts my heart so much.  Sometimes when he's not looking, I'll hide and he starts sniffing the ground for my scent to try to find me.  Hahaha.  So adorbs!  At night, I got dolled up in this outfit you see here and went to the Starving Artist event for the Chicago Artists Coalition.  It was such a fun event and I really loved the cause.  The Chicago Artists Coalition helps artists that may not have their own space, or materials and gives them a place to either create their art or display it.  Notable happenings of the night?  Taco battle between Big Star and Antique Taco.  It was sooooo hard choosing one!  Hennessy flowing from every direction thanks to Benjamin Newby.  Hmmm I wonder why I am always shwasted after I see him?  Maybe because he makes things like Henny popsicles and jello shots?  Hmm what else happened?  Oh!  Nail art by Astro Wifey!  I always wanted her to jazz up my fingers.  Her nail art that night was themed after some of the art in the gallery.  And of course no event is quite complete without a photobooth.  Uhhhh yea, we photo-whored it up.  

We topped off our Hubster + DOS weekend with one of our favorite events in Chicago.  THE PRIDE PARADE!  We've pretty much gone to see the parade every year since we moved to Lakeview.  It's always one crazy party with people just celebrating love, every kind of love.  It also gives people a chance to be as close to naked as possible.  LOL.  I'll have a separate PRIDE post coming soon so I'll save my words for that one.  Needless to say, hubz and I got rocked on margaritas and hobbled home for a much needed drunken power nap.  And as if we couldn't get any more BARF inducing, for dinner we decided to try our hand at cooking a Mexican feast together.  All inspired by the bottles of hot sauce and marinade that Big Star gave us on Saturday night.  It doesn't happen that often because it takes a lot of time but I love having cooking adventures with my hubby.  It always reminds me that we make a pretty good team even though we are so opposite.  He likes to follow recipes as exact as possible whereas I like to just free ball it.  The combination of the two usually yields good food.  =D

So that pretty much sums up my weekend with my boo.  Did we gross you out yet?  Lol.  I think it's so important in a marriage to have weekends like that.  Something more than just going out to an obligatory dinner date.  I find it more fulfilling having adventures together, trying out new things, or just acting like immature idiots.  Marriage is hard guys and mine is no perfect fairy tale, like a lot of my friends seem to think.  LOL.  So moments like these remind you what really matters and not to be so serious all the time.  The Hubster and I drive each other crazy and I'll be the first to say that I'm a little insane.  He deals with a lot.  I can go from zero to sixty in about .05 nano seconds and completely come from left field.  But there's really no one else that I'd rather see nodding and staring blankly right at me as I'm yelling my ass off.  

So I guess this post is dedicated to The Hubster.  Thank you for a fantastic weekend.  I love ya and have fun in Montreal this weekend!  Tell those strippers to follow my blog m'kay?  Just slip my card into their g-string.  Thanks!

Top - Zara  |  Skirt - ASOS  |  Shoes - YSL  |  Bag - Celine  |  Accessories - Thanks to Kendra Scott, David Yurman, Tiffanys

UPDATE:  If this ain't romance after 10 years of being together.  I dunno what is!

*Note:  It was a UNISEX bathroom.  Furthermore, all the women in line half swooned and half wanted to beat my ass.  Not my fault my hubby is better than yours.  MUAHAHA!

xoxo,

DOS

MELTING IN CHANEL

When it gets this hot in Chicago, there's only one strategy... find a trend that allows you to be as naked as possible but still be publicly acceptable.  Enter bralettes and muscle tanks.  This particular one happens to be my favorite.  Not only is it insanely comfortable, but you gotta love the melting CCs.  It definitely fit the bill this day because both The Hubster and I were melting in the heat and humidity.  And I kind of wanted to be a CC whore so I threw some on my feet and wrist as well.  =D

This weekend I finally caught up on much needed sleep and spent a majority of the days lying in bed and watching the entire first season of The Mindy Project.  ZOMG!  That show is funnyyyyyyyyy.  I honestly didn't think I would enjoy it since I never really liked her character on the office.  But maaaaaaaaaaaaan, that chick is hilare!!!  Her character on the show is very much like a lovable loser but with a sassy crazy side.  I definitely recommend you watch it.  Preferably on a day you want to be a veggie in bed and use very little brain power.  Aside from being a lazy sack, the most notable thing I did this weekend was get KBBQ and go to NRB (Korean Karaoke) with a fun group of peeps.  There were probably 15 of us and The Hubster was the only Korean which probably didn't help us at all since I might know more korean words than he does.  Hahaha.  I think I definitely turned this group on to NRB.  Considering we spent 5 hours in there.  =D  Sooo much fun!

Notable hits of the night?  Gangster's Paradise, Barbie Girl, Life Goes On, Irreplaceable... and about a million more.

More notable events of the weekend?  I bought my very first midi ring, then lost it two days later.  Sigh.

Top - Purchased from somewhere in Dallas  |  Bralette - Urban Outfitters  |  Shorts - Zara  |  Sunnies - Marc by Marc Jacobs  |  Shoes - Chanel  |  Watch - Chanel  |  Bag - BCBG

xoxo,

DOS