COOKIN' RAW WITH THE BROOKLYN BOY

So I'm kind of going backwards with this post.  This was actually my LAST day in NYC.  Probably the best weather day for photos but the worst hangover day for the one in the photo.  By this point in my trip I was soooooo dead tired but I didn't want to stop the rock (inside joke).  One of the biggest reasons why I love visiting my bestie Anita is because she takes me to the best places.  I've already hit up all the touristy spots so she likes to take me to explore New York like a local.  I love that!  This particular day we ventured into Brooklyn where she took me shopping at a few flea markets.  On the way, I got stopped in my tracks by this awesome wall!  What an uh-maaazing backdrop!  Props to her for taking great pics.  I believe this was Williamsburg area.  The day was so beautiful and sunny, perfect for a flea market shopping day.

I loved the buildings and their very city style fire escapes.  Makes me think of the final scene of Pretty Woman, very romantic.  If a boy climbed my fire escape with flowers I would just swoon.  Swooooooon!

I made Anita get this hat.  So fabulous!  Vintage, great color, decently priced.  Gotta love finding an old treasure!

At the flea market, I got myself some awesome pieces for my place.  I always try to get something interesting from every trip I take.  Something I can look at that makes me remember all the awesome memories.  This was obvi too big to stuff in my luggage so these are being shipped to me by the artist.  I am getting one New York skyline and one Chicago skyline!  How perfect is that!?  The Chicago one is still being made.  The picture above is only the NYC skyline.  They are on reclaimed barnwood and I love the effect it has on the print itself.  The artist Philip Sachs also has an etsy shop set up for those who can't get to him in Brooklyn for his awesome stuff.  Check him out on www.sheepsheadnyc.com.  I asked him about possibly making me an LA one to complete my triad of cities that I visit the most.  Please try to support local art whenever you can!  It's a welcome change to my items from Pottery Barn and Crate and Barrel.  

Haaayyyyy girllll.  Effortlessly sexy.  I wonder if she noticed I was snapping pictures of her and tried to pose a little.  Don't worry girlfriend, I totally feel ya.  Hehehehe...  Maybe I should be a street style blogger so I don't seem so creepy trying to sneak a photo.

We took the ferry back to Manhattan.  Wow what a view!  I highly suggest taking the ferry to and from Brooklyn.  It's only $4 and on a great day, it is a fabulous way to take in the New York skyline.  I'll be seeing you on a wooden plank in a little while New York.  Can't wait to share all of my crazy stories from my trip with you guys.  I had myself quite a fun adventure.

Sweater - Generation Love  |  Shorts - TEXTILE Elizabeth and James  |  Sunnies - Oliver Peoples  |  Hat - Vintage Find (similar)

xoxo,

DOS

NAP TIME

AFTER MY NYC TRIP, AT WORK I FEEL LIKE:

I am taking a page from my favorite tumblr #soyeahduh on this one.  I had absolutely the most fun in NYC this past weekend.  I was there from Wednesday night to Sunday night and it was a nonstop bucket of fun.  From eating at all my favorite spots, to running around the city during Fashion's Night Out, to going to my very first fashion show, to seeing a celeb or two, to party rocking with my friends at Meat Packing, to meeting some of my all time favorite bloggers, to buying artwork at a Brooklyn flea market, I have to say, New York never disappoints me.  But I do have my battle scars.  My feet are crying, and I've got a few bruises and a ton of blisters.  But all totes worth it.  Needless to say, I am exhausted!  Add the fact that I was back in the office bright and early on Monday morning trying to play catch up to some state returns.  I definitely just want to crawl under my desk and nap.  But like any other insane multi-tasker, I must power through!  I have a few photos to show you guys.  Not a lot because teaching my friends how to maneuver a DSLR was a bit of a fail.  And it was so hot and muggy out in NY with rain mixed in at random points.  Very hard to stay lookin' cute and sassy.  Not that I didn't try.  Hehehe...  But mostly I cared more about spending time with my friends and having fun.  I definitely have some photos to show you guys.  Just be patient as I try to get my head on straight and back to my grind.  Hopefully you follow me on Instagram (drunkonshoes) and that is holding you over for now.  Don't worry, I'll compile those pictures into a post as well.  =)

xoxo

DOS

THE SKULLS

Heyyyyyyy.  Did everyone have a great weekend?  I did.  Only because there was something called Beer Olympics that I was involved in.  Probably the best game ever created.  My hats off to the DePaul crew for their amazeballs creativity and genius-ness.  Luckily it did not rain on Sunday so we were able to still have the BBQ that was planned.  I had a blast!  And the party continued at a bar down the street and ended with a giant fishbowl filled with some sort of red concoction and about a million giant straws.  Definitely brought me back to my college days.  And let's keep it 100, who doesn't want to relive college sometimes?!  Never a dull moment with that group.  Here are some interesting quotes from the weekend.  "Koala!  Koala!  Koala!"  "If you are not holding the buns, you may not speak."  "What girl do you know has electrical tape handy?!"  "I have electrical tape!"  (said by the same girl who said previous statement)  "Door knobs, light bulbs, door knobs, light bulbs, door knobs, light bulbs."  "Fine, I'll give you my dance move."  "Take a picture of me holding my shirt up so I can show my boys."  "Omg who was that guy?!  Ew!  Throw away that straw right now!"  Yes, definitely one interesting day.

I went for the morbid cute-sy look for that day with my blush pink sweater and black skulls.  One of my awesome purchases from Brandy Melville in Santa Monica.  Sadness that I somehow ripped a hole in the sleeve by the time the night was over.  Signs of a fun night I guess.  Not much to say about this look.  Easy-peasy and perfect for a daytime BBQ.  The sweater is super light and airy and it wasn't super hot that day.  Paired with some wicked shorts I got from Coal N Terry Vintage.  Fun fact:  when I try to go to Coal N Terry Vintage's website at work, I get blocked because it is categorized as "sex".  Interesting.  So maybe don't try to go on that site while you are at work.  I'm just saving you from the potential red flag from your IT department.  Learn from others' mistakes y'all!  

So I am trying to push out this post because as of tomorrow night I will be in New York!  Woot!  I am super excited to be going to another Top Influencer partaaay.  I remember at the last one I got to meet Ms. Wendy and almost died on the spot.  I, again, want to thank you all for the support and love on this blog.  These kind of things would not happen if one, I totally sucked at this, and two, no one looked at this.  So thank you everyone!  It's been over a year and I am still so humbled by all the love I get.  XOXOXOXOXOXO!!!!  I'll be in NY just enough for the first few days of fashion week but yea... still not cool enough to get into a show.  But I am going to roam Lincoln Square staring at all the beautiful people like any other fashion crazed geek.  High fives all around.  The best part is that I have two of my bestest friends coming with me and who I am dragging along to stalk celebrities and be a total tourist.  Laurz from DEUX CHICAGO and Sung from..... from high school!  JEA JEA JEAAA!  As I am typing this, I will tell you, I have a belt and one clutch in my suitcase and that's it.  I really need to get packing.  I am by far the WORST packer ever.  My dad specifically requested that I not go too crazy on shopping while in NY.  It's like he doesn't even KNOW his daughter.  Hopefully I will keep it under control though.  I won't have my normal photogs with me so it's up to Laurz and Sung to learn some DSLR work with the quickness.  Wish us luck!!  Follow me on Instagram and Twitter to see me in action in NY during the next few days (handle - drunkonshoes).  =)

How cute is this!?  Such a wonderful display of love.  Makes me want to look at The Hubster like "Where's ours at man!?!"  Oh and anyone notice I finally got my hair done?  No more 3 inch roots and "fake" ombre style.  

Sweater - Brandy Melville  |  Shorts - Coal N Terry Vintage  |  Shoes - Steve Madden (similar)  |  Bag - Michelle Tan (similar)  |  Watch - Chanel  |  Bracelets - Brandy Melville (similar), Kate Spade, Tiara Love  |  Necklace - Forever 21 (similar)  |  Rings - Stella & Dot, David Yurman (similar)

xoxo,

DOS

SET SAIL

Happy Labor day weekend everyone!  I hope everyone has something planned for their extra day off.  Well for those of you that have that extra day off.  For those that don't.  I am soooooooooo sorry.  That totes sux.  This weekend is a little poopy because it has been intermittent rain.  Definitely ruined plans to lay out pool side and bbq.  Friday was great though.  I celebrated a birthday for a very special lady at Bluebird in Bucktown.  No boys allowed at this dinner so definitely nice to have some girly chit chat.  Happy birthday to my darling MP!  I hope you love your new ring.  =)  

Birthday dinners allow me a chance to get dressed up and dolled up.  I thought this dress was perfect for the day.  I knew I wanted to do a shoot today for the blog but I also had to work all day.  I would have had to go straight from work, to a location for our shoot, to stroll through stores for a birthday present (yea I procrastinated and bought her present that same day.. she knows and still loves me anyway), then finally to dinner.  Basically I had to find something appropriate enough for the office, yet something cute for the blog, and dressy enough for dinner and also sassy enough if we decided to find an after party.  I think this dress hit all those points don't you?  I love the way it's sailor inspired and makes me think of boats and sails.  Hehehe... I also had a twitter comment a couple of days ago from someone that works in a corporate environment and she was wondering what kind of things I wear to work.  I hope she sees this post.  =)  Although at work if my skirt is a little above the knee I tend to wear flats.  My old job was a little more used to my sky high heels than my current one.  Sometimes you gotta slowly incorporate that in and not all at once.  Hahaha.  For those of you in corporate America, how do you guys incorporate style into a corporate setting?

Dress - ASOS  |  Shoes - Aldo (similar)  |  Clutch - ASOS  |  Watch - Chanel (similar)  |  Rings - Stella & Dot, David Yurman, Cartier  |  Jewelry - Tiara Love (bracelet similar) (necklace similar), Stella & Dot, Urban Outfitters (similar)

xoxo,

DOS

SHOULDER ACTION

Finally, a little fashion fix!  Sorry it took so long to get an outfit post up.  The Hubster injured himself and has been out of commission as my photographer lately.  Even this shoot was a bit of a struggle but he is a champ for trying.  And he did a mighty fine job if you ask me.  By the way, his real name is Tek.  One of my readers caught my woopsie of writing down his name on the last post.  Hahaha.  I'm pretty sure he doesn't care if his name is revealed.  By the way, are there any Chicago photogs that wants to help me out with some shoots.  Just for funsies.  =)

This particular day was super fun because we met up my bestie and her sis at Fireplace Inn for their Tuesday special of 1/2 off appetizers from 5-7pm and 1/2 off bottles of wine ALL NIGHT.  That last part being the most dangerous on a Tuesday night.  I will suggest that they specify that the King Crab Legs that are on the "Appetizer" section is NOT included in this special.  That was a huge "womp womp" moment for us when we found out.  It would have been worse if we found out when we got there but me and my infinite wisdom called to ask because it just sounded too good to be true.  And yea, it was.  But everything else was delish!  Especially the 5 bottles of wine.  Yikes.  We took full on advantage of their special and pretty much ordered the whole appetizer side of the menu like total champs.  And we got to do it while sitting in their outdoor area and enjoying the last bits of summer.

In honor of the last bits of summer, I decided to rock a shoulder cut out blazer.  It's such a fun and sexy design and hellooooooo, love the color!  Hehehe... there is still time to rock the neons everyone!  The weather was perfect for this top and I was really glad it had the sleeves when the sun came down.  I'm trying really hard not to get depressed that the sun is setting sooner and sooner.  It's the most depressing scene working a full work day and then stepping out of the office into darkness.  I plan to savor as much sun as I have left and I hope everyone else is too.  So back to the outfit.  I love this tank that I got from Edith Hart on sizzzaale during their style gif event!  Woot!  It makes me feel very slinky and delicate.  Does that make sense?  And the jeans.  Wow, I was immediately drawn to the bleached look and random color stains.  They of course are too long and I will eventually get them altered.  There was just way too much material so the rolled up part looks super thick.  Me no likie that.  I also finally found a chunky chain necklace that fits well on me.  Woot!  It was one of my awesome finds at the Vintage Garage this summer.  I got a bunch of gold pieces for a total of $30.  Digital high five!  Anyhoozah, thanks for reading!  Let me know what you think of the look.

Blazer - Nasty Gal  |  Tank Top - Paper Crown (purchased at Edith Hart)  |  Jeans - Blank NYC (sale!)  |  Shoes - Nasty Gal  |  Necklace - Vintage (similar)  |  Bag - Stella McCartney  |  Bracelets - Stella & Dot, broken House of Harlow Cuff, Express  |  Earrings - Top Shop

UPDATE:
Please visit my bestie and her sis' blog DEUX CHICAGO
She managed to keep this blog a secret from me for an entire year!  What the crap is THAT about!?!  She outed her blog to me on a drunken night out and I wish I had a video of how she said it.  These two are not only a beautiful sister duo, they are witty as hell.  Give them lots o' love!

UPDATE #2:
For all the Instagram followers who left me comments asking about the shoes =)
I originally got them from NastyGal.  I think they sold out a while ago.  I hunted for them online for you guys!  Here are the different sites I found and in different colors and styles!  I will tell you, these shoes are comfortable because of the very minimal arch and high front platform.  YAY!

SHOP THIS SHOE

xoxo,

DOS