STREET ART AND CHAMBRAY



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Hey guys!  Quick post on this steaming hot Monday!  Spent some QT with Papa DOS yesterday.  We love to go get ramen at Wasabi in Logan Square.  One of the best ramen spots in Chicago.  Actually in my opinion, it's THE best one in Chicago that I've found so far.  Yes, it was a little insane that we were going to eat hot soup on a 86 degree and humid day.  We were sweating the whole time eating.  Worth it though.  The best part was that right across the street was an amazing display of street art.  We were lucky enough to catch the artists in action.  Some of the walls were still in the artistic process.  So cool to see these artists doing their thing and sharing their art with the world.  This guy behind me is clearly one of my favorites.  Hehehe.  He looks so peaceful.  I also had the best damn iced coffee ever at New Wave Cafe.  It was my first time in there and the space is so chill.  I loved the atmosphere and omg the coffee... sooo gooooood.  There was also a farmer's market going on in the area.  I absolutely love strolling around a farmers market.  Especially when there are free samples of goodies.  Hehehe...  I must make it a point to head to Logan Square more often this summer.  And NOT just for ramen.  =D  I hope you guys had a great weekend!  







Shirt - Urban Outfitters  |  Shorts - Kaitlyn  |  Shoes - Christian Louboutin  |  Bag - Louis Vuitton  |  Sunnies - Anna Karin Karlsson

Photos by Papa DOS and last photo by The Hubster
Lucky that I have two photogs in the fam right?!  =D

xoxo,
DOS

PRIDE EXTRAS



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#LOVEISLOVE

xoxo,
DOS

FLOWER CHILD AT PRIDE



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Greetings!  A quick post for you this Monday.  Kind of #latergram style since this is from the Pride Parade that was a little over a week ago.  I hope everyone had a fantastic 4th of July weekend!  I had me a 4 day weekend and it was faaaaaaaaaaabulous!  The Hubster was out of town all weekend so I spent it mostly with my second husband... LC.  Hehehe.  So I'd say it was an LdosCdos weekend.  We are also trying really hard to force our dogs to love each other so we had a couple doggie days.  Wrigleyboo is a little punk when it comes to doggies that don't look like him.  Such a brat.  Does this make him racist?  My weekend was filled with doggie play dates, baking myself poolside, trials and trials of macarons, calling police departments, and having firemen in my condo.  Eventful?  Yes indeed.  Unfortunately with my photog out of town this past weekend, I have no pretty pictures to share besides the ones from my phone that I posted on Instagram already.    









I absolutely love the Pride Parade!  It's such a crazy wild party and it keeps getting bigger and bigger.  I love how open everyone is and how they come to support such a large celebration of freedom and love.  It's always so amazing to see the new floats that enter the parade.  It shows how many organizations are starting to show their support for this community.  And you can't beat a party where shirts and pants are pretty much optional.  You definitely get shocked by some of the outfits.  But hey, if you came to judge, then stay your ass home!  Rainbow power!  Will post more Pride photos later this week.  Thanks for stopping by!  MWAH!

Dress - So old I can't remember  |  Shoes - Jessica Simpson  |  Sunnies - Chanel  |  Bag - Botkier  |  Accessories - Stella and Dot, Marc by Marc Jacobs

xoxo,
DOS

NEON WRAPPED



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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

THINGS THAT BLEW MY MIND THIS WEEK



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You're welcome world.

xoxo,
DOS

MELTING IN CHANEL



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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

SHINCREDIBLE



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When someone like David Shin, prominent attorney in the Chicagoland area (was that right?) goes up to you and shouts "I WANT TO BE ON THE BLOG DAMNIT!", it's really hard to say no.  Especially after delivering one of the best wedding speeches ever done, second to his speech at my wedding of course, I just had to oblige.  So here he is world.  The ever amazing, captivating, shincredible.. David M. Shin. Rocking a pose he likes to call "Drunk On Shoes.... Get it?!"  Shout out to his hottie mctottie wife Eskeelo and their two flippin' adorable kiddies, Joshy woshy and Lil' Jon!  MWAH!  

You were mucho drunko when you asked me to do this.. so I hope you were serious Shinny.  Either way, here you are in all your glory.



xoxo,
DOS

SHOULDER EXPOSURE



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Woweeee, I kinda suck at updating huh?  Had another jam packed weekend and going right into a busy week at the office.  Thank goodness I had a three day weekend.  It gave me the opportunity to party Thursday night and watch DJ Kayper spin at Studio Paris.  Hahaha... Let's be honest... I partied pretty much all weekend.   Gotta love wedding season.  I coordinated another beautiful wedding... Hashtag YOURIC!  Both the ceremony and reception were at the Intercontinental Hotel by O'hare airport.  That hotel is so pretty and the Presidential Suite is bomb diggity for getting ready.  A perfect backdrop to some amazing photos.  Doesn't hurt that the brother in law is Kenny Kim, a friggin amazetastic photographer based here in Chicago.  The bride looked insanely gorgeous in her dress and flawless hair and makeup.  If you follow me on the insta insta grizzzaaam, then you probably saw already.  I love coordinating weddings for my friends.  I get to be part of the whole day and see everyone get all dolled up and have some play time with the bride and bridesmaids.  =D  Although after spending 14 hours on my feet in my platforms then ending the night pounding the dance floor, my feet were so sore the next day.  Didn't stop me from woopin' it up at Taste of Randolph with my daddyyyyy for father's day.  I love a good festival and Taste of Randolph was definitely one of the better ones I've been to here in Chicago.









Well, here's what I wore out on Thursday last week.  Definitely been obsessy-pants over this skirt.  It goes with so many of my tops and has a really fun hem line.  And I just love love love the funky dunky print.  The top I got last summer and never really took it out for a spin.  I must say, I love anything off the shoulder.  I find this top very fun and a subtle sexxxaayyy.. Put it all on top of some Charlotte Olympia's and add a little Chanel for that swag, and I'm good to go.  =D


Top - Boulee  |  Skirt - Bardot  |  Bag - Chanel  |  Shoes - Charlotte Olypmia (similar)  |  Accessories - David Yurman, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Stella and Dot

xoxo,
DOS
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