New York New York on Orchard

Hello hello, long time no see! My laptop at home went kaput and after months of waiting for it to get fixed, I have finally given up and have dug up an archaic machine.

Anyhoo, let's get started on the backlog of outfit photos, shall we? This was taken one Friday evening in late June - possibly the last date night we had before flying off to New York (where we spent a glorious couple of weeks). 

Rooftop

Whenever we tell anyone where we live, it's usually followed by a mix of disbelief, surprise and looks of "are you crazy??". It's a natural reaction - we have two very famous neighbours, which results in a very busy neighbourhood. And that's putting it midly.

We love it though - with nearly 15 subway lines at our doorstep, as well as out-of-town trains and buses - the convenience is pretty hard to beat. Besides, it could be worse - we could be living in Times Square, quelle horreur!


We also have K-town (SUCH.GOOD. FOOD) and amazing chain-store shopping. I have been known to hit Zara across the street in trackies, and you probably already know my Marni at H&M story.

Like most buildings in the city, we have a pretty cool rooftop. Funnily we only ever head up there on the 4th of July or for an amazing view of the Thanksgiving Day parade.

Anthropologie Amsterdam Dress, La Manual Alpargatera espadrilles from Barcelona (sim and sim) Chanel flap, BR ring, Anthropologie earrings

If you are ever in my 'hood, do come say hello to my neighbour and me!

Green and Gold

I purchased this DVF dress heavily on sale at Bloomies on the way back from hot yoga and immediately wore it out to lunch at Tamarind this afternoon. The Olympics are very much on my mind, which is probably why I unconsciously dressed up in (lime) green and gold. 

DVF dress, Marni sunglasses and sandals, Vintage Chanel

Gold glitter belt (sim), Cartier and Hermes bangles, Michael Kors watch

Speaking of the Olympics, I am appalled by the selective NBC coverage on TV. Holding back on airing popular events live just to show them later at prime time is lame and frankly insulting. 


I am just glad we managed to finish the really nice meal at Tamarind in time to catch the 4x100 men's swim finals on our home laptop. What a exciting finish - kudos to the French team! 

Tutty Fruity and GoT

What an insane month June has been. The dance showcase is on this weekend and rehearsals have hit fever pitch. 

Since every near-daily practice has been mentally and physically exhausting, I have had zero energy to do much else. Thank goodness I blog for fun!

Here's what I wore a few weekends back. Although these were taken at my favourite spot near Union Square, my brains are too fried to remember where I was going or what I was doing:

Zara dress, Kate Spade belt (sim here), BR ring

Of course I had NO idea these ASOS earrings were HUMUNGOUS until seeing this photo (sim here)

Whilst my social life has taken a backseat this month, veging out on the couch has its merits - I finally got around to the Game of Thrones - HOW IT TOOK ME SO LONG ASTOUNDS ME! 

I read before I watch (this goes for anything) so I was patient enough to finish off book one before viewing the first season on HBO. Unfortunately patience is a limited virtue. I am already done with season two of this AMAZING show even though I have yet to reach the halfway mark of the corresponding book. 

George R.R. Martin is a wonderful story-teller and with five books in the series and counting, I am secretly thrilled that I have a considerable amount of reading ahead of me. 

Having said that, my favourite character is Tyrion Lannister only because of Peter Dinklage and the witty script. This is probably the only time I will concede a character being better portrayed on screen than in print.