My Baby Girls

Everyone in the family is totally in love with our new baby girl Coco. So far she has only destroyed a couple of pairs of socks and one small Muumi toy. And anyway she is too cute to be mad at! My other baby girl thinks she is a big independent girl, although she still wants her pacifier at night, and wants to be my crocodile baby (don't ask). Coco and her share a boundless energy. Wish they could give me some!

City Stroll

It's still officially summer, but definitely feels like fall is in the air. The full schedule is on again! We're back to strolling the streets of West Village every other Saturday due to kids' activities... I don't mind, I quite enjoy it. And now that the little one can join the play group in the morning, hubby and me have a precious hour and a half for ourselves for a cup of coffee and some yummy pain perdu at A.O.C., our favorite French bistro for brunch. 

The view from Williamsburg Bridge!

Fantastical creatures at the Alexis Bittar store on Bleecker. 

At Marc Jacobs you could be the designer and create a customized t-shirt.

Repeats

Sometimes you get stuck using the same few items of clothing despite of having a closet full of stuff. I'm sure everyone has some rules of how they repeat clothing, or at least I do. My rule is to not repeat the exact same outfit within the same week, however, you can recycle parts of it to other outfits. This is actually super helpful when life happens and you have to grab the items hanging in the front of your closet. Here are my repeats from last week. I wore the white J Crew top to work with my Levine pants, Balenciaga bag, BR necklace and Loft sandals. And then I wore the H&M print pants with a BR t-shirt, same bag, same sandals, and a necklace bought from NYC streets. 

Saturday night blues

Here are the mother and daughter outfits for a Saturday night dinner we had been invited to. It was a bluesy night, in every sense ;-)

Mom wore J Crew top with Banana Republic necklace, H&M pants, Eileen Fisher sandals, and Ralph Lauren vacchetta saddle bag. 

Daughter wore Ralph Lauren denim dress, Sperrys, and a paillette collar. 

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Last weekend we went for a Labor Day concert at our community park. Vonda Sheppard was playing. If you're like me, you won't know who she is...but I googled her, and she's the girl who made the Ally McBeal TV-show song. You'd know it if you heard it. It's been playing in my head for about a week now! A catchy tune, I guess. Vonda was fun and played a lot of current hit songs as covers. The little girls were dancing with their friends, while mommy was sipping her own grape juice and relaxing. Good times.

Each girl got their own autographed picture of Vonda! 

The Bags that go from Summer to Fall

These two bags turned out to be favorites of this summer, along with the old Michael Kors straw tote that has been seen on many outfit pictures. The straw tote will be stored away for the cooler months,  but I plan to wear the other two well into the fall. The orange Stella McCartney cross body pops against my blacks, jeans and darker neutrals, and I think it will go nicely with my army green stuff. The blue  Ralph Lauren saddle bag is a bit more challenging to pair with my fall stuff, but I'm planning to wear it with my light beiges, off whites and grays.

Life's a Beach

I have to post these beach picnic pictures too, if only so that I can remind myself of these good times when it gets chilly, rainy and miserable outside... This was our picnic last Friday, probably the last sunset picnic of the year. The band was playing at the Seacliff beach again, the whole family was together, and life was good. 

Collector's treasures