I found this vintage dress at Goodwill for my trip to Savannah. It’s ladylike, elegant, and simultaneously very comfortable. The devil’s in the details with this look. The button-down front and lace edge sleeves provide subtle visual interest. I paired it simply with walkable black flats and a gold belt. Though I bought the look…Read More
Sunday Snapshots
From left to right: 1) Dressing the part of a Southern Belle for my trip to Savannah. 2) The Telfair Jepson Center was a gold mine of awesome, African American art. 3) A sample of what’s to come in my Savannah guide. 4) Old estate home decor inspiration. 5) My dad spoiled me on Valentines Day. 6) Southern parks for days.
7 Year Anniversary
Tolstoy said, “We are asleep until we fall in love.” I always took that to mean until we fall in love, not just with a person, but with a project, an art piece, a mission. We are asleep until we find our passion, and Trends and Tolstoy has always been mine. Seven years ago today…Read More
Curaçao Travel Guide
My childhood memories of the Caribbean center on plastic, insulated versions of island life manufactured for cruise goers and naïve American tourists. We would hop from island to island but I never felt like I was seeing any of them. At any moment I expected the curtain to drop revealing the truth behind the sugary…Read More
The Hilton Curacao
Boston in the winter is brutal. It means short days, frigid temperatures, and a perpetually late MBTA. This year, the Hilton Curacao saved me with a mid-winter getaway. I traded frost bite for small bites at cocktail hour and jetted off to the Caribbean. The Hilton Curacao has no walls. Okay, there are walls around…Read More
Jumping In
When planning my outfits for my trip to Curacao, my first impulse was dresses. Cool, breezy, cute, perfect for the Caribbean. But we had some more physical items on our itinerary (ostrich riding, but we’ll get back to that) so I needed something more durable. Enter this jumpsuit. It has all the comfort and coolness…Read More