Whenever I travel I always find a Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives restaurant to eat at. Fresh Catch, in Honolulu, is hands down the best Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives restaurant I’ve visited. It also happens to be one of my favorite restaurants ever. I find that hole-in-the wall restaurants are often the tastiest.  The fish at Fresh Catch is top […]

A&E, Jewelmint, Old Navy, J. Crew, Shopbop, Forever 21, Dannijo Here are some of my favorite things from 2011.  I often get asked where my jewelry collection is from… while of course it’s from a variety of designers, I thought I’d list my favorites of 2011. Bracelets from Forever, everything from Jewelmint, and everything from […]

The third night we were in Germany we decided it was time to test out the local cuisine. So what did we Americans do? We asked our concierge to recommend a classic German restaurant. What did we get? A modern take on German food. Was it good you ask? Oh yes, delicious.   J. Crew necklace […]

I love this leather dress. My parents bought it for me for graduation, (we had a little shopping spree). When my mom purchased it she said, “you can’t gain an ounce in that dress!” Well ha mom it’s a year later and I fit into it better than last year… so there! (hehe). It is […]

1. Vince, 2. Abercrombie & Fitch, 3. Tory Burch, 4. Lulu Frost, 5. Madewell  I’ve been holding out on a very big secret – Abercrombie & Fitch is awesome.  It’s awesome for multiple reasons:  1. I can still fit into it (go me)!  2. It’s cheap. 3. It’s stylish!  That’s right, Abercrombie is stylish. After […]

Coat: Asos, Sweater: Madewell, Dress: American Apparel, Leggings: Ebay, Shoes: Vintage, Bag: Zara, Necklace: Dannijo “No. I hate incompetence. I think it’s probably the only thing I do hate. But it didn’t make me want to rule people. Nor to teach them anything. It made me want to do my own work in my own […]

I am a huge foodie and nothing gets me going like authentic Chinese food. The BF and his family have been going to Canton Gourmet for years and it has easily become one of my favorite restaurants.  Canton Gourmet uses a fried onion topping on many of their entrees and it is delicious – it’s […]

H&M scarf, J. Crew sweater, Madewell dress, J. Crew belt, Kova & T leggings, J. Crew shoes  From Left to Right: Swatch, YSL, David Yurman, Forever 21, Forever 21, Tiffanys  For once in my life I don’t have much to say. Let me just leave you with these parting words of wisdom. 1. I had […]

Necklace: Kate Spade, Top: Vince, Bag: Kate Spade, Pants: J. Jill, Shoes: Old Navy *Photographs taken by Papa Rick. 

Just because the blog stopped for 9 months doesn’t mean I stopped eating! My mama is literally the best cook in the world and many of these photos are her yummy creations. One of my favorite things about going home is having her home cooked meals.  If there’s one thing I love to do, it’s […]