Dear reality,
I just want to let you know that I’ll be out of you till October 8th. Where will I be? In my dream wonderland, of course. Feeding on macaroons, taking in the beauty and glittering in the lights of the city. Please, don’t bother getting a hold of me: no emails, texts or calls. They don’t have social networks here.
Au Revior! I’ll miss you…hmmm, not really.
<images via fabulously talented Irene Suchocki>
The only other scarier thing than the fact that my last post was a month ago is that I still have an active tab open with a hot summer looks which I wanted to review here from 8 weeks ago. Time to face the truth poopsies: the summer is fleeting! We have barely a weekend or two to make the Summer 2011 go down in a history full of some memories. So I’ve made a little check list to make sure you won’t have any regrets later on.
1. Soak in the sun!
Mainly, because your blue-ishly pale body needs some color and Vitamin D. 
2. Catch up with your galpals!
What can be better than a brunch in a sun-lit street cafe and no need for an excuse to share a few glasses of champagne. 
3. Discover something new!
It doesn’t matter if it’s a full-scale vacation, a roadtrip or a bike ride…just put some curles in your hair and go toss them in the wind.
4. Seduce, love and take time to enjoy the feeling!
Put your laptops aside and take time to talk, smile and dream together. And no cheating with a jaded movie dates! 
5. Celebrate every moment big or small!
6. Dream of adventures yet to come! 
Check, check and check!
Enjoy your last bits of summer!
< images via fabulous lookbooks @ www.shopruche.com>
The image below completely stole my heart, it impersonates everything that I’ve been craving for this summer: flowing flowery dresses (maxi please), belted summer blazers, nude wedges on the wood sole, ginger hues to the hair. While I’ve got my hands on most of the items on the list, a girl can never have too many dresses, right?!
The rest of the editorial is no less than aspiring as well. Coincidentally, it has a dreamy Chinese garden as a backdrop, something to draw inspiration from for the two Chinese hotel projects I’ve been working on.
<images via www.fashionising.com>
How an Angeleno knows that the summer is here?… by checking one’s calendar and not finding a single weekend open for the next few months. Between B-day parties (and one of my own), pool parties, BBQs and roadtrips, it’s almost impossible to find a minute to actually realize that we are almost midway through summer.
We opened up the summer season with a few roadtrips to Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Areas. With the temperatures much milder than LA and over 200 wineries, the region has become a favorite of ours and I see us coming back there quite soon again for the dose of that certain something that makes Californian cows so happy.
I forgot to mention miles and miles of stunning beach lines. 
There’s also a certain opulence to enjoy, where too much of a good thing is even better. 
…and a sweeping wind in the hair that takes all the worries away. One said it’s the happiest place on earth and it’s definitely one of mine now. 
<images vie moi>
I’ve been an awful blogger lately. With a completely unbalanced April schedule I barely could find time for sleep let aside writing and inspiring you guys. I’ll try to improve as getting back on tracks.
For now I’m leaving you with fantastic art photography by ellemoss. Soft color palettes with a healthy dose of weird curiosity. Got me thinking that I need to freshen up my art collection…
<images via www.etsy.com/shop/ellemoss>