Spring/Summer Must Haves

I cannot wait for the end of the semester. When I finish I am going to treat myself to a little shopping trip for all my hard work. I know I work hard because I have the good grades to prove it, along with the darkest under eye circles ever! lol But really May 20th you cannot come soon enough, so hurry. It is urgent.

I have my heart set on the Office City Bag from Zara, which is the bag below. I just love its clean look and that it is very large with lots of compartments for organization. I think it will be perfect for my internship and school to carry around everything I will need. I would also love everything in the collage below, but to get all the items is out of my budget! 

So wish me luck for finals and if you are going though finals as well I wish you luck as well!!

Spring/Summer Must Haves by stephanie-ann-simp featuring gold rings

My One and Only

This post is not really related to fashion, but it is about this most beautiful city that I live in with beautiful people. 

This past week especially, this weekend I have felt just head over heels in love with this place. Maybe it is just the nice weather or I am spending more time in different parts of Manhattan or that I am wearing dresses and skirts more often, but I am just wildly in love. 

My love started to grow early in the week on a quick trip to the bank where I passed Madison Square Park. There is a new art installment there that I did not photograph, but rather the beautiful tulips that were in full bloom. The spring foliage in this city just warms my heart. Then later on in the week FIT students were out on the street filling the sidewalks with amazing chalk drawings. Things like that remind me how blessed I am to go to a school with so many talented people and hat I get to enjoy their creativity.

Now fast forward to Friday, I was supposed to see a live performance at a bar in Greenwich Village, but silly me I didn't look ahead of time to see if they had an age limit, which they did. It was a 21+  venue and being that I am 19, my plans were foiled but one of the things about this city that I really love is, when your plans fall through there is something to do just as interesting and fun right around the corner, literally. So my good friend and I went to KAT'Z Delicatessen, which is a New York land mark , for some late night pastrami. I believe I went home far more satisfied and happy than I would have been if the little concert around the corner worked out.

So Saturday rolls around and I went to a lovely brunch, at the lovely apartment, of my lovely friends, in lovely Harlem. The food was amazing, the company was great, and view from the rooftop terrace on her building, where we enjoyed our meal, was the cherry on top. 

Then later that evening I went to the Path Cafe in the West Village for dinner and some live music. It was great and in that moment as the live act was just starting up I realized "I am in love!". I never felt like such a New Yorker like I have in the past 48 hours and I am thrilled by it.

Below are photos from this week/weekend in order of events. Enjoy.

~Life is good~

The Weekend

This weekend I went to  a book store in Brooklyn that was so indie that I was mildly discriminated and passively refused service, being the mainstream person I am. I am being 100% serious. 

I thought I was dressed the part but the patrons of said bookstore saw right through my hipster exterior to my mainstream soul. 

Aside from their poor service, the book store was lovely. It was a bright and airy store filled with the smell of old used books which they were selling. Someday I will go back when I perfect my hipster disguise.

Anyhow, once my friend and I realized that we were not their target customer, to say the least, we went back to the borough we knew would accept us. We strolled around the farmers market in Union Square  Park where we were welcomed with open arms. Not really, but we felt like we were as we sipped on iced mint tea sweetened with maple syrup.

Emails from Bergdorf Goodman.

I have recently just subscribed to Bergdorf Goodman's email list in hopes of winning a $5,000.00 gift certificate which I did not win =(. However, I chose to stay on the mailing list because these emails are filled great art work and the latest trends. Secondly, I find interesting to watch and see what high end fashion retailing is doing in terms of promotion and reaching out to their customers. I just like to keep mental notes of inspiration and since they know what they are doing, to say the least. I might as well take a page from their book.

So, below I have some of my favorite art work form the emails so far. 

Spring is Here!

Spring has sprung today in The Big Apple and I dressed for the occasion! Today I wore my new Forever 21 coral sweater over a Nasty Gal polka-dotted sheer button up, with my new statement necklace and earrings ,that I have had for a while, from Forever 21. My pants are black Bull Head Jeans from Pacsun.

I have the best view!