Home fires

Fall is here. In fact as I write this the heat in my apartment just turned on. I love fall in New York, I love crunchy leaves, golden hues, cozy sweaters and hearty soups. But the one thing I love the most are fireplaces.  These dreamy Scandinavian versions make we want a bright white cabin in some romantic island off the coast of Denmark...which is exactly the trip I'm planning for spring. In the meantime this will have to suffice. 

L-O-V-E

I've been thinking a lot about love lately.  Mostly because I've been really in the throes of it and it's making me think about the power of loving and being loved. 

I spent a lot of my younger days searching for love through destructive & ego based relationships. Working out my insecurities and issues with each new man that would come my way.  Luckily I learned a lot as I went and I grew and I got smarter and my intuition and my heart grew more discerning. I learned to honor my power, my heart, myself and I started raising the bar of the kind of people I let into my life. 

It seems when we make changes in our lives our paths shift, the universe responds and old cycles begin to dissolve. What a beautiful truth it is to know that we can shed skin and bloom new identities and from this spring new relationships.

The love I feel in my life now seems like a daily affirmation and reminder of the work I've done to dissolve the old model and rebuild. The friend, family and romantic relationships I have fill me with gratitude and they remind me to contintue to keep my heart open, to be soft and to keep working to be better. 

Grateful Wednesdays.

Fall is reeling in in the most lovely way today and I'm back in town and getting my momentum back. I'm feeling optimistic, calm and happy. 

Here are a few things helping me feel grateful today:

1. Avocado toast. Is there anything better than a big piece of country bread smeared with avocado, chili flakes, cumin & lemon? Nope, didn't think so. 

2. Living in a climate with seasons. Fall is setting in gradually and I'm loving the ease into sweater weather while watching the leaves fall. 

3. Running into people I love from my past. Today I ran into 4 people I haven't seen in a long time & it made my day. I love the spontaneous reconnections a city brings together.

4. Having a night to veg-out. Tonight I came home, put my feet up & watched some bad tv. Sometimes nothing makes me happier.

5. Working on my collection. I am loving how its coming together, I'm loving the people I'm working with and the shape its taking. 

This is the first bag from one of the collections I'm working on. 

Southwest love.

Headed down to Austin yesterday for a little vacation (and a music fest). This is easily my favorite city after New York. The vibe is open and warm, the people are conscious, the light and spaces are beautiful and there's a rock n' roll energy that makes this one of the coolest spots in the country. 

I got to reconnect with one of my best friends and clown around with my main man. Life is good. 

Playing Dress Up.

I often feel like I spend so much time thinking about and working on dressing other women that when it comes to dressing myself I just go on auto-pilot. I find myself always reaching for the same gray jeans and a ratty concert t-shirt. If I need to look stronger I throw on a blazer. After a while I begin to feel somewhere in between an aging rock star & a 13-year old boy. Lately I've been feeling the winds of change blowing down my beaten look and I feel ready to start dressing, dare I say, age appropriate.

This seasons latest looks have really gotten me excited to be dressing like a woman. With looks like these coming down the runway I think it just might be time.