B*tches Love Sosa

Here are pictures from Spring Awakening:

Here are pictures from a wedding I went to on Saturday:

Here's my dad on fathers day :)

Hope you had a great weekend!

the cheapest things i've ever purchased at Urban Outfitters

$6.00 each at Urban......here, here, here, here, aaand here

i be on my suit and tie sh*t

I realized that I don't really wear "fancy" clothes out that much....typically, I guess I just take everyday/casual clothes and try to make it look going out worthy..............if it works, it works, if it doesn't, then it doesn't... i have no idea.. but this is what I did

ONE

TWO

THREE 

I promise, I'm not trying to take a picture of my butt... just shoooowing the shirttttt

Shirt-- completely forgot similar here and here

Pants -- Zara last year similar here(light) here(darker)

Shoes - Steve Madden similar here

Jean shirt - Threadsence similar here

Necklace -- Chloe & Isabel here

when you go to lans old town you only think of one thing: the owner

I'm going to eat at lans old town in a few minutes; it's a Chinese restaurant in Old Town (hence the name), and I think it's the best Chinese food I've had in Chicago thus far. (I've lived here two years now). ...anyways, it's cold--thus the black, winter, depressing outfit below:

Sweater-- Bloomingdales

Grey tank top underneath-- H&M

Necklace -- Chloe and Isabel

Leggings -- American Apparel

Leg Warmers -- Shanna Lakin (no clue)

Boots -- Nordstrom

Sorry, in a hurry! Have a fun Thursday night!

Made in Chelsea

If you like the Hills, you will like Made in Chelsea.  Made in Chelsea is pretty much a replica of the Hills but located in London and a little cheesier.  Yet, of course, it's great television. If you are ever bored, give it a try, and I promise (at least the girls) won't be able to stop watching. If you search it on On Demand, you should be able to find it; YouTube is easier though. Just to let you know, I'm in the middle of the 5th season :)

Are you a foodie? READ THIS

If you know me, you know I am not a "foodie."  I don't really even know what that means, but I take it as someone that eats at a lot of unique restaurants and can instagram cool pictures of various dishes :) I wish I was a foodie, because that would mean I also have great taste in food.  However, again if you know me, you know I only eat plain food -- literally -- plain cheerios, plain noodles, plain hot dog... aka the palette of a 5 year old.  This isn't because of a diet, it just really is what I like; I know it's weird.  Anyways, I do like trying new restaurants, and I always tend to find something good to eat at most of them.  If you live in Chicago, you know it's very easy to spend your money eating out.  Yet, I feel like I ALWAYS eat at the same places-- Hub 51, Portillos, Oysy, Sushi X, Quartino, etc... these places are great, but I really want to try some new spots ... sooooo I asked someone who I would consider an awesome "foodie."  Yes, her pictures on instagram of hamburgers or whatever from Au Cheval have looked awesome :)  She gave me a VERY long list of restaurants that she has wanted to go to, and I give her props because she has checked off a significant amount of them already! So drum bells... here's the list for all of you to try and make an attempt at yourselves. I'm sorry if you don't live in Chicago--they are only Chi Town places:

I put a red x next to the places I've been to..and the more x's next to the name, the better I thought it was.

DINNER:

1. Piece

2. Blue Frog

3. 25 Degrees

4. Twist

5. Le Ideas

6. Fat Rice

7. Bar Pastoral

8. Irazu

9. Athenian Room

10. Little Goat

11. Carnivale

12. Tortoise Club

13. Siena Tavern xxx

14. Davanti Enoteca xxx

15. Kumas

16. Tango Sur

17. Lao Sze Chuan

18. Embeya

19. Gemini Bistro

20. GT Fish and Oyster

21. RL

22. The Local

23. Prasino

24. Carriage House

25. Tavernita x

26. Boarding House

27. De Cero

28. Jellyfish

29. Oon

30. Barn and Company x

31. Chicago Q

32. Flight 1551

33. Purple Pig 

34. Taco Joint

35. Province

36. Violet Hour 

37. Au Cheval

38. Ada Street

39. Storefront Company

40. Goosefront

41. Untitled

42. Bar Toma

43. Nellcote

44. Balena

45. Roka Akor xxx

46. Ombra

47. Fish Bar

48. Next

49. Perennial Virant

50. Vera

51. Telegraph

52. Acadia

53. Rustic House

54.  Yuzu Sushi and Robata

55. Grill

56. Butcher and the Burger

57. Mama Milano Pizza Bar

58. Urban Union

59. RM Champagne Salon

60. Grange Hall Burger Bar

61. Bavettes

62. GEB

63. Joe's Stone Crab xxx

64. Piccolo Sogno Due

65. BellyQ

66. Trenchermen

67. Sushi-O-Sushi

68. Pump Room

69. Big Jones

70. Dragon Ranch

71. Nomi

72. City Tavern

73. Central Standard

74. Maude's Liquor Bar

75. Blackbird

76. Hemas Kitchen

77. The Bristol

78. Market xx

79. Ay Chiwowa

80. Vivo

81. Girl and the Goat xxx

82. La Madia xxx

83. Farmhouse Tavern

84. Greek Islands xxx

85. Slurping Turtle

86. Chicago Pizza Oven & Grinders

87. Cafe Ba Ba Reeba  xx

88. The Bedford

89. Grace

90. Bub City

91. The Pubilcan

92. Mindy's Hot Chocolate

93. The Aviary

94. City Winery

95. Big Star xx

96. Coast

97. Baume and Brix

98. Rootstock

99. JRocco's Italian Table and Bar xxx (my roommate's dad just opened this--amazing)

100. Sunda

101. Sushi Samba xx

102. Alinea

103. Zed 451 xx

104. Osteria Via Stato xxx

105. Paris Club

106. Folklore xxx

107. Tavern on Rush xx

108. Gibsons xx

109. Hugo Frog
110. RPM xxx

BRUNCH

1.  Ann Sathers

2. 2 Sparrows

3. Bongo Room

4. Hash House A Go Go xxx

5. House of Blues 

6. The Savoy

7. Tavernita x

8. Curio

9. Southport Grocery

10. Brunch

11. Fire Cakes

12. Glazed and Confused

13. Donut Vault

14. Cooba

15. Kanela xxx

16. Tweet

17. M. Henry

18. City Winery 

19. Bad Happy Poutine xx

20. Meli xxx

21. Yolk xx

22. Benchmark xx

Yeaaah, my hand hurts from typing all of that out, but I hope this gives you many years worth of new places to try! My first attempt at one of these is definitely going to be Jellyfish for dinner. I can't wait; it looks amazing.

www.jellyfishchicago.com 

Click here for the link to Jellyfish :) Pretty trendy looking, right?

Enjoy!

Rolling Stones and American Junkie

What we wore randomly throughout the weekend: 

--watching the hawks--

made that tank top like I talked about in this post

--he's so fly...but seriously--

My skirt: Forever 21(literally 5 dollars)

Shirt: Forever 21 

Shoes: Steve Madden 

Bag: Brandy Melville here

Necklace: Chloe + Isabel

Amanda (in the middle)

Dress: Cusp similar here and here

Jean vest: Target similar here

Purse: Chanel similar here 

Stephanie (on the right)

Dress: Urban Outfitters similar here

Jean vest: Urban Outfitters here

Purse: Melie Bianco from Nordstrom 

--American Junkie prior to NBC interviewing us about the Hawks :)--

 Bralette: Hanky Panky here

Dress: Bloomingdales--> similar long ones here

Jean Vest: Forever 21 similar here and here

--beauts--

--happy campers--

We went to dinner at Hub 51, and these little goons met us there (below)

While we were at American Junkie, NBC was there interviewing people about the Hawks.  A couple of my friends made it on the 10 pm news and are now very famous :)

Watch it here:

Friday night was the Rolling Stones concert, and it was unbelievable! Sheryl Crow came out at one point, which was also great.

I would say it was a successful weekend, and I am already counting down the days until next Friday :)  By the way, next weekend is the Wells Street Art Festival. If you want to find unique pieces of jewelry, bags, and whatever else you want, I would suggest going because it's awesome.

Butch McGuires

 

There's really not much to say besides this is what I wore..

Shirt-- Nordstroms BP...similar here

Pants-- Zara a while ago.. similar here

Jean vest -- Target here

Sneaker wedges -- Shoedazzle here

Fringe bag --Brandy Melville here

Necklace-- Chloe + Isabel here

myyyy heaaart willlll goooo onnnnn

Nah, I'm not going to talk about the Titanic or Celine Dion.... but the Celine Black Leather Luggage Tote bag. I have seen this bag at least once a day... randomly on Pinterest, on various websites featuring celebrities carrying it, etc... here it is:

Pretty cool, right? I'm going to go shake the money tree in my backyard and capture 2k to pay for it.  (I wish). For those of you that can afford this, get it; it's that staple I've talked about in previous posts.  If there's an item that is classic and will last forever, then you should spend whatever amount of money you want on it.  You will also probably also feel like a baller walking around with this, which doesn't hurt :)

I'm not really a designer person, but Celine has definitely become one of my favorites for bags (alongside Tory Burch and Rebecca Minkoff).  Here are some celebrities carrying this bag in various colors:

Jennifer Garner 

Miley Cyrus

Nicky Hilton

Oprah Winfrey

Jessica Simpson

Leighton Meester