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Jewelry mania- Alexis Bittar

I consider myself extremely fortunate to have married a man who knows a lot about fashion/jewelry (except about shoes) AND has great style AND is extremely generous.  Luckily he was in LA for business the weekend before my birthday (I thank the gods for this impeccable timing) and I got a great introduction to Alexis Bittar's incredible jewelry craftsmanship with a pair of stunning earrings from the Ms. Havishman collection- which is both very sculptural and textural. To me it screams Grace Kelly meets punk rock combining glamorous stones in funky settings. However, Alexis himself sums up his spring 2012 collection best:  “good girls from the 1950s who run away from home and become jewel thieves”. For more AB jewelry check here. 

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 P.S. Does it ever happen to you that once you are introduced to something new you just happen to see it all around you? I started reading the March Bazaar issue (thanks Liz!) and the first thing I see is a two page AB add (starring the absolutely fabulous cast) followed by a ring on one of the girls modeling a Giorgio Armani dress. Go figure.

Bazaar, March Issue, Alexis Bittar add

Bazaar, March 2012 page 389 Featuring a stunning ring by Alexis Bittar

Black and white baby love

There is something so incredibly adorable about baby animals. Here are some cute black and white shots to brighten up you Monday morning. P.S. I would like a baby piggy please!

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Have a stylish and chihuahua filled weekend!

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Summer time at Loose Park

One of my favorite parks in Kansas City is Loose park. Its only a few minute drive from where we live and whenever it is nice outside we meet up with Kate and Luka.  It was in the mid 70s yesterday so we all enjoyed some sunshine and blue skies. It is interesting to me that both Sas and Luka choose rocks, dirt, sticks and hiding in the bushes over playing on the play structure. They can enjoy themselves endlessly just goofing around. Next time, we are going to bring a blanket so we can soak up some additional sunshine. As for today, we are staying in because it is SNOWING! Kansas City weather is something else.

Chihuahuas in the house!

Matt and Liz came over for dinner last night and got me this awesome chihuahua wine bag.  It is so very appropriate because today we will have 4 chihuahuas in the house, FOUR crazy nutty little dogs.  I am sure they will all have lots of fun (and perhaps a few fights too).
Oh, in case you are wondering what is *inside* the wine bag? Below a picture of some delicious rosé. I am so excited for summer to come (we had a little preview yesterday with warm weather and sunshine but today it is snowing- go figure). I love Rosé. Thanks Matt and Liz!
Since this is turning into a random blog post, I also added some pictures from last nights dinner. We had a skirt steak marinated in a mixture of soysauce, brown sugar and spices with roasted garlic, sweet potato fries, a summer salad with strawberries and a nice malbec wine.  We finished the meal with my new all time favorite cookies- they couldn't look any uglier but they are oh so very tasty (from my favorite cookbook: Momofuku milk bar, you might have heard me talk about it previously here).

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