LATELY

National and international news has been weighing heavily on my mind these days. I find myself receding into quiet domestic pleasures alone. Feels like winter.

Lately:

- making ox tail soup

- spending a few hours at the library, reading things old and new (recently: Wild Fruits, Capital in the Twenty First Century, Paris Review interview with Mark Strand)

- roasted dandelion tea in the morning and before bed

- enjoying views that don't belong to me

- baking cakes to bring to friends (recently: Floriole's lemon olive oil cake and this lime yogurt cake with blackberry sauce)

- exploring the moon

DRIES ALWAYS

Dries Van Noten SS15

It looks like the work of a simple fabric tie belt, but there's something so fresh and wonderful about the fit and silhouette of these jackets at Dries Van Noten's Spring 15 collection.

CIRCLE

Rowena Sartin circle top, Acne Studios trousers

SOPHIA

Shot Sophia in some beautiful afternoon light last week.

BOTANICA WORKSHOP

Botanica Workshop SS15

Beautiful, sustainably made underthings from Botanica Workshop.
Precisely what I want to wear when it comes to lounging. Understated designs with delicate details. Unfussy and easy.

LUNCH BREAK

Cherokee polo, Jil Sander skirt, Nike Lunarglides

Feeling very middle-aged lady who power walks on her lunch break in this formal skirt and sneakers getup and I'm pretty into it. I like the idea of appearing more dedicated to physical fitness than I actually am.

NEW YORK NEW YORK

Quick & dirty cell phone snap diary from a brief work trip to New York earlier this month.
Highlights include: breakfast at Dimes, Dover Street Market (!!!), Mast Books, a lemon poppyseed donut from Dough, ROLU at Patrick Parrish and cute animals on the street.

BOOK CLUB

White Noise, Language, Thought, and Reality, Asimov on Science, Pikin Slee & Reading the American Landscape

Trying to make more time to read now that I have a bit more free time on my hands. The only thing that has gripped me enough to read cover to cover recently was White Noise; everything else is being finished peace meal or acting as reference. From Alias Books East, Powell's and Mast Books.

CASE STUDY HOUSE NO. 22

Wednesday evening visit to the Stahl Case House No. 22 with TK and Ken. Best view in town.

A NICE WARM PLACE TO VISIT

The Fashion Club Spring/Summer 2015

Countless hours and so, so proud.

WOVEN

Buena Vista woven tee, Acne Studios Pin jeans

SUMMER INTERLUDE

Really feeling these photos of Daria taken by Mikael Jansson for the most recent issue of Interview. It's been a moody summer.

GREY DESERT

Joshua Tree National Park

Brought my camera on a solo day trip to Joshua Tree back in June and snapped a bunch of photos, unaware I had loaded it with black and white film a few weeks prior. At first I was bummed out that I had "wasted" certain shots I was envisioning in color, but I actually prefer these to most the color ones I took. Should shoot in black and white more often.

WINDOW SHOPPING

Jil Sander dress, Dries van Noten boots, Acne Studios trousers

Ideal wardrobe additions.

TASSELS

Zara sale find to give my Dieppa Restrepo's a much needed break.

I've been enjoying only owning a few pairs of shoes; a sneaker, loafer, sandal and boot are all I really need. But without several pairs to rotate between and with all the walking I do, the lifespan of my shoes seems to fly by. My sneakers have holes in the toes and the stitching on my sandals is unraveling in several places so I've been picking up backup pairs.

TORTOISE

Finds from Tortoise General store a few weeks ago. Some day I'll buy an entire Hasami dinnerware set from there... *___*

One of my only complaints about living in LA is how difficult my skin is here. Dry desert weather plus the disgusting air quality downtown has transformed my previously minimal effort beauty routine into a high maintenance ordeal that only barely staves off clogged pores and breakouts. This clay and charcoal face soap combined with an exfoliating towel is helping a lot right now but I think I need to look into new moisturizers as well. Any recs for super sensitive dry skin?

THINGS

Claire Nereim poster, Ann-Sofie Back earrings, Auntie Otie bath towel, Vonnegut Kraft daybed

The things you end up browsing for when your closet feels too full.

TRANSITORY EXPERIENCES

Beautiful clothes and photographs by good friend, Bobby Bonaparte of Lift Label.