Look of the Day: Essentially Seattle

I am so behind with my blogger duties, and with the unofficial end of summer already here, the pressure to get caught up has only gotten worst. So bear with me my friends as I attempt to keep up with sharing my summer adventures with you.

As you may already know, during my stay in Vancouver, I took a quick weekend trip down to the Emerald City a.k.a Seattle. One of my closest cousins (funny fact: I happen to have around 50 first cousins!) lives in this gorgeous city with her husband and kids, so this trip was more about spending time with family than exploring. Nevertheless, we managed to do a quick tour of some of Seattle’s must-sees, like the Space Needle and Pike Market. Luckily, Luzma (my cousin) has no problem being around a camera, in fact she’s awesome posing for it, but this time she volunteered to be behind mine to help me shoot a Look of the Day.

I am so happy to finally get to feature my beloved cognac backpack here on the blog, which I bought especially for my summer travels. I had been wanting a 90’s style backpack for a while, and this studded one from Aldo was love at first sight. It has been my loyal companion for the past 2 months, and I foresee us living happily together for many years to come.

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Top: Gap – Dress worn as a skirt: H&M

Shoes: Aldo – Backpack: Aldo – Belt: Calvin Klein

 

Look of the Day: Good Ol’ Faithful

Do you have an item in your closet that you consider your soulmate when it comes to fashion? I do! It is this lovely floral dress that I’ve had for 6 years now. It is my good ol’ faithful dress of choice during the summer, I practically live in it! It is the epitome of perfection in my eyes: the print, the colors, the shape, the sleeves; it is by far the most flattering and most comfortable dress I own. Not too sound overdramatic, but I get seriously distressed just thinking of the day it gets too old to wear. I have even considered taking it to a seamstress to duplicate in many different colors, but at the end of the day I kind of feel like it’s irreplaceable. So I guess I’ll just enjoy it while I can and, fingers crossed, there will be many more summers to share together.

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Dress: Charlotte Russe – Bag: Calvin Klein
Shoes: Aldo – Sunnies: Valentino

Tienen algún artículo en su closet que consideren su alma gemela en cuanto a moda? Yo sí! Es este lindo vestido floreado que tengo desde hace 6 años. Durante el verano es mi elección de vestido que no me falla, ma la vivo en él! Es la epítome de perfección ante mis ojos: el estampado, los colores, la hechura, las mangas; es por mucho el vestido más favorecedor y más cómodo que tengo. No quiero sonar muy dramática, pero de verdad me angustia pensar en el día que este muy viejo para ponérmelo. Hasta he considerado llevarlo con una costurera y que lo duplique en todos los colores, pero en el fondo siento que es irremplazable. Así que no me queda mas que disfrutarlo mientras pueda y cruzar los dedos por que nos queden muchos más veranos por compartir juntos.

Gratitude Attitude

Happy Thanksgiving darlings!!
Whether you celebrate this lovely holiday (that I happen to love!) or not, I hope you take the time today and everyday to acknowledge anything and anyone in your life that you feel grateful for. I am big on living with a gratitude attitude always, I really believe it makes life better to go thru it appreciating and focusing on the good rather than dwelling on the less than pleasant.
So given the occasion, I want to share with you all the things that I’m grateful for. First and foremost, I am forever grateful for the people in my life, the love of my life, my friends and family; thank you all for your love, support, acceptance, for your patience, and for always being there. I am also grateful for the people that are no longer in my life, whatever the reason, I thank you all for the good moments, for the lessons, and I truly wish you happiness and love wherever you are. I’m grateful for all the wonderful people, the lovely families, that have given me the opportunity to work with them; thank you for opening your homes to me, for trusting and sharing with me that which you love most in the world… I feel truly blessed by those opportunities, experiences, and for the love and joy they have brought to me.
Then, I am grateful for my health, because even if it’s not perfect, it has served me well. It allows me to come and go, to live and enjoy. I am grateful that whenever my health has been in trouble, I have been able to get help and take care of it. Thank you God, thank you life for such huge blessing.
Next, I am grateful to be so lucky as to have more than my basic needs covered: food, shelter, education, clothing, transportation, and any others that I might not be mentioning, well, they have been covered above and beyond.
This year, I’m particularly grateful for this blog. It allows me to indulge in things that I’m passionate about, it allows me to share them, and hopefully, maybe, just maybe, it allows me to connect with people, with someone, through them. Of course, I am grateful for you my readers, still just a few, but oh so, so grateful that you take the time to click on this little project of mine. Thank you right now for reading this, thank you so much!
And basically, I am sincerely grateful for every single thing that has happened in my life, especially the worst, because they have opened me up and, no matter how bad, they have eventually made life better. It is through those experiences that I have grown and am able to appreciate how wonderful life can be after all.
I really love my life, and have no regrets, and I am extremely grateful for that feeling.
Now, moving on to today’s look, it is one that I would’ve worn to Thanksgiving dinner with my in-laws if I wasn’t instead in my sweatpants riding a bus down to my hometown to visit my family (not that I’m complaining! It’s just the inevitable bittersweetness of not being able to be in two places at the same time).
I hope whatever you are doing today, you are enjoying it, and I’m wishing you lots of things to be grateful for!

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Dress: H&M
Belt: Calvin Klein
Crossbody bag: Ralph Lauren
Boots: Ann Taylor Loft
Earrings: from Nordstrom Rack

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