29
Nov 2010

My Thanksgiving Break

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So this is just a quick post to show how a few of my looks from Thanksgiving and the weekend. I spent Thursday at my cousin’s house like I’ve been doing since I was a baby. I wore a cream puff sleeved shirt, winter shorts, burgundy knit vest, brown tights, and brown boots on Thanksgiving. I originally wanted to wear my sweater dress, but I chose not too and went with the shorts instead.

My sister wore a black sweater dress, fishnet tights and black boots.

A few family photos (that’s my mom in the middle, cousin up top, and niece at the bottom)

Friday night my alma mater (Lincoln University) and the National Pan-Hellenic Council (Divine 9 Black Greek Organizations) sponsored a toy/book drive and bowling party. I went just to socialize, see a few familiar faces and my sorors and frat brothers, definitely not to bowl lol. So I wore a black sweater dress, leopard tights, black riding boots, and a teal cardigan to make the dress more casual.

Oh and I did my faux-natural hairstyle and everyone loves it! I only do this hairstyle when I don’t feel like going to the hair salon. It is a little difficult to maintain because my waves/curls drop quickly, but I’ll figure out a way to keep this do with as little maintenance as possible.

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22
Jul 2010

Look of the Day: Fancy Floral

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I wore this outfit yesterday to an event in the city. The top is a floral print shirt length dress from Forever 21, H&M Jeans and Nine West Shoes. I love the colors in the top and paired with the pink platforms gives this look just the right amount of color for summer. Some people go over board with pairing brights, but the blue and tan in the top, tones down the yellow and coral and by adding the pink shoes it allowed the entire outfit to pop.

I also finally did something different with my hair! I put my hair in bantu knots (straight hair twisted into little knots) and it came out like this. I had different size knots which is why my waves were varying lengths, but this was just the experiment. Practice makes perfect right?

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11
Jun 2010

Look of the Day

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Well these really aren’t looks I wore today, but I was having camera issues and I was unable to post any of the following pics until now.

This is me graduation night. I went to this restaurant in the city called Choice (review coming soon) with a few of my friends..

I wore a beige strong shoulder blazer with a white top, statement necklace from Traci Lynn (photos of Traci Lynn Jewelry will be up next week), boy friend jeans from NY & Co., a burgundy vintage clutch, and Aldo platform heels.

I recently did a Spring/Summer must have post on Tie Dye jeans (click here) and I said I would post pics when I wear mine. I wore these memorial day weekend, to a friends bbq.

I wore them with a white tank from Target. I must say that this tank top is the best tank top ever created. They are soft and they are just the right length. They are the perfect fit, I have a bout 4 (I need some more). I wore them with some white flat sandals from ALDO, a silver link chain, and a Taupe bag from NY & Co.

I should start posting these more often huh? I’ll try 🙂

 

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04
May 2010

Tasty Tuesday

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This past weekend was a friend’s birthday. We went to this cute and casual Spanish bistro in Park Slope (Brooklyn) called Bogota Latin Bistro.

 I had the most amazing Fish Tacos. So this Tasty Tuesday is dedicated to the fish taco…yummo 🙂

Ingredients

  • 4 pieces fresh halibut, steak or filets, 6 to 8 ounces each
  • Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • 3 small to medium ripe Haas avocados, pitted and scooped from skins with a large spoon
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, eyeball it
  • 1 cup plain yogurt
  • 1 teaspoon coarse salt, eyeball it
  • 2 plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped
  • 2 scallions, thinly sliced on an angle
  • 1 heart Romaine lettuce
  • 12 soft (6-inch) flour tortillas

Directions

Preheat a grill pan or indoor grill to high heat or, prepare outdoor grill. Drizzle halibut with extra-virgin olive oil to keep fish from sticking to the grill pan or grill. Season fish with salt and pepper, to your taste. Roll lime on the counter top to get juices flowing. Also, any under ripe citrus may be placed in a microwave oven for 10 seconds at high setting to induce the juices to flow. Grill fish 4 to 5 minutes on each side or until opaque. Squeeze the juice of 1 lime down over the fish and remove from the grill pan or grill. Flake fish into large chunks with a fork.

While fish is cooking, in a blender or food processor, combine avocado flesh, lemon juice, cayenne pepper, yogurt and salt. Process guacamole sauce until smooth. Remove guacamole sauce to a bowl and stir in diced tomatoes and chopped scallions. Shred lettuce and reserve.

When fish comes off the grill pan or grill, blister and heat soft taco wraps. To assemble, break up fish and pile some of the meat into soft shells and slather with guacamole sauce. Top with shredded lettuce, fold tacos over and eat!

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