Category: Daily Outfit

Love Never Felt So Good

floral pants, chambray shirt

When: Aug. 24 // Weather: 60s // Real life: outdoor concert

floral pants, chambray shirt

floral pants, chambray shirt

floral pants, chambray shirt

There’s a long list of things I hate. Amusement parks. Bad grammar. Crocs. The dentist. Duke. I could go on.

There’s a short list of things I love, and some of them seem to surprise people. Like, I love Michael Jackson. Don’t you dare make jokes about the more questionable parts of his past in front of me, or you will receive my famous withering stare, and you might be added to the above list. He is the King of Pop and he can do no wrong in my eyes. Shamone.

There’s a really good MJ cover band that did an outdoor concert at Symphony on the Prairie a couple weeks ago, so I was living my best moonwalking life. In fact, I love Michael so much that I wasn’t even mad about going to the suburbs (I also hate the suburbs).

Discussion time: What’s your favorite Michael Jackson song? I have trouble choosing between “Beat It” and “Man in the Mirror.”

Pants (on sale) // similar Shirt // similar Bag // similar Sunglasses

Work Hard, Play Hard

maxi dress with kimono, madewell slides, NYC outfit, Michael Kors yellow tote

When: August 10 // Weather: hot // Real life: work and fun in NYC

maxi dress with kimono, madewell slides, NYC outfit, Michael Kors yellow tote

maxi dress with kimono, madewell slides, NYC outfit, Michael Kors yellow tote

maxi dress with kimono, madewell slides, NYC outfit, Michael Kors yellow tote

maxi dress with kimono, madewell slides, NYC outfit, Michael Kors yellow tote

maxi dress with kimono, madewell slides, NYC outfit, Michael Kors yellow tote

maxi dress with kimono, madewell slides, NYC outfit, Michael Kors yellow tote

Remember that birthday I mentioned? I didn’t forget to celebrate it. We took a quick trip to NYC the weekend before to see friends, see shows, do some shopping, eat all the food, and just generally have a good time. (I love saying things like “took a quick trip to NYC” because it makes me sound very fancy and jetsettery.) We flew in Friday morning and out Sunday night, and managed to fit in 2 Broadway shows, 3 museums, 1 shopping spree, and an undisclosed number of cocktails.

To make the trip even more of a whirlwind, I started it by meeting with a client (a cool one, otherwise I would have pulled the “sorry, I’m on vacation” card!). So I had to somehow come up with an outfit for Friday that was comfy enough for a 7am flight, nice enough for a business lunch, funky enough for hanging out downtown, and mean enough to go see Mean Girls. I think I pulled it off, but don’t ask me to do it again. Oh, did I mention my wife bought me tickets to Mean Girls? She’s the best, and she can definitely sit with me, even when she’s wearing sweatpants.

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