{off to nyc}

{via zsazsabellagio}

It's spring break & I'm enjoying the pause from teaching. I wanted to catch the Renaissance Portrait exhibition at the Met (which closes this Sunday), and thought I'd take advantage of spring break to go. Only a couple of nights in the Big Apple, but I'm sure it'll be filled with delights. The weather is getting warmer, so I'm hoping it'll be a lovely little spring sojourn...I decided to splurge a tiny bit & am staying at a boutique hotel in Manhattan: The Time. a little glamorous escape...

{decor8}

{sujean rim}

spring in nyc! I'm looking forward to wearing less layers... (& one thing I love about a big city like NYC, you can be a little adventurous with your style...)

so here it goes, inspiration from Carrie Bradshaw to Parisian chic:

{sjp as carrie bradshaw, via the cassandra monologues}

{I have a skirt, slightly similar to this one, which I hope to pair with a casual striped T, & pearls . via brown eyed belle}

{pastels!}

{I love love love this look snapped in Paris after Chloe, on the sartorialist. the skirt is an unexpected length, but not made to look old granny b/c of the colour & the slightly see-through sexiness. love the heels & just the colour combo}

{for some reason, spring & bikes just seem to go together. via the terrier & lobster}

{now there's a skirt that screams 'spring' via the simply luxurious life}

   

{via brown eyed belle}

{manhattan inspired from d*s}

& off I go...
xo, 

L

{antiquing}

Last week I took the bus to Toronto and had a layover in Hornell. I had a few hours to kill & so I ventured into the never-ending Erie Line Antiques. The store goes on & on...not only on the first floor, but then extends two floors up. It's a bit of a hodgepodge, and you have to really sort through heaps of stuff, but there are certainly some exceptional gems to be found, and at reasonable prices too!
I love these old trunks displayed in the windows:

{I like the various compartments in this one}

{look at the great details on this one. Do you think this little envelope is for tickets etc??}

Once you reach one of the top floors (which is eerily empty) there's a room in the back that has an original safe built into the wall. It seriously blew me away:

{how amazing is this? Set right into the wall!}

{gorgeous painted detail}

For more antiquing around upstate New York, check out my blog posts on Allegany County and Corning. For photos of great old trunks, see my blog on travel & leisure, and my packing for summer travels.