For weekend festivities, should you have a pink dress in your closet, now is a good time.

Dear friend and neighbor hosted a lovely intimate women’s luncheon yesterday and wore a pink dress that’s been in the wardrobe for maybe three years now? Didn’t wear it last year, so this year it felt fresh. Added some modern white shoes and a classic lady handbag, and dressed.

She cooked and baked everything herself, it was delightful to be a guest, thank you Mary.

Happy Mother’s Day weekend to all women everywhere.

Every day dress, a pink dress. Let’s give all that black we love a rest for a little? It is May after all. 🙂

Not usually our jam, floral on floral, yet wore it all day Tuesday for the runaround and then again tonight for third daughters high school chorus concert.

Tuesday morning had no time to think, so naturally thinking lounge dressing might do? Took the pants we love, and the blouse we love, and wore them together. Compliments galore. People stopped me on the street and said, ‘pretty’, ‘nice colors’; never hear that kind of thing when wearing a column of black.

The concert was moving, brought goose bumps to the skin. A stage full of young people on the brink of their future singing their hearts out, loved it. They were without a doubt all together now.

While this isn’t earth shattering or anything important, happy I wore some colorful clothes.

Every day dress, all together now, floral on floral.

 

Wednesday afternoon and already looking forward to another work weekend. Work weekends can be the best, nothing like playing in the dirt this time of year.

Last weekend Saturday worked the day job proper; helped a doc with some dresses for her non-stop professional life.

Then it was out to the country and dinner made with what was on hand. Was in the garden all day Sunday, weeding and spring clean-up.

Work weekend, here’s looking at you, you feed my soul.

Happy Wednesday everyone, it’s a good day.

all photos | iPhone

 

For WNY Women’s Foundation What She’s Made Of Celebration 2015 at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, definitely got my crush on; Dr. Esther S. Takeuchi you are brilliant. How amazingly cool to be a prolific scientist, inventor, and at times in your career, the only woman in a room of smart and accomplished professionals. How beyond amazing that you are inspiring other women and girls to believe that they too can achieve and Invent a New World through science. You spoke of not being afraid of failure, and to keep on doing things. Yes, your words were more precise, yet those ideas so strongly resonate with me, having four daughters, and in having a relationship with two son’s girlfriends, one a mathematician.

Now for the serious fluff stuff: wore some new neon orange crush Cuban heel pumps, we’re not going near super heights with the feet anymore, and a purple grape crush crepe dress. Added a pop of fresh white with a small geometric wristlet. Outfit felt fun, and appropriate, thank you design team at Worth New York .

Dr. Esther S. Takeuchi, as strange as this might sound, I’ve got my crush on you. So great to be in the room with you last night, and so great that you are moving and inspiring others, thank you. Let’s all not be afraid of failure, and always keep on trying and doing new things.

pumps | Karera 45 neon leather | Christian Louboutin at NET-A-PORTER

dress and wristlet | Worth New York

Sometimes the best times in a home where there’s usually a crowd are small, intimate dinners, even and especially for three.

We used to be eight, now we’re often four. For me, dinner together is the high-point of any given day.

Every day dress, even for three.

Intent here is to post Monday through Friday, weekends off. Running a little late, in the grand scheme of it all, no big deal.

For Friday night activities donned those same distressed blue jeans, hey, if Amal, beauty and brains and fashion icon, can do it, so can we. Thank you, Christine.

Paired with an eight-way top, wow, and a little shine of a cardigan and clutch, and out the door, shine on. No make-up or hair, this time, like you, we’re busy.

Yeah, really need to power-wash the garage, haha.

Have a great weekend everyone, and shine on.