hello, san francisco

My new Orla Kiely purse bursting with randomness, including a bear shaped tape measure and a plastic gem wine stopper purchased at Daiso.

My makeshift closet for the week.

The adorable Hana Haley during our photo shoot in Pacific Heights.

Sandwiched between the beautiful Annalise and Rachel.

Bardot dream hair becoming a reality thanks to Shana.

These are just a few snaps from my recent trip home to San Francisco. I was lucky enough to crash for the week in a friend's beautiful victorian home, complete with beaded lamps and taxidermy, as well as shoot with two of my favorite SF photographers (Joshua Cobos and Hana Haley). I had my hair magically transformed into my Bardot dream 'do by Shana Astrachan of Fox and Doll, ran around wine country with my family, sang a million karaoke songs, found my ultimate dream dress at Wasteland, took purikura photos with a few of my favorite girls, and generally just felt myself bursting with a whole lotta love for the city I used to call home. It was a lovely time spent with lovely people and I can't wait for the next trip back around the holidays.

lately

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lately

Riding the subway with my pretty new lamp.

Dinner date at Comstock Saloon on a weekend trip back to San Francisco.

My new favorite vintage piece, a sparkly 1950's top worn backwards as a jacket.

Beautiful new Rachel Comey heels (from here) and a lady reunion.

Finding treasures at the Brimfield Flea (my first time).

A hot tub for one.

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newness

That empty apartment above just so happens to be my new home in Philadelphia and I'm so incredibly excited. I looked at all kinds of places, old and modern, some with fancy pools and gyms, but in the end I went with this charming old place. It was the first one I looked at (of course) and the built-in bookcases, hardwood floors, high ceilings and beautiful moulding all won me over. I can perfectly picture all of my belongings  filling this place up. I can also picture cocktail parties and slumber parties. I don't know if Philadelphia will ever feel like home to me in the way that San Francisco does, but it sure will be a lot cozier in this apartment.

I've been much too distracted to take any outfit photos and I don't want to scare off any of my new acquaintances just yet with outfit documentation requests (ahem), so in the meantime these Instagram photos will have to do. You can follow me here if you like weird socks and cute animals.

A view at the Anthropologie headquarters / The living room in my new apartment

A paper tumblr / A warm welcome on my first day of work

Donut is adjusting nicely, thank you.

We clicked instantly...

Quickly becoming a local.

Um, they were $1 and I had to.

I was lucky to meet some wonderful girls during my first few days here.

Obviously I've been hunting for all the vintage stores... already found a few favorites.