bagel friday.

hallelujah. friday at last. after office breakfast was such a hit last week, i'd planned on making mexican breakfast this morning; but we are having a going-away party this evening, catered with spanish food, so i decided to keep it simple and stopped off instead at bergen bagels on the way to work and grabbed a baker's dozen. (brooklynites: best bagels in the city. really.) i sliced up some red onion and cherry tomatoes (which i'd been stashing to make a pico de gallo) and picked up some lox, and voila! perfect friday breakfast.

taking all my outfit photos inside allows me the luxury of showing the outfit under the coat, but with winter winding down (fingers crossed) i thought i'd post one with the overcoat on.





i scored this vintage london fog trench at the brooklyn flea over the winter, and it has since sprung a couple of giant holes, one in each pocket; i wear it too often to take the time to sew them up, so i have to remind myself not to put any valuables in my pockets while wearing it. i'm kind of dumb that way.

trench coat: vintage, flea market
shirt: thrifted
necklace: thrifted
pants: on SUPER CRAZY j crew sale (check it out, y'all.)
socks: j crew outlet
shoes: c/o seychelles

i'm lucky to work in an office where i can basically wear whatever i want, but this shirt always makes me feel like such a business woman. it's got a little peter pan collar and i pretty much just want to wear it all the time. one of my favorite thrifted finds in a while.

all right! i'm going to get some work done and get ready for my night of tapas-scarfing and sam-snuggling.

placecard debate update: i'm thinking about the sugar cookie idea again. i keep hearing no one ever takes their favors home, and this seems like a good solution.

have a wonderful weekend, everyone!

xo audrey

breakfast of champions

aaaaaaaah friday. you have certainly taken your time to arrive this week, and boy did you wake up kicking and screaming this morning! fridays usually mean bagels in my office, but given the slow, foot-dragging nature of this week, i thought we deserved something a little better for making it this far. so i skipped over to the grocery store across the street from my little soho office, pulled out the pans and mixing bowls (i happen to be the luckiest pastry chef slash studio manager in all of lower manhattan - my office has a full kitchen with fancy stove and oven) and started mixin' up some scrambled eggs and french toast. we had some bananas on the brink of extinction, too, so i sprinkled them with some sugar in the raw and threw them in the oven to broil.



super easy french toast:

one loaf french bread (mine was a half-size.)
3 eggs
~ 2 T sugar in the raw (or, in my case, 5 packets)
some nutmeg (the only sweet spice we had on hand)
enough milk to make it runny & pale yellow (probably a 1/2 cup or so? i eyeballed.)
a couple cinnamon sticks (i have no idea why we have these.)

cut the bread into 1 inch thick slices.
mix the eggs, sugar, milk, and nutmeg together well; throw the cinnamon sticks in there. (truthfully, i don't know if these really did much.)

heat a pan on medium heat. put a decent pat of butter in there and let it melt until it starts to sizzle. soak the bread well in the egg mixture and then throw it on the pan; once it starts to brown around the edges, flip it, brown it, and repeat. heat up some syrup if that's your jam. fruit if you like! whatever! delicious.



my one piece of advice would be to not wear a silk blouse while doing so. today really shoulda been a sweatshirt and jeans kinda day. oh well. hindsight.

blouse: karen walker
skirt: old h&m dress i chopped off at the waist
tights: c/o stylefind
shoes: devotte
belt: thrifted
necklace: thrifted

my tripod died unceremoniously the other day, and while i have a backup, it's stowed away in sam's car, so for this (somewhat rushed) morning i had to balance my camera precariously on the stove. thus the cut-off face and nervous toes.

well. friday! partyin', partyin', right? sam and i have a date night this evening so i'm thinking dinner and a movie is in order; i've also got a brunch planned, a dance/skateboarding party (i will be on the dancing side of things,) and hopefully some baking thrown in there somewhere.

happy friday, everyone!

xo audrey

freck

good morning! i am sun-kissed and well rested after a near-perfect weekend in new york. friday night after class i went out with a couple of friends from class and spramps, had a few beers in a beer garden in park slope, and somehow found myself being twirled in a dive bar while drinking pbr at 2 am. saturday i took myself to breakfast and then went on a nice long walk, found the big floppy hat i've been dreaming of for a fraction of the price i've seen, and finally made it into a boutique in greenpoint i hadn't been able to catch open, old hollywood.





if you live in brooklyn, or are visiting, check it out; the owner is really cool and now that she is renting the apartment right above the shop, it should be open more often.

and it's conveniently located right near the black rabbit, a great bar with a backyard and board games galore. i took myself there after my long walk (and purchasing a gorrrrgeous lace blouse from old hollywood) and had a couple of ciders while reading alone on the patio. eventually made friends with four strangers and played apples to apples for hours and hours, wound up at a 3 story house party somewhere in brooklyn and danced to honky tonk music whilst wearing the outfit below, plus my kentucky derby hat. it ended up being oddly appropriate.



shirt: thrifted
pants: OTTE online (CHECK THIS. these pants were $30 down from $330. yes.)
shoes: devotte
belt: thrifted

yesterday my world-wandering roommate finally came home, so after brunching with a good friend i hadn't seen with awhile he and i took a long walk through williamsburg, pausing for bloody marys on a patio and ending up at bonita for the best fish tacos and mexican corn around. today i have a big test on chocolate, so i'm going to go stick my nose in my notes for awhile.

xo audrey

night and day

happy friday! today marks the first day of my life as a level 2 culinary student, and tonight we begin with savory breads. i can't wait.





my hair is finalllly starting to get longer. i mean, it's always getting longer. but it's finally getting to a point where i can see the difference. i'm about an inch away from a full ponytail, so i should be able to do that just in time for the warm weather that i hope is just around the corner. i REALLY can't wait to be able to do this poof <--- with my hair.


made possible with a hilariously ridiculous product called bumpits. once my hair is long enough i'm buying the package and wearing my hair like audrey hepburn every. day.

today!




dress: an old skirt from express circa 2001 or so
sweater jacket: thrifted
tights: bebaroque from brooklyn fox
shoes: dsw
ring: forever 21

tights detail:





have a wonderful weekend everyone!