Showing posts with label outfit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label outfit. Show all posts

Sunday, August 14, 2011

summer nights

After an uneventful start to the month of August, life finally picked up its pace again this past week, beginning with a girls' night out with Elise, Leigh, and Irene. (These days, the BFF is nowhere to be found and sometimes I'm not sure how that makes me feel.)

Dinner at California Pizza Kitchen in Glendale followed by some browsing at the Glendale Galleria and Americana made for a pretty low-key evening, which seemed appropriate for a Wednesday night. That didn't prevent Leigh and me from sharing a strawberry mojito though, and I'm glad we ordered it because it was really delicious!


Doesn't it look pretty?
Photo courtesy of Leigh


Another highlight of dinner was dessert (of course). It's probably a good thing that we split the tiramisu four ways--I totally could've put down the whole thing by myself, but my waistline would've been none too happy about that.


Cool and creamy, with rum-soaked ladyfingers. Yum!
Photo courtesy of Leigh

Fast forward to Friday night and we kicked off the weekend with a birthday celebration for one of Leigh's friends. The plan was to check out Supper Club in Hollywood, which is apparently a pricey restaurant in the early hours of evening that transforms into a club come 10:30pm.

For one reason or another, we weren't able to secure a table and bottle service there like the birthday girl had wanted. So we migrated to another club down the street but I was too preoccupied with trying to refrain from pissing myself for the thirty minutes we were in line to check what the place was called (the unfortunate side effect of having only 10 minutes to pregame with mixed drinks). By the time we were finally granted admittance, I made a beeline for the restroom and only narrowly avoided giving myself a UTI for holding it in so long. Leigh promptly ordered us some AMFs, and wow. They make'em really strong here, but considering they charged $15 for each one, that is expected.

Compared to all the other women walking around, I felt really modest in my outfit. They say classy > slutty, but I think being slutty gets you better results in environments like Hollywood, where everything's more about raw sex appeal than sophisticated allure. Still, I wasn't in the mood to readjust my outfit all night for fear of spillage, so I went the conservative route.


Forever 21 dress, belt, and earrings (not shown), Target tights, Charlotte Russe heels

Oddly enough, my theory that guys tend not to hit on bespectacled girls did not hold true that night. Not one, but TWO guys attempted to win me over by, ironically, commenting on how hot my glasses were. Sloppy execution, but A for effort I suppose. Must do some more field testing before I can prove/disprove my theory. Will report back.

Last night I ventured out to Blitz Ultra Lounge in Alhambra to get drinks with a friend I hadn't seen in months. We had a couple Buttery Nipple shots (which were sinfully good, by the way) and I sipped on a cranberry vodka afterward. Totally didn't mean to drink that much since I had to drive myself home early, but it helped to make dancing on the deserted dance floor a lot less awkward.

The transitions were kind of sloppy and the music was much too loud, making it impossible to have a conversation even whilst shouting directly into each others' ears, but the crowd seemed friendly enough. I can't comment too much more since I left right when the place started to fill up, so I'll have to try this place again some other time to get a better feel for it.

I didn't have time to take an outfit picture, but since it was a repeat of what I've worn before, here's a crappy picture of it taken back in January. Tights are shown, but it was warm enough outside for me to ditch them last night.


Express shirt bought from China, Forever 21 belt, H&M geometric skirt, gifted Urban Outfitters watch necklace

Sunday, June 20, 2010

howdy, partner!

A friend threw a Cowboys & Indians themed party last night so the girls and I headed over there to drink, socialize, be camera whores, and stuff our faces with delicious food. lol Issues of political correctness aside, it was an overall good night and everybody looked cute/ridiculous in their costume. I just threw on a white tank, red plaid flannel, denim shorts, my black fringed boots and called myself a cowgirl.

On a whim, I did my hair into a messy side braid, which didn't look too bad until it started coming undone because my hair is so layered. At that point, I got tired of having to constantly brush it out of my face so I just let it have its way in the usual style. I don't have any good pictures of myself from that night, but I'll post if some happen to turn up :P

Sort of how mine looked before I gave up on it.

Check out pictures from Alexander Wang's Spring 2010 runway show. Apparently, side braids are becoming a trend because of this show. When my hair gets longer and I feel like putting more effort into it, I'd like to try fishtail braids.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

shredded

Yesterday, while rummaging through a small pile of clothes that's been sitting on my bed since I've moved back home, I found my attempt at a Raquel Allegra-inspired shredded tee. A DIY tutorial can be found here.

Once you get started, it's really addictive and oddly satisfying. I think I went a little overboard with mine...but all in the name of experimentation! I haven't tried to do it again since because I'm still working up the nerve to wear this one out in public. It might be a little too stretched out to stay on anymore...