Deconstructed

"wake up in the morning feeling like p.diddy"

(2008 Christmas Picture)

This Christmas (ok ok Holiday) Break was PHENOM!!!!!! And why is that? Because my wonderful friends were back in town!!!!!!! 

(october 2008)

My VIZ Girls and I have been friends for more then 10 years now (yikes i'm dating myself aren't I?) I started Viz in 8th grade (a catholic all girls prep school). And ever since then, our group has remained friends through thick and thin. 

(Viz Field Day 2004)

Around Sophomore year, we became friends with a group of guys from various boy's schools...

(Viz Prom 2004)

And So our group was formed and we continue to laugh, cry, party and grow up together....

(Court & Rick's engagement party 2009)

The Saturday after Christmas, we had our 5 year reunion from High school!!! IT was awesome to see everyone again!! Out of our class of 72, around 50 something girls were partying it up that night. 

(Visitation Graduating Class of 2004)

We then headed to our friends Nicole and Tyler's annual birthday party... complete with kayne glasses...

The next day was our annual CHRISTMAS PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!! All you need to know is- each year this party is EPIC... 

(2009 Christmas Party Pic)

With various lunches, starbucks trips, rock band tournaments and funny times filling the break- NEW YEARS EVE was again celebrated with class...??? lol With an amazing toast with my girls at midnight- 2010 is gonna be amazing ;)

Not to mention the Wedding of Weddings is happening this June... and yes we kept it in the group lol. My friend Courtney and our friend Rick will be getting married after dating since.... well since we all became friends! lol It's again gonna be EPIC lol 

I have to say- I was sad when everyone started leaving after New Years. Driving or flying to go back to where life has taken them.... I can't judge too much lol this is the first year i'll be staying at home after the break- usually I'm on some coast or different continent lol... 

Happy 2010 my friends!!!!!

What did you do over break? Did you get to spend time with friends? Share your stories below ;)

xoxo-ak-xoxo

One Amazing Month

 

(my dorm)

HAPPY THURSDAY ;) 

The reason I moved over to Paris, France was to attend the Paris Fashion Institute. 

It truly was a one-of-a-kind experience and a beautiful month! We learned and experienced soooo much in a month its hard to explain it in words...so here are some pics ;)

Premere Vision expo that we attended in Paris. The newest in fabrics, colors, trends... amazing ;)

Having a little pre-party before going out for Stacey's birthday!!!! 

Here we are at "SHOWCASE"- a club underneath a bridge by the Eiffel Tower!

For our end of the seminar presentation, our class started a new brand and had to present everything about "Editorials"- our brand. We designed the collection, made a marketing, advertising and PR strategy, and presented it to all of our professors. Afterwards, we had a little party and said our Goodbyes... 

Molly, Me, and Valarie 

Giving my section of our presentation- talking about the advertising of our brand and design of our scarves ;)

I miss these girls so so so much- we are in tears when we took this pic bc we had to say "so long for now" ;( Nicole, Me, & valarie.

Stephanie and Molly

Su-Mei and Emily

Me & Jeanine 

Stephanie, Valarie, Joan, and Su-Mei

Stephanie, Valarie, Joan, Diane, and Su-Mei 

 

Su-Mei and Lyssa Horne

XOXO- ak -XOXO

Vogue Night Out Paris Style

Yes Yes I know...

I have been less then stellar about updating... Blame it on the bad internet in Europe, the chaos that is traveling, or life getting in the way... But why don't we focus on the good? I"M BACK! ;)

And yes I know what your thinking... we've heard this before... but honestly I can say I"M BACK for good! But we do have A LOT of catching up to do... So for the next week or so I will be recapping my time living in Paris (attending the Paris Fashion Institute), and the 3 week European Vacation. After we get through all that, I'll resume with daily blogs about Fashion, Life, Entertainment, Dance, etc...Look forward to a re-vamping of this blog ;)

LETS get back to September 10, 2009- VOGUE'S NIGHT OUT in PARIS, FRANCE!

What a fabulous evening it was! Walking from Chanel to Prada to Balenciaga...

Drinking champagne, eating macaroons, looking at fabulous clothing, and of course- PEOPLE WATCHING...

Obviously, Paris' Version of VNO was not as big as New York's VNO... But it was definitely a wonderful evening. The best part? Getting all dressed up with your good friends before hand!

(me, valarie, alice, and nicole)

And its never a good night out in Paris without some amazing Metro Photos!!!

(Stacey and I)

(yup if you squint, you'll see a guy in green with a microphone... he was serenading us -karaoke style-to a little josh groban... in broken english...with backup singers... to say the least it was AMAZING lol)

And how about this little sight that we randomly ran into?.... yup the first time I saw it in person!!

Come back tomorrow for more about my Paris trip ;)

xoxo-ak-xoxo