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April 25, 2015

Friday Favorites, Saturday Edition

Denise Austin

It’s been a busy week in our house that’s left us sort of putting the pieces back together today. We’re catching a few moments of down time (Ben with the Financial Times, me with The Bonfire of the Vanities) before heading to an ’80s fancy dress party with the Junior League of London tonight as the newest transfer from New York. We’ll be channeling two of our favorite looks from the decades we were born in — Ben with all white and a pop of pink for Miami Vice and me in my best Denise Austin workout wear (hopefully mixed with my best teased Christie Brinkley hair), complete with pink legwarmers that I’ll be strutting all over the swanky Beaufort House. x

1. The newest exhibit I’m hoping to scope out at the V&A. (New York Times)

2. Looking for a new book? Bill Gates recommends these in business. (Inc.)

3. Proud of the Kardashian/Jenner clan with these supportive reactions following Bruce’s interview. (PopSugar)

4. These Volvo photos remind me of my childhood (ours were blue and tan with two kids and a sheltie). (Town & Country)

5. If I were in New York for my birthday, a Charlotte Neuville cake would top the wish list. (The Fashion Chef)

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April 16, 2015

We Will Prevail

VT Balloons

Today has been a bit more somber for me than most, as it’s the eighth anniversary of a very tragic event that happened at my university, Virginia Tech, in the normally sleepy little town (except on game days) of Blacksburg, Virginia. It was a senseless act of violence, and truly something I will never understand. What I do know is I grew up a lot faster than I expected my sophomore year, and took what I felt was my first true stance on a controversial issue: gun control. There must be more of it. What we have now in the States is not enough. The continued violence in educational institutions, and in general, has made that evident.

It’s a little difficult being across the pond today, when usually I’d be getting together with some of my college New Yorker friends to just be. Still, I know we’re all thinking the same thing. One of my very favorite poets and professors at VT, Nikki Giovanni, wrote this beautiful piece for our student body at the convocation we attended the day after. I reference it often when I’m going through hard times as it has such heart to it, or just find myself thinking back to this time. It captures the Virginia Tech spirit in the most beautiful way, and was a true source of inspiration for us all.

“We are Virginia Tech.

We are sad today, and we will be sad for quite a while. We are not moving on, we are embracing our mourning.

We are Virginia Tech.

We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again.

We are Virginia Tech.

We do not understand this tragedy. We know we did nothing to deserve it, but neither does a child in Africa dying of AIDS, neither do the invisible children walking the night away to avoid being captured by the rogue army, neither does the baby elephant watching his community being devastated for ivory, neither does the Mexican child looking for fresh water, neither does the Appalachian infant killed in the middle of the night in his crib in the home his father built with his own hands being run over by a boulder because the land was destabilized. No one deserves a tragedy.

We are Virginia Tech.

The Hokie Nation embraces our own and reaches out with open heart and hands to those who offer their hearts and minds. We are strong, and brave, and innocent, and unafraid. We are better than we think and not quite what we want to be. We are alive to the imaginations and the possibilities. We will continue to invent the future through our blood and tears and through all our sadness.

We are the Hokies.

We will prevail.

We will prevail.

We will prevail.

We are Virginia Tech.”

Ps. The picture above is from the balloon release in honor of the 32 victims in heaven that happens each year in front of Burruss Hall. 

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March 27, 2015

Friday Favorites

MP Gray Malin Pineapples

1. Have you seen the new Lilly Pulitzer x Target collab? The home collection has me ready for summer instantly + loving all the pineapples! {Domaine}

2. Decorating Easter eggs with nail polish results in the most beautiful marbling! {Good Housekeeping}

3. I’d like one of each in this spring wardrobe essentials roundup. {Glitter Guide}

4. One of my favorite decorators shows off her newly renovated New York apartment. {Architectural Digest}

5. Amazon could possibly have it’s largest acquisition ever: Net-A-Porter. {Forbes}

Image via Gray Malin {love his new Up and Away prints}

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February 27, 2015

Friday Favorites

Office Women

1. Power through female partnerships. {Time}

2. Thinking of adding these breakfast sandwiches to the weekday rotation. {Glitter Guide}

3. The glamour of the match striker returns. {New York Times}

4. Top tips for lighting art. {Architectural Digest}

5. A big fan of these surprisingly useful skills to help you stand out at work. {Forbes}

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