Adventures in the Emerald City

Great Wizard of Oz, I think I'd like to stay here a little while...

Seattle was incredible.  Beautiful, lush, laid-back....everything it was supposed to be, except rainy.  The weather held out (for me, I'd like to think) and I was able to explore the city umbrella-free.  I had half a day to see as much as I could, so I took to the streets and discovered the city the best way I knew how...by foot.  The city had so much personality, and I loved discovering its little eccentricities.  Art was everywhere.  From the numerous sculptures, to the graffiti-ed walls.  The SODO light rail station had the sickest black & white mural.  And how could you NOT love a city that welcomed you with a live acoustic performance of "Turn Your Lights Down Low"?  As if it couldn't get better, everywhere you looked you saw the most intense shades of green.  As my friend, C, so eloquently put it, " The hills are exploding with trees! Someone should do something about that."  All that oxygen, that crisp, clean fresh air...wish I could've had just a couple more days.  Guess I'll just have to click my heels & return to the Emerald City someday...like, soon.

Photos are all original & taken by me.

Oh, Make Me Over...

Two words: Clinton Kelly.  Women love him.  They fawn over him.  They want to be dressed (& undressed) by him. On a daily basis, the What Not to Wear host receives countless invitations home with complete strangers...and its because he's good at what he does.  The man KNOWS how to dress a real woman.  But more than that...he UNDERSTANDS the psychology behind the insecurities.  This past week, along with the fabulous ladies of Style Studio & Macy's, I had the opportunity to, not only re-discover Seattle, but to work with Clinton Kelly again.  We spent three full days styling 12 real women, confronting insecurities and challenging comfort levels.  Exhausting, trying...rewarding.  On the final day, the 12 women strutted down the runway, and the genuine excitement & tears of joy made the entire experience completely worth it.  They're lives were changed.  With one outfit, we changed their lives.  To some, a red pump is a ridiculous, flashy shoe...to others its liberation, confidence...regained sex appeal.  Macy's Make Over America was an incredible experience that I feel super fortunate to have been a part of!  Having Clinton Kelly tell us that "Style Studio was his favorite styling team" was pretty rad too...ok, it was fucking amazing.