(Element “misha” dress, RVCA denim jacket, Jenny Bird bucket bag, Modern Vice “Carly” booties (email jordan@modernvice.com to PRE-ORDER), Worth & Worth panama hat, Vanessa Mooney dagger necklace, Kirsten Goss cuff)

Roadtrips are what I live for. Sleepy girls in the backseat. The new Nationals album on repeat, soothing my mind. With the window down, the humidity glistened our faces. We were headed for East Hampton. It’s my first time venturing into this beautiful place. Everything seems white. Next to the post little restaurants happen to be charming island homes…the wood chipping off the roofs, and perfect little black shutters. So much green! More green and mist than I can handle. It was gorgeous. Just before the rain started to dampen our nights, my sister and friend made our way out back….where we were staying was surrounded by a quiet field of green grass and mystical trees. Blowing bubbles, Dylana and our friend were enjoying our time playing on this new land. With the whole city dressed in casual and linen-y neutrals, I instead, wore a zig-zag little mod dress! Slit sleeves and all! This little number could have been straight out of a 60’s film. My Panama hat kept flying away but luckily I always caught it along the way! Eventually we got tired and watched the rain from our balcony. Our hotel was lined with portraits of the ocean and seashells. All I really wanted to do was put on the bikini and head to the beach. If only I packed my wellies…so I could head out onto the beachy sand in peace.

 (Joie silk bomber and skirt, Chaser Brand “The Kinks” tee, Jenny Bird bucket bag,Vanessa Mooney “dagger” necklace and serpent ring, Kristen Goss silver cuff, “Natalie + Dylana Suarez x Modern Vice” CHLOE harness bootie)

There are always those moments I catch myself sitting on the edge of my seat, biting a nail, and checking my calendar on my phone. Lately, there’s been so much going on that honestly the only time I find myself sitting down is when I’m here, reflecting and catching up on everything that’s been happening. I feel better after writing. After figuring out what tomorrow will be, jotting down my random thoughts, and making lists. I’ve just gotten back from a wonderful, yet insanely crazy Memorial Day weekend, and though these types of weekends are supposed to be relaxing…it was another, “let’s not stop, and keep going” type of things. 

We ended up in our adorable humbled abode in the East Hampton before seeking refuge in gloomy Montauk. The rainy storms left us cuddling up inside, and watching the waves outside our windows for most of the time, you know, before we went out to get our dance on. Our boyfriend was our guide and my sister and our friends were the loud chicks in the backseat. We brought along enough outfits to last a month! Here, I’m snapped by the boy with my sister just by my house in the East Village. Reds and mints have lately been dominating my Spring wardrobe, along of course, with piles of band tees. This time? THE KINKS. Cropped and purple, it’s a sweet little contrast to the beautiful and classic pieces I picked up from Joie, just before hosting their NYC event. Light silks are really all I can handle at the moment. 

Oh, and a completely new boot design is hereeeee!!! (see, that’s why I really don’t get much sleep!) The Modern Vice JETT collection is getting new height, and our Chloe bootie with the removable harness may be one of my new favorites…get it while you can babettes!

I’ll be back to shooting two exciting upcoming campaigns for Fall ’14 this coming week, and hopefully getting the much needed ZZZZzzzs. Instagram will surely provide some sneaky peeeeeeksters! 

(Rachel Zoe sweater, Minkpink dress (similar), Stance Socks (similar), Vanessa Mooney “romeo’s dagger” necklace, Warby Parker “everett” sunglasses, “Natalie + Dylana Suarez x Modern Vice” JETT MESSENGER bag and SUMMER JETT shoe)

If I also could just have my own greenhouse, I totally would. I’m obsessed. The smell, the humidity…all the little elements of the Earth pull me in everytime. I could spend all day just photographing flowers. Crouching down, capturing those vibrant colors, and just getting so up close and personal, inspecting each vein of a leave, as crazy as it is! In Upstate New York there’s so much of Mother Nature…so much green, so much mountain, so much rock. It’s a lot for an LA native to discover beyond the concrete NYC streets. Two days up in the mountains felt like eternity. I spent my last afternoon snuggled up in an extra large cable knit sweater, squinting in the sun, behind rectangular lenses, tugging at my mini dress in hopes of nobody seeing up my skirt and catching a glimpse of my knickers! But we were in the middle of nowhere, with nobody around…I guess it didn’t really matter! My yellow JETTS happened to match the sun, slowly becoming more and more broken in as I walked through the rubble.  I wish to go back to that one moment…all of us just lying on the grass by an empty house, and a yard full of lonely benches. Only the sounds of birds chirping and the hikers below could wake us. It’s nearly Memorial Day weekend and I am beyond excited. A group of my pals and I are heading up to Montauk and the Hamptons for some surf and sun! Just 2 more days suriviving the last minute fittings and work in the city, before I can get my surf on!