you had me at hello: in a striped kind of way…

we have been having some incredible weather here in northern california…tomorrow is estimated to be a nice 65 degrees…while i’m all for warm weather…i’m missing out on wearing any of my winter clothes…all those wool tweeds…heavy sweaters… even the magazines are boasting of warmer weather…such as this lovely..i’m almost thinking my obsession with stripes…is almost […]

you had me at hello: dot love…

if someone were to ask me what appeals to me more…leopard or polka dots or stripes…i would have to say…”how can you choose?” if would be like asking me which cat i love more…although i have two beauties…both so different from the other…i just couldn’t choose… now…i know i know…we are comparing…in this case…handbags to […]

you had me at hello: i’m feelin’ kinda blue…

my name is elena…and i have a coat addiction…but i’m wondering…is it an addiction or just a love of beautiful coats? hmmm… while i was flipping through a bloomingdales catalog…my eyes feasted on this lovely…i’ve never really gravitated towards blue…but this sweet maxi coat…had me at hello…a blue double -breasted maxi coat by nanette lepore…doesn’t […]

you had me at hello: golden cluster…

usually my “you had me at hello” moments happen in a quiet setting…i’m sitting on my couch…relaxed…looking through fabulous fashion magazines…and as always…it happens…i turn that page…and there it is…whatever it is…at that moment…that gets me…that beautiful shoe or bauble or jacket or full on outfit… today…well…was very chaotic…unloading my car of groceries…getting mail out […]

you had me at hello: golden…

i’m finally making a point and looking back on all the pages in the september issue of vogue…and all the other september magazines frankly…that i had marked as the pages “to go back to”…there are lots =) this beauty had me at hello…was it the gold? the texture? the combination of the two? who cares…all […]