Cool pictures... Lulu in the city

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More pictures of Lulu in the City (Lulu is a type of bird very active during spring/summer, unfortunately she hibernates during NYC's long winter...).

Her habitat during the few good weather months of the year are: good restaurants and bars. Invariably she feeds on fatty foods and has a good ole lot of beers...

 This actually looks better than it really was. Sooo fatty.... Never going back to Brother Jimmy's again

 Zum Schneider Beer Hall in Alphabet City... Always delicious, always a waistline disaster...

 Jesus. Another one... Liters and liters of the good stuff...

Some cool effects too...

Where will Lulu go next???

4S's : Some Spring/Summer Shopping...

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The temperatures are rising, so Lulu needs some wardrobe revamping...

Here are some of my latest purchases...

A great summer oxford:

A really cute lace top... Ever since Prada came up with some amazing lace looks some years ago, I was completely hooked...

 So, this is Lulu's affordable-chic version:

Had to snag this baby. Looks so much more expensive that it was... Cannot wait to wear it!

And now... Lulu needed a new summer dress...

Got this cute thing at Urban Outfitters... awesome for New York heatwaves:

Ho cute is the little tie-knot thingy in the back?

Looked good on me too, if I may say so... ;-)

and finally...


Flatforms!

When I saw this trend, I thought - this is for me! First, I am not that tall (and would like very much to be, but oh well...) and also I cannot wear those crazy high heels in the streets of NY (I walk a lot). Nowadays shoes are either flat or have sky high heels... So I think that this flatform trend is great for me.
I will get some extra inches without sacrificing my feet.
Well, this one is not really a flatform, because it does have a little higher heel in the back, but it is super comfy...

Aldo flatform

And finally:
I was looking for a classic jeans jacket. I do have one that I bought over 10 years ago and it is kinda faded and short. Wanted something more classic... To wear for a loooong time!
And how much more classic can you get with a Levi's jacket? That thing will never go out of style...

Amazing shopping, huh?

Hopefully more to come ;-)

I am late in the game, but I just discovered photo apps!!!!

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Yeah, I am late in the game... EVERYONE was already using apps way before me, but I just got into this because of the extremely POOR quality of my Droid 2 phone camera...

Cannot believe that Motorola releases a hi tech phone like that without fixing their camera app.

I was getting really upset with the TERRIBLE quality of the night pictures I was taking... The flash was not working properly...

 Basically, the camera was UNUSABLE at night = blurry, dark, eeek!

And if you know me, you know that I take more pictures than a Japanese tourist... So I was pretty angry to have a brand new phone with a crappy camera... a 5MP one at that...

Then I did discover that my phone was not a total loss – there is an app for that! More specifically an app that fixes the stock camera bugs: discovered that Vignette is awesome and has AMAZING effects as well!!!!

Check it out:

All of the above were done by Vignette - from existing pictures. I really suggest buying it! Even Polaroid oldies!!!

 This Andy Warhol-esque pic was taken with a FREE app called Camera FX. It took literally 2 seconds to take and see how awesome it became!

I am hooked!!!!

I did not even tap the tip of the iceberg in terms of cool effects...

Will keep you posted about night/dark place pictures – it seems that this app did the trick...

Happy, happy, happy! STAY TUNED FOR MORE!!!!!

The wedding of the century!

I know, I know, I am writing this late in the game, like over a week late, but could not NOT include my 2 cents of this wonderful wedding...

I am NOT a morning person, so I DID NOT WAKE UP LIKE AT FIVE IN THE MORNING to watch, no sireee... I have a wonderful thing called DVR that did the work for me...

But when I did wake up (someone HAD to go to work, since the whole UK was having their 1,000th holiday), the first thing I saw was the scene in the Buckingham Palace's balcony:

 

Looking at the DRESS, moi, a complete fashion and royalty geek immediately thought of Grace Kelly’s dress. And this BEFORE I saw any sort of comment. Yes, it was that obvious...But wonderful nevertheless.

Just a tad surprised that it was from Sarah Burton’s Alexander McQueen!
Too classic for McQueen, but you know, who wants to go nuts now and then look at your wedding shots and say “What was I thinking???!!!”

LOVED LOVED the whole pageantry, the tradition, the clothes and the CRAZY hats!!!
I wish I was there so I could do something I love: wear HATS!

More stuff to come!

Just saying - Kate did not disappoint!  what a beautiful bride!  A movie star!

Spring in NYC

New York's weather really gets on my nerves, you have to be pretty tough to live through never-ending winters and crazy hot summers. I don't really know a more extreme city to live in...

But there are a few magical weeks here in this crazy city that life gets easier and my humor improves...

You probably saw my old posts about the multiple blizzards... but fortunately you did not sample my crappy humor that accompanied this "wonderful" weather...

There are some magical weeks in late April/early May that just make your heart sing (how tacky is this???!).

You just have to have your camera READY, because the flowers in the trees go fast! You see them, and then you take pictures. Otherwise, they are gone!

Here are some shots: