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Tonight I got my first pair of Persol sunglasses. They are super simple yet classic. I traded them in for a pair of Versace sunglasses that I had purchased from Sunglass Hut.
I will forever be a customer there because they have such an amazing return policy.
For dinner I made pork dumplings with sesame miso brussel sprouts. Dinner was simple and delicious. I am really going to focus on saving money this month.

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This morning I went to my Dentist appointment. I was relieved to know that It was actually only a cleaning. The chick that did the cleaning was actually super gentle although I did bleed a lot. Afterwards I felt fantastic since my teeth felt so clean.
Rode my bike back home and then headed over to the garage to pick up the Uhaul for trade show set up. This was actually painless since I only had to drop off the furniture and then return the haul. I got home around 4:00. At around 4:30pm Daniela showed up with Luna and we hung out for a bit.
I left to head to Adams bday party. His new boyfriend actually hosted it at his APT in Harlem. I actually had such an amazing time. At first I really did not feel like going but of course I ended up having fun.
Adam loved his gift (McQueen Book) I am super happy that he liked it since I was worried that he already had one.
I met one of Adams friends there named Jacob. Super sweet guy and we actually had a long conversation with him. Lolli and I were so amazed at his life story. He was a Mormon, moved to Italy on a mission. Was a gymnast and also a ballroom dancer. And somehow he ended up at Kate Spade after asking a woman about her dress at some party. Fantastic stories-The even stranger thing was that earlier that day Daniela and I were at La Mano pottery and he said he goes there at least 2x a week.
Another one of Adams friends that I met was named Dander-Super cool fillipino guy. We all had such a great time talking. Before I knew it it was already getting late and ended up leaving with Lolli and her friend Cha Jah.
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Today Brad came by the office to shoot the Series Seven collection or the website today.
It’s always great when we do the shoot because it kind of solidifies the season once we have the product shots. It kind of makes everything so much more real.
Every now and then I really have to take a step back and take in what’s really going on in my life. I have a great job, career is going well and I have my own brand that I am building every single day.
I am very happy and appreciate it all- just kind of tired. I do have to say that I am actually used to the craziness.
Michelle is leaving an her last day is next Friday. It really sucks because she handles a huge chunk of OH and I know I can manage and handle it but it’s just alot to deal with.
Her leaving is also making the reality of the huge workload stressful since we will be without another designer.
I know it will all work out, it’s just sad to know that she will be gone. This year we lost, Laurence, Johanna, Shelley and Maria. :-(
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So we finally made it out to Fire Island. Living in the city for so many years we have heard about Fire Island so many times but never ended up going.
On this gorgeous day essentially the end of the summer we finally got our asses to Fire Island.
We left early in the morning to Grand Central to catch the LIRR. We finally arrived there around probably 10am and the weather started warming up.
In the beginning it was kind of grey and windy but it ended up being so warm and sunny. The sun felt amazing! Being at Fire Island was such an experience because it was super super gay friendly. This couple sat like 8 feet away from us which was pretty close considering how much space there was on the beach and totally stripped down naked! It was so amazing and I felt so free and open to be gay with my baby sitting next to me.
For the first half of the day we stayed at Cherry Grove which was more chill and laid back. For the latter part of the day we walked over to The Pines and found that it was a little more chelsea feeling. A little more crowded and a sexier crowd.
We did a little stroll through what they call the meat rack which was a little trail that guys walk on and pick each other up and I guess have sex? It was intense walking through having boys totally cruise you with laser beam eyes!
We had such a blast and towards the end of the day around maybe sixish we decided to head home. It seemed like that was around the time the party got started but for us drinking and all of that stuff is not really our thing.
Overall we had such an amazing time and definitely will be visiting fire island more often.





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Furry and I were supposed to go to Fire Island today but since the weather was bad we decided to stay in. Instead we went for a lovely bike ride in the city on the west side highway.
We took a little break to soak in some sun and then headed back downtown for some lunch at The Frying Pan. It was my first time there. Had such a good time since we sat near the top of the boat which was super nice because it was so quiet. The burgers we had were also delicious!


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Lo came by the office today and brought her little bundle of joy Kiran.
It was so cute to finally meet the little guy. After only seeing like two pictures of him it was so cool to see the little guy in person.
I got to hold him for a bit which was super cool because he was so tired that he slept in my arms. Its totally the best thing to hold a sleeping baby.



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So today was my first day back in the city after my week long trip in China. Furry made me a wonderful breakfast, waffles and eggs :-)
After breakki we headed out to visit Treasure&Bond which is a fantastic store that picked up the A. Toy collection. After searching for my bags in the store I was so bummed to realize that they haven’t received the production yet. The only reason they had the product for the launch day was because they had our PP samples to show.
At least we got to see the amazing shop! Honestly so proud to be selling my stuff there since all purchases at the store are donated to charities in NYC to help the children. I think its such an amazing concept.
We then wandered over to West 4th to have a slice of pizza and PopBar :-)
Worked for a few hours, stopped by home depot for S hooks and then went back home.
Ended the night with Italian dinner in our hood.
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So today enjoyed a lovely breakfast at the Hotel Peninsula which was so amazing! I honestly don’t think that I would ever get the chance to stay at that hotel ever again but it was definitely a place I will never forget.
I met with WG a factory we use in HK that works on only Exotic leather goods. Super excited about working with them because they are such a great resource.
I finished the meeting probably around 1 or 2pm and was dropped off at the hotel and then I was off to SHOP! Finally free time to shop a bit. Its such a tease to be in an amazing city and not be able to take advantage of all of the wonderful shopping.
The beauty of HK shopping is that they have TONS of brands that I have never heard of and they are not that expensive. Lots of small boutiques which is where I like to go.
As the clock was ticking I ended my shopping with a trip to Muji of course! I found all of these freaking adorable little baby boy clothes for Kiran, Los little BB. She is going to be super excited since Muji is always our MUST SHOP place in HK.
After that I headed back to the hotel and taxi’d to the airport.
The end of a wonderful trip and definitely a memorable one.
