carine roitfeld, french vogue

"I started standing in the back, and I made my way to the front row. I used to take my own car, and now I have a chauffer. I have to admit, I've made some progress!"

"I'm very decisive myself, but I always ask for others' opinions."

"You have to go to the parties. That's where you get a feel for what's going on."

love & happiness

Today I'm filled with the excitement of my life. I ran down a mental list of the things that make me scream with sheer joy. These are those things:

- fashion-forward boots... and many of them
- laughing at my nephew (mickamouse)
- fashion magazine subscriptions
- walking down a city street in a trench coat and boots
- endless email conversations during the workday
- a library of fashion blogs
- making lists and crossing off tasks
- following Darlene on Twitter
- being loved, understood and listened to by Rico
- mothering my dreams on a daily basis
- reading at home
- running my route
- ideas, visions, dreams
- knowing. without evidence.

six more months

My initial contact with my leasing office yielded me what I'd hope it wouldn't: the reality that I cannot leave sooner than I had hoped. But it took all of five minutes to realize that this is perfect timing. Do you know how fast six months will go by? This is just the right amount of time to get my life prepared and transitioned. Waiting will yield powerful results. And you just never know how God might slip in a surprise a month or two early!

love becomes reality

Never in my life have I felt this close to the reality of New York City. I used to admire from afar, excitedly visit, glance its direction when I saw pictures or thought of it when I heard a siren. But today, this week, the week I've turned 30, the feeling has changed. It's not just an ongoing admiration or a subtle yearn. It is a vehement command, a destiny and a promise that's been 10 years in the making. It may have been that up until now I wasn't ready, but possibly maybe it was New York that hasn't been ready for me. I delcare that the fruit of my love is very soon to blossom and I declare that the landscape will not remain the same.