I wanted to show off my secondhand finds, but I stopped before I was fully cooked today. One of my co-workers said “I didn’t recognize you – you look so plain!” I do think the silk blouse (from a local… Continue Reading
The Brooklyn Bridge is an amazing piece of architecture. It opened for business in May 1883, when President Chester Arthur crossed it. It’s considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Industrial World. And it can’t take a bad picture,… Continue Reading
My week in NYC reinforced one of my style mantras: shopping secondhand is more fun, and more intoxicating, than shopping retail. On my first day I went to the newly opened Nordstrom Rack with high hopes for fashion bargains. Broken… Continue Reading
Welcome to Visible Monday #131! If you want to participate, it’s so easy: just go to the bottom of this post for the how-to. Please be kind and leave a link to Not Dead Yet Style in your post. This… Continue Reading
How I wish we could really fly! I mean like birds. Wouldn’t that be so free, and no having to take off our shoes for security. Tomorrow morning we fly (sigh, on an airplane) back to Florida. Our trip’s been… Continue Reading
Always be prepared (or always have a thrift shop nearby) when traveling. Temperatures in New York City dropped from 88 to 65 in a day. I packed for mostly warm weather, and got surprised. This linen dress from GAP via… Continue Reading
I use the word “stomping” only because my feet are killing me, I am dead. Even my Birkenstocks could not provide comfort after four hours of walking city streets. And I saw women in 4″ heels – how is that… Continue Reading
So we have arrived after an easy flight to NYC (just one thorough scolding by the airline attendant, the trip wouldn’t be complete without one). Our apartment is cozy and spotless and we can look out on W. 13th Street… Continue Reading