Happy (and hot!) Friday. It has been forever since I wrote a post for the Thrifty series. But, as I mentioned before, while roaming the streets of the Taksim neighborhood in Istanbul , I came to an area that was lined with stores carrying vintage furniture and antiques (think, The Village, NYC in terms of […]
Zara de Salamanca
My trip to Zara Home didn’t yield anything (cue violins) and I will probably have to wait until next year for another chance to hit the store. But today I am writing about one of the Zara clothing stores found in the ‘down town’ area of the city of Salamanca. Zara is to Spain […]
Lady Gaga’s Workshop @ Barney’s New York
The (Lady) Gaga’s Workshop at Barney’s ran until this past Monday. The shop was a part of Barney’s nationwide and, in NYC, it occupied the entire 5th floor. It consisted of stuffed animals/monsters, candy galore and some interesting art sculptures, among other things. 25% of the proceeds went to the Born This Way Foundation– […]
Retail Therapy: Zara Home
Happy 2012 everyone! I hope you all had an amazing holiday and that you are as excited as I am about the upcoming year. Over the past couple of days, I’ve started making some subtle changes to the site(ie- I’ve finally added an image to the ‘about‘ page). I hope you’ll bear with me […]
Retail Therapy @ Anthropologie
Shopping at Anthropologie is always a good time. Their eclectic collection of clothing, accessories and home wares take us to exotic places where mercury glass and embroidered tea towels rule. And who couldn’t use a mini getaway every now and then?