Growing up in a big city with small town mentality, it's not always easy to think outside the box, sometimes to closest thing to it is perhaps to misspell the actual word "box". When I feel fartsy I like to think of it as a "Cinderella story", similar to the ones of the Oprah Winfrey's and  JAY Z's of the world, minus the difficult childhood, the billions, the Beyonce and of course, the overwhelming success.   I've been wondering a lot lately exactly what it is that makes people successful. I watched some Dr Phil (a stand up guy) reruns from 2013 I think, where he relentlessly published his book "Life Code" in each and every episode. There's that thing where he gives people...

Summer or winter, some things never seem to get old. This past week was rainy and I was longing for a warm day. As soon as the sun came out, we shot this Double Denim post which is, as you know, one of my favorite combos.  There's something about the ease of a good pair of jeans, that you can't really get anywhere else. I've only come to this realization in recent months, and I've been on the hunt for the perfect denim wardrobe ever since.   Finding the perfect jeans is not an easy task considering my low splurge budget and the fact that in these past few weeks it was also my main life goal to find the perfect oversized sweater,...