No Pants Allowed.

My daily posts have morphed into to weekly posts. 

Ay yay yay.

I feel like such a slacker.

My sincerest apologies for slowing down.

I've been working non-stop on a big project that's currently top secret.

Oo la la!

Shhhhhhh....

As the launch date approaches, I'll be giving my lovely followers the inside scoop. 

Woohoo!

So stay tuned.

Sunday 11.13.11

Sunday Morning Farmers Market. 

The Japanese Tourist Pose.

Saturday 11.12.11

The Girl Monk.

Trying to give the world a giant hug.

Friday 11.11.11

Electronic Tribal.

Does that even make sense?

I was just looking at this dress again and realized it's part futuristic, part old school tribal. 

Thursday 11.10.11

At the SF Carrots event. 

I had the pleasure meeting bloggers: 

Samantha Rudd & Kendall Asmuth of Sequin Harvest

Caitlin Flemming of Sacramento Street

I love this framed mirror.

Wednesday 11.09.11

The Rockabilly School Girl.

I'm totally sporting red lips but was unable to capture that aspect. 

One... Two... Three

At this point, adrenaline is not just running through my veins, it has fully replaced my blood. I've been working like a mad woman on actualizing a passion project these past few weeks so I thought I would take a nice vacation. Ahhhhh... wouldn't that be fantastic if I had time for that? In the meantime, I've decided to try an emulate relaxation mode by sporting this dress I picked up in Bali. A nice breezy light cotton dress makes for a good pretend mental vacay. 

PS - I'm all island out - my bracelet is from Boracay, Philippines. 

Oh yeah, it's a true vacay outfit now, homies.

Bracelet, from Boracay, Philippines

Dress, from Bali, Indonesia

Shoes, GoMax via Ambiance

Friday, October, 21st, 2011

Date night with the hubby - sexy time, oh yeah! Ew, TMI, Marie. TMI.  For a split second I wanted to get all dolled up and go to the gorgeous Meritage at the Claremont in Oakland. A couple of hours beforehand, I realized I wasn't in the mood to play dress up. All I wanted to do was be with Mikie and talk, laugh and just hang at a casual romantic restaurant. And that's exactly what we did, my friends. It had been too long since we had a solid block of time, and so we exchanged stories, food and kisses. 

I love that man so much. 

Romance is alive and kickin. 

Necklace, VerreEncore
Jacket, F21 (the most awesomest buy ever!)
Tank, H&M
Jeans, thrifted Levi's original sample
Shoes, MIA

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Event hopping calls for layers. 

This is where all my Man Repeller stalking comes in handy - Leandra is a layerin whiz! Of course, my layering skills are much more conservative and tamer that hers, at least this time around. 

Walking around in the cold going from place to place, I started soff fully loaded (uh, not that kind of loaded - that comes later in the evening ;) ). Layers are all ON. I always view my outfit in its layered stages since once  I'm at the events, and consume a couple glasses of Proseco, I slowly peel off each layer. Cue stripper music. Not!

Jacket not pictured. D'oh.

Ya know my long kimono hot pink vintage jacket? Imagine that over le outfit. 

Now, good job using your imagination, kiddies :)

Headband, F21
Bracelets, variety
Sweater, Bluefly (can't remember brand - bad Marie!)
Tank, H&M
Pants, Madewell
Shoes, Sam Edelman

Double Whammy.

Part Uno.

Currently in the middle of orchestrating a new project that I'm super excited about...

And we all know that excitement and passion often lead to sweat... 

And sweat turns into fun little stain pit marks... 

Yeah, not a fan either!

Best bet on days like this is to wear solid dark colors to hide any evidence of hard work.

And so voila!

Please vote your favorite Marie pose.

Do you like:

A. The Runner.

B. The Suprise.

C. The Wave.

D. The Constipated Pig.

E. The Tyra Banks.

F. The Sleepwalker.

G. The Twirl.

Bracelet, from Boracay, Philippines
Sweater Vest, ?

Dress, Le Chateau

Belt, thrifted

Shoes, Sam Edelman

Part Deux.

At the JumpStart Business Forum in San Francisco yesterday I wanted to make sure that I:

1) stood out from the pack

2) was sorta more bussinesy (is that a word?!) than normal

3) seemed approachable 

4) was still super stylin, yo!

This was my winning combination:

Necklace, VerreEncore
Top, thrifted
Dress, thrifted
Shoes, Sam Edelman

Two For One.

Another gorgeous day in the Bay calls for the right to bear arms (and legs!). 

Soakin up the sun before the fall layers come into play. 

Sunglasses, Liz Clairborne

Bracelet, from Boracay, Philippines

Top, Sway

Skirt, thrifted

Shoes, Sam Edelman

Yesterday... all my troubles seem so faaaaarrrr away...

That just came out - whopsies.

It started with writing Yesterday, as in, this outfit is what I wore the day before today. 

Went to a fun little ad event in San Francisco - it was amazing hanging out and meeting a whole plethora of insanely creative peeps. The energy was high and drinks were a flowin... Can't get better than that. 

Oh wait, but it did! 

We were treated to two awesome performances by Dodos and Dan the Automater.

The crowd went wild! 

Or at least I did.

My best Reese Witherspoon impression. 

Necklace, VerreEncore

Dress, H&M

Belt, Le Chateau

Shoes, H&M

Island Fever.

This fine gorgeous day, the family and I decided to explore the island of Alameda. 

Yes, we have an island in the Bay Area.

And uh huh, they really do consider themselves islanders. 

Technically they are, being surrounded by water and all, but I always thought this was strange, to consider themselves islanders, since they are a hop, skip and a job on over to Oakland and Berkeley - no ferry required!

It's like, what if Manhattanites started considering themselves islanders? 

HA!

But back to the point. (Is there ever a point to my nonsensical ramblings? I always thought I just needed words, blah blah blah, to accompany the pictures or else it would be too boring.) 

Being born and raised in the Philippines, I consider myself a true islander at heart (I even lived in Hawai'i for a year at one point!), and I was pleasantly surprised to find once we did start making our way around, Alameda most definitely did have that island feel to it. People were laid back and sweet, there was sense of community, and even all the beautiful ladies working at the downtown stores looked like they were from the islands. Aw yeah! Can't beat that lil homies!

And so we happily took full advantage of this paradise island today.

The Map, yo.

Now let's play, What in the world is Marie doing?!

Am I:

a) Yawning

b) Cheering

c) Airing Out the Pits

d) Catching a Fly for Lunch

Necklace, from my mother
Top, H&M
Belt, vintage from my grandmother
Dress, Modcloth
Shoes, Sway