Happy New Year!

I haven't posted in a long long time but I wanted to wish anyone who may see this a very happy new year!

Thinking back on my 2011 year it could be looked at as one of sadness in loosing my Aunt (my first real death of a loved one) and loosing my best friends mother. But I also took a huge relationship leap and matured through experiences.

I'm ending 2011 with uncertainty with my health, a challenge I have never faced before but I know that 2012 will have the answers I need (plus a missing body part haha). I am fearful of 2012 but there is no stopping it from coming so I am choosing to embrace it and take it for what it will be worth.

Cheers to 2011 and thank you to the heavens for being able to see 2012.

Happy New Year!

Love Midge xoxo

Good hair day, HOLLA!

Well, I think I finally did it. I finally curled my hair around a curling barrel and made it work. I was running into some problems because my hair is layered, but I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out today. I kind of went by the advice I learned from my previous YouTube post, where Joey from the Rachel Zoe camp showed us how to create her signature waves. Have any of you tried this look?

Midge xoxo

Product Review: Benefit's Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow

I was recently shopping for a new eyeshadow when my friend at work recommended I look into Benefit's creaseless cream eyeshadow. She knows my deal with makeup, I'm learning how to actually apply it and what to put on (like here and here). When she told me that it lasted her a whole night I knew this was the eyeshadow for me because it will give me back a little time in my day where one can skip their beauty regime for reapplying and find something more useful with that second. 

I bought the "flatter me" color and have been really happy with the shade on my skin tone. Its a deep pink, but doesn't scream color on my lid. It adds just a hint of shimmer and when paired with my liner and mascara adds an easy day wear look. These pictures document my face from leaving my house for work to getting home. 

9:30am

11:00pm

Its still holding on! I did read a very emotional part of my book so I cried a little (T.M.I?) and used a tissue, but I don't think a lot wore off after 14 hours. Also, these eyeshadow are very blendable so next night on the town for me I am going to try and play around with other colors. Hope to show you the results!

Midge xoxo

Happy Halloween!!

Let me tell you about this beautiful glittery sign!

It got my holiday decoration juices flowing FINALLY after being in a little slump since the weather changed. It was given to me by two girls I dress who have created a company called Sensibly Chic. Not only do they make these "Chic Speak" signs for all your holidays and parties, but they also will help you decorate for all your functions as well as offering a slew of other useful design elements (event planning and life styling). As soon as I took it home and hung it on my lonely door it was pretty obvious that it needed some other Halloween/fall decorations to go with it, off to Home Depot I went and picked up some mums and pumpkins.

This is the first time I have decorated my front "porch" and in doing so I realized just how happy it makes me feel to come home to see this scene every night and how happy it makes me when I pull out of my driveway for another full day of work. I plan on contacting them for other holiday's and you can too at info@sensiblychiceast.com.

Have a great Halloween everyone and be safe!

How to Get Rachel Zoe's Wavy Hair WIth Joey Maalouf

If you guys obsess as much as I do as to how Rachel Zoe gets that perfect California wave in her hair then you gotta see the latest You Tube video I just posted from Bella Sugar TV. Rachel's employee that we got to know better this season, Joey Maalouf explains how he executes this look for Rachel and other celebrities.

I have been DYING to buy the tool he produced the curl with so now I'm running off to Ricky's to see if they have it! Have a great Friday everyone!

xoxo Midge.

MidtownLunch.com!

While cleaning out my bookmarked list of all of the blogs I plan to explore some day, I came across a blog called The Amateur Gourmet. I unfortunately didn't get to into the blog post by the time I saw a link to another blog called Midtown Lunch, obviously this excited me to no end because not only do I work in Midtown NYC but, I am always jumping off my Port Authority bus trying to think of a cheap place to pick up lunch before I head into work. 

This blog at one point was only reporting on where to find a $10 lunch in Midtown, but has now stretched its wings and found people to report on where to find a $10 lunch in not only midtown, but downtown NYC, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. You can click on where you are interested in searching by name, location, food type, picks (the owner of the blog's top picks), and a reader's poll. The radius for its midtown meals seems to stretch from 34th st. up to Central Park at 59th st.

My general "run for lunch" area is 37th St. to 43rd and with their map I have found a food truck I am SO excited to try, Comme Ci Comme Ca that is usually found on Broadway and 36th. It serves Mediterranean food and through twitter and their website (link is above) you can see what their specials are and where they will be found if they are parked in a new location. Gotta try this place for sure, and if anyone has tried it please give me a review!

The Comme Ci Comme Ca truck, picture taken from MidtownLunch.com

The second place I am DYING to try is Aries Cafe on 39th between 7th and 8th Ave. This latin "restaurant" has no menu and is in the hallway of a freight elevator! You really cant get more New York then that. I love me some latin food, all day I could eat fried plantains, rice and beans and this place seems (from the reviews) to serve some of the best of both plus their stewed goat and chicken is supposed to be rather tasty. I know, I know....stewed goat from a place in a freight elevator hallway? But, I am so desperate to find new places to eat I am willing to risk it plus Aries Cafe has been open for 15 years so in my book they have to be doing something right. 

Aries Cafe, picture stolen from Midtownlunch.com

Anyone wanna get lunch tomorrow?

xoxo Midge.

A Bryant Park Sunday

Even though I work on Sundays, the day still feels like it did when I was in school; relaxed and casual. To go on that theme, last Sunday I was craving a cup of soup and calmness so I took myself to Bryant Park and enjoyed the sites. There was a jazz band playing, small birds searching for food, a wedding reception, and the perfect people watching seat. 

Bryant Park has a reading "room" area that has books and magazines you can borrow for free

This birdie was begging me for some bread

Chess games are all over the park, you can walk up and play for free

A nice mix of colors

The perfect people watching seat

A beautifully bright sari

Really cool hair

A beautiful wedding being held at the Bryant Park Grill.  

This lady was trying to get the best picture possible of her friend.

This little cutie was excited to get his walk on

Pretty colors

And to finish the nice dinner break off, I picked up a Starbucks caramel apple cider, my favorite fall drink!

Midge xoxo