Yesterday, I went for an icy dip in the Battenkill. It was an inexorable request I made to Rob, and not the first time it’s been made, either: I want to swim. There was the arduous process of “getting used to it” that I haven’t had to endure since I was 13 and August had all but forgotten the contents… View Post
[Citrine by the Stones tasseled bead bracelet + Citrine by the Stones Rosary Tassel earrings, both courtesy CBTS + Vintage t-shirt, Wodehouse family heirloom + Free People shorts via shopbop + J.Crew ikat belt + Jessica Simpson Dany platforms + J.Crew Panama hat + YSL, Erin Wasson, etc. rings.] I’ve given Northeast natives and their turf enough crud on this… View Post
It’s gritty, but charming; loud, but intimate; mostly, it’s emphatically real. Kuba Kuba is Cuban cuisine at its best. The setting is a bit unlikely, planted in the part of a slate-roofed, residential neighborhood where you might instead expect to see a flower shop or quiet real estate office, if any commerce at all. No chairs match, blue neon lights… View Post
[Nightcap Clothing lace jacket + Paul & Joe tuxedo romper + Jeffrey Campbell fringed booties + Dannijo purse + Gara Danielle turquoise necklace + J.Crew bracelet.] Coming back to Richmond is all about digging up old memories for me. It can be any(every)where—a guy I knew in 7th grade sitting at the table next to us at dinner last night… View Post
[My nephew, Trent at The Black Sheep: I’ll take 4 Battleships, two Bloody Mary’s, and your best cut lemon.] I breathe—I sleep—I exist—but most importantly, I wear lots of fringe. Reporting live from Richmond, VA, this is your very own Caftans correspondent, Carey! Experimenting with heat rash, the oversight to pack only fringed boots for footwear (x4 pairs), faulty navigation… View Post