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Here's what helping me keep my cool when the temperature outside is at a searing 47 degree centigrade...

via Nuevo Estilo

via House of Jasmine

The Fabulous Mulberry Fall Winter 2010 New "IT" Bag - Greta Bags

The fabulous Mulberry has something new to wow us again this fall-winter 2010 ! The " Greta " bag is recently featured in their new catalog!  With it's stylish shape and the gold-tone hardware tassel charm dangling at the front, I predict this is going to be every fashionista's next obsession!

The Greta bags is available in Satchel, Hobo & Tote style! they are all so cute, I want all of them! haha

I just LOVE the beautiful and luxurious lambskin with soft textures and of course being a "Christian Lacroix" fanboy, I just love the luxe vibrant colors that the Greta bag has to offer! ok, without further delay, here are some of the fabulous Greta bags!!

If you are interested in checking out more of the Mulberry fabulous handbags, click here to visit their official website Mulberry.com

Until next time, be well & look fabulous!

XOXO

Alan + Mei-Mei the pug

Shopping for Balenciaga Giant Covered Moutarde Yellow City Bag in NYC

Each season, the house of Balenciaga always comes out with mouth-watering, irresistible colors for their super chic handbags that all of the fashionistas just have to collect them all! But for the spring-summer 2010 collection, there is a color that just captures my eyes! The “Moutarde” yellow, it is a warm, buttery, mustard color that is just like a ray of sunshine that makes you smile each time you look at it!

As we all know, the fabulous Balenciaga bags comes with various sizes “City”, “Work”, “Weekender”, “Day”….etc and available in various hardware such as “Giant Gold or Silver hardware”, “Classic hardware”, “Giant Rose Gold hardware”…etc and the bag we are featuring is the “Giant Covered Hardware” in the “City” size.

The bag is made of soft vintage crafted lambskin with the leather covered metal hardware. Top zip closure, hand stitched handles with 4.5” drop. Removable shoulder strap about 8.2” drop, at the front there is a zip pocket with leather tassel. It also comes with a leather framed hand mirror, inside of the bag has canvas lining with interior zip pocket with Balenciaga embossed leather tag. The measurements of the bag is 15” W x 9.5” H x 5.5” D. Made in Italy. $1945 USD

 So, one day I was talking with my friend Mrs. L ( she was my first friend whom I met at Parson School of Design NYC, we met in the elevator while moving into the dorm over her fabulous summer white Chanel bag! Yes, that’s how a true fashionistas met and started a beautiful friendship! Haha) on the facebook about this fabulous color and she told me that she is going to the Balenciaga boutique in NYC to get one of this “Moutarde” yellow color “City” bag. So we asked her to document her shopping trip and share the fun with our readers!

It was a perfect Saturday in NYC, and Mrs. L is on her way to the Balenciaga boutique 

Here it is, the sunny & happy color "Moutarde" city bag !

Balenciaga boutique in Chelsea, New York City has the most selections of handbags & clothing, also friendly sales person!

Looking fabulous in this uptown chic downtown cool "Moutarde" yellow city bag! Mission accomplished!

 Don't we just love shopping!? If you are interested in getting one of these  "Happy" color "Moutarde Yellow" Balenciaga bags, it is available either at Balenciaga.com or you can call my favorite Balenciaga sales person

Bill @ Balenciaga Boutique New York (212) 206-0872  tell him, Alan from FashionistasDaily.com refer you, he will take good care of you! and help you to locate any special color or style of Balenciaga handbags or clothing you are looking for!

Until next time, be well & look fabulous!

XOXO

Alan + Mei-Mei the Pug

MyHeritage.com Announces Top 100 Genealogy Websites

Surprise! Early this morning I received several email messages from friends telling me I was on the list at MyHeritage.com for the “Top 100 Genealogy Websites”. I was quite intrigued, since I had received an email from MyHeritage a week ago, and I had just started to explore their website.

You can read all about it here at http://blog.myheritage.com/2010/05/myheritage-com-announces-its-top-100-genealogy-sites/ The list is an alphabetical listing of blogs, technical websites, tools and services (such as my favorites “The Peerage”, “The Chart Chick” and “GenDisasters”). Some of the websites are new to me, so I’m learning a lot, and some are old standards to me. Quite a few are New England genealogy blogs by friends I have made this past year through the genealogy blogging community (Barbara Poole’s “Life from the Roots”, Martin Holleck’s “Slovak Yankee”, and Bill West’s “West in New England” to name a few). I’ll be having fun perusing the list, and I hope you will, too!

Tombstone Tuesday- Wilkinsons at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Massachusetts

John Henry Wilkinson (1819 - 1901) and his wife Hannah E. Raymond (1829 - 1911)

Close up


Back of the Monument

Mary L. Wilkinson wife of Harry H. Wadsworth (1863-1942)

Jessie H. Wilkinson (1866- 1946)

Elizabeth S. Wilkinson (1858 -1959)

Grace F. Wilkinson wife of John A. Odiorne (1868 - 1944)

John A. Odiorne (1868 - 1948)

[Daughters of J. H. Wilkinson and H. E. Raymond]

John L. Raymond (1790- 1878)

Mary Raymond (1795 - 1855)

James H. Raymond (1835 - 1863)

Benjamin G. Raymond (1835 - 1878)

[family of Hannah E. Raymond, John H. Wilkinson's wife]

Arthur H. (1853 - 1858)

Marietta G. (1854 - 1865)

Emma E. (1856 -1871)

Children of J. H. & H. R. Wilkinson

I spy..

...with my good eye

A hacienda in Mexico

That is not only an excellent vacation spot

But is also beautifully done up

In resplendent textiles, most likely from India

[Note 1: I have a reasonably decent pair of eyes; above one eye thingie was just for it to rhyme. Spy - Eye...see? Note 2: Yes, I am still in a 'I-want-a-holiday-now-and-right-now' phase, so you can expect more exotic resorts to show up here. Note 3: The genteel ladies who joined me on my virtual holiday to Argentina, well...here we go again! Pack your bags :)] 

This, my dear readers, is Cuximala, the private estate of Sir James Goldsmith. Actually not so private any more as its now a place for world weary travellers to go and rest their feet and tush. What I really like about this place (apart from the heavenly view and the beach) is the use of colors against the pristine white walls. Just about right.

Ram head chairs with bone inlay craft from Rajasthan

The bedrooms and few of the many sitting areas..

From one of the more colorful villas..

Aren't the windows beautiful? Reminds me of jaali work from India

[All images: Cuixmala]