Category Archives: Adventures

Bye Bye Marilyn and Sexy Mexican Rolls

Yesterday, I had some delicious Sushi with my friend Heba and one of her friends. I posted a photo yesterday of the Marilyn statue that has been on Michigan Avenue for awhile now. Well, we were discussing how the statue was supposed to come down eventually… 

This morning I found this photo (credit to the Chicago Sun Times) of Marilyn broken in half. :(  While I am not really sure what Marilyn had to do with Chicago, I am sad to see it go. Mind you, its not like I see it on a day to day basis or anything, it was just something cool to see. How cool would it be to see a statue of yourself in downtown Chicago? I mean COME ON! That would be awesome!! Just imagine driving down Michigan Ave and seeing a giant Nivene statue.. that would be crazy! Highly unlikely– but still really crazy. 

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Yesterday we decided to try a new sushi place (new to us) called Niu. They have really interesting types of sushi. We tried the Mellow Yellow, Spicy Mexican and Strawberry Fields. Yup… that’s right..there was strawberry in that sushi roll. The Spicy Mexican was definitely my favorite – It had shrimp, spicy Alaskan shredded crab, jalapenos and was topped with avacado. The jalapeno didn’t overpower the entire roll and acutally just added a little kick. I would definitley recommend it if you adventurous with your sushi choices. Have you been there yet, what is the best sushi you’ve had? 

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Back on Track!

I know I said I was planning to redo my blog, but unfortunately I can’t find anyone who actually has photoshop skills and wants to help me. I reached out to someone and asked for help and needless to say, she didn’t really seem like she wanted to help me. So I am still on the hunt to make some changes. 

As I previously mentioned, I have started a new job, and have been super crazy busy with it. It is a great place to work and I even get an office!! (I have to share it, but still!). It is definitely still an adjustment to get back to working a 9-5 and everyone here works really hard. I have never been part of a marketing team, so this is definitely new, but I really like that I still have a lot of PR focus (outreach, social media) and I get to learn a ton of new things (SEO, HTML). It was really hard for me to leave my last job because I had great coworkers and I miss them everyday, especially at lunch but I know this was the best move for my career. 

Even though I have been gone awhile, I come bearing outfit photos! These are some highlights over the last couple weeks. 

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The first one is a casual fun outfit that is great for work. I paired a MANGO blue top with a contrasting tan and yellow cropped jacket from Ann Taylor Loft. Since I can wear jeans to work, I just threw on a pair of comfy Express jeggings. I accessorized by wearing beaded tribal bracelets from Old Navy in orange and tan, and a Burberry watch. Not shown, but I am wearing tan flats from Banana Republic as well. The key piece here was definitely the cropped jacket (yes, I know my sleeves are uneven, this was at the end of the day and my sister took the picture and didn’t tell me to fix it). 

 

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My sister and I went to the Michael Jordan steakhouse so of course I felt the need to wear a blazer! While you can’t tell in this photo, the blazer is actually a orange-red. I purchased it from Bebe a few weeks back and have been waiting for the perfect chance to wear it. I decided to get a little crazy and wore a dalmation printed Forever 21 top underneath. I think it definitely complimented the blazer. I wore a pair of dark jeans (my sister’s) and topped the outfit off with a silver Guess necklace, silver gemstone bracelets (different sizes) and dark gray Banana Republic gem flats. 

 

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This final outfit is another blazer outfit. I can’t help it, I’m obsessed! I chose a black and white striped French Connection shirt and threw a blue/black cropped school-uniformesqe (is that a word?) blazer over it. I decided on dark jeans from Gap, my Burberry watch and a chain bracelet from BCBG. As you can obviously see, at this point in the night, I had decided to remove my shoes but I went with my dark gray Banana Republic gem flats again. 

Until next time! Hopefully by then I will have made changes to this blog!