Porter Magazine, a Striped Tee and Banishing the Winter Blues

 

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ast week was a rough week, we are working a huge project at work and it seems everything that could go wrong did, so we are currently a week behind. And in NY we endured yet another snow storm—the snow is so high outside my house that it comes up to my waist in some spots. It was a balmy 22 degrees on Friday and I was astounded to find out this weekend is Daylight Savings, because it seems spring could not be any further away. Well spring many still be a good month or two away but I am in the mindset for a bit of spring right now. So I pulled out this unworn tee and dreamed of wearing it with a pair of cropped jeans and some nude pumps. I picked up this tee from Puella last fall when it was on sale at Anthropologie . It retailed for $59.99 but I paid $19.99 and I can’t wait for it to get warm enough to wear. The pumps were also on sale and I paid the same price for these too—$19.99. I picked them up last spring at Payless and wore them to a number of job interviews. I even wore them when I interviewed at the job I am currently working at, so I guess I could consider these my good luck shoes. And although I love my job, last week was a tough one, so when Friday rolled around I was ready for a much needed drink. I met up with fellow blogger Renata of Purse Fixation. We headed to Boqueria a Tapas restaurant on Spring street and the perfect spot on cold night. With it’s rustic interior, exposed kitchen, high ceilings, warm lighting and delicious aromas we could forget, if only for a short while, the arctic weather just outside the beveled glass doors. We shared a combination anti-pasta cheese plate and few glasses of wine while chatting about the weather, current events, our blogs and of course fashion. We even decided to make this a monthly ritual. I just love the fact that I can make new friends through my blog. How cool is that?

As I headed home on the snowy streets of NY,  the cover of this magazine caught my eye as it “winked” at me from the newsstand, I picked it up, contemplated buying it, looked at the $9.95 price tag, put it down, started to walk away, then thought I could excuse the purchase as research for my job, walked back and purchased it. And I am so glad I did. It is a beautiful magazine with stunning photography, a crisp sophisticated design aesthetic and interesting articles, like the one I read on the train ride home about artist and film maker Sam Taylor-Johnson, whose name you may not know but you will soon as she is the director behind the much anticipated 50 Shades of Grey. If the $9.95 price tag seems a little steep,consider a subscription; it is $25.00 for 6 issues and being that this is such robust, quality magazine it will certainly be money well spent. It is interesting to note, that this magazine is not put out by a publisher, but by a retailer: Net-A-Porter. That is some pretty smart marketing if you ask me. If you want to learn more about this magazine and how to subscribe head to www.portersubscription.net-a-porter.com/ren2, plus you get a free $54.00 face serum from Ren. Wow,now that is a free gift with purchase I can actually use. Sign me up!

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