Old Fabulous London Town

I'm home now. Have been for a while now, which is why I've sort of neglected A2A in order to spend some much-needed time with the fam. Listening to Dad's old records while eating Mom's delicious home cooking always reminds me of when I was little. Tonight it was chicken marsala and Tony Bennett. Tony's My Love Went to London took me back to a couple of weeks ago, made me miss London, & jogged my memory of these photos in particular...

an abundance of hanging baskets makes a corner

British pub absolutely beautiful

going to church @ St. Paul's: my response to the

"What was your favorite moment in London?" question

I found what appeared to be Fifi & a bunch of her friends

hanging out near Spittalfield's Mkt in LondonTown

Paris is beautiful in July!

...had to get at least one touristy picture

back to my City tomorrow ...more BigAppleBlogging to come;)

xoxo

Emily

summergoesTOOfast

I was just @ a concert on Governor's Island in NYC

before I left for London, but this was definitely

not the dress code the night I was there:

...wish it had been though!

& so bummed i missed out on the Jazz-Age Dance Party

photos from our old friend Scott

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Today marks the half way mark of my time in London (hardtobelieve)

but I am determined to do as much of this as possible:

loving the colorful/artsy promotional music calendars here in London!

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in the spirit of summer music, I posted 7

new song links @ the top of my 'WHAT I'M LISTENING TO'

column ...a few songs from new favorite bands

& a couple of old ones that I've been meaning

to post for a while. Have a listen!

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now go enjoy some outdoor live music!

love, emily

the souk

The Zac Posen for Target opening night was mayhem ...a luxe party atmosphere complete with red carpet, celebs, and new 'it' band, but with racks of clothes and gobs of girls scattering about. In Zac's words,

“We live in the souk! Listen, this is my quote for the night — we live in the souk. We work, we play, we create, we pay, we get paid. It’s all part of the hustle and bustle that builds our country, and it starts in New York.” -nymag

I have recently been feeling more confident in my fashion vocabulary since I go to school for it now, but I'm sorry, what the heck is 'the souk'? In typical Emily fashion, I googled the term & found out that it is an Arabic term for a bustling marketplace. After discovering the meaning, I have to say that I completely agree, Zac, New Yorkers indeed live in 'the souk'.

also agree with "...we work, we play, we create, we pay"

a peak inside the pop-up shop/party hybrid:

the flowers zac bought me

The Like performing

what i would do if i got rich

Music Playlist at MixPod.com

& i'm gonna steal yours too

i love the Amazon Kindle commercials

...the lyrics in the new one are so great!