Look Fly for the 4th of July

Hi, hello, welcome. Today I'd like to introduce you to the only dress you'll need this Independence Day. As you well know by now, I am very partial to a good print, as well as the color red, so when I saw this lil number hanging up on a rack at J.Crew, I knew it was going home with me.

As a lady with an ethnic body type, dresses can sometimes be a little hit or miss; what fits in the bust may not fit in the back, but from the moment I zipped this dress up, it just fit in all the right places like a golden glove. I needed more summer dresses in my life!

To keep this outfit on the more casual side, I decided to pair it with a nice jean jacket (is it even the 4th of July if there's no denim??), a straw hat, some of my favorite block-heel sandals, and a black bag to match. What's nice about this dress is that it can easily go from day-to-night (say, if you're attending a party later in the evening) in a snap: just ditch the jacket and hat, but keep the black bag and heels. Voila! We did it!

What are YOU wearing for the 4th of July Weekend? Sound off in the comments below!

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Dress (now on sale!) // denim jacket // shoes (similar) // bag (similar, and ON SALE!)

Birthday Weekend in Pictures!

Birthdays are great when you can spend them with friends!

Something I don't do very often is get very, very dressed up. And I never wear heels. It's not that I can't walk in them, it's that Boston has more cobblestone streets than I'd like to count, and walking on those, with heels that could break your ankles, is not a good time. But if you can't dress up on your birthday, when can you?

FINALLY I can cross the Tip Tap Room off of my list of places to visit! If you've never been, you must go for the huge selections of beers on tap (Get it? Tip TAP Room) alone! Go for the beer, stay for the pleasantly unusual menu. Antelope Meat Loaf? Okay!

We ended up choosing the classic Steak Tips, and a special for the night: Korean Style Ribs with Kimchi! Loved it. There was a time when I would turn down any spicy food, but now that I'm older and more mature (Kind of. Not really.) I've learned to welcome all of the flavors into my life.

After dinner we went dancing at West End Johnnies on Portland Street, then hobbled home, vowing to never wear heels again.

Until next year, I guess.

Happy Wednesday!